Name 2 trends that prompted DAP to come into being.
What will be an ideal response?
Pushing down of curriculum into the lower elementary grades and preschool
Greater emphasis on teacher-directed instruction with young children
Emphasis on workbooks and ditto masters with young children
Entry tests for kindergarten
Increased emphasis on paper-pencil tests with young children
Parents' demands for more academics in preschool and kindergarten
Greater emphasis on retention
Teachers feeling pressured to engage in practices they believe are not in the best interest of young children
Physicians reporting increase in children's symptoms related to stress
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The foundation of scientific inquiry or science as practice is testing our ____________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Individual school administrators may be liable in suit, regardless of the Eleventh Amendment.
Indicate whether the statement is true(T) or false(F).
Which of the following best describes the goal of the Latin Grammar School?
a. To prepare students for law and the ministry b. To help students develop practical skills, such as math, navigation, bookkeeping and logic c. To help some students develop practical job skills and others prepare for college d. To help students acquire basic skills, such as reading, writing, and math e. To help students acquire basic skills, such as reading, writing, and math, as well as develop high moral values and character
The text suggests that you conceptualize “curriculum” as which of the following?
a. an emphasis on outcomes rather than on providing certain experiences b. the means and materials with which students interact to achieve identified outcomes c. a collection of subjects deemed suitable for exposure to children d. an organized effort to pass on the values and beliefs of a given community