Name the two ways students with learning problems are accommodated when selecting curriculum. Briefly describe the factors that need to be considered when selecting curriculum materials or designing a curriculum

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Ways that students are accommodated when selecting curriculum:
- prioritize the content to ensure that the most important content is mastered
- focus on how to teach the curriculum

Material selection factors:
- Curriculum materials should promote best instructional factors
- Curriculum materials should foster learner understanding
- Curriculum materials should guide the assessment of relevant prior knowledge
- Curriculum materials should guide mastery learning
- Curriculum materials should promote generalization
- Curriculum materials should provide guidelines for learner diversity

Guidelines for designing a curriculum:
- Introduce information cumulatively
- Build retention
- Separate confusing elements and terminology
- Make learning more meaningful by stressing relationships
- Reduce processing demands
- Require faster responses