Dr. Fields is a principal at Turner Elementary and today he is going to discuss curricular alignment with his staff. Alignment is the arrangement of standards, curriculum, and tests so that they complement one another. Dr. Fields understands that this is important in the standards movement which has at its center ____________
A. An emphasis on vocabulary development
B. Increased student achievement
C. An understanding of the whole child
D. An emphasis on creativity in education
B
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Open-ended activities provide children opportunities to:
A. Do things in a predetermined way. B. Choose materials and the ways they want to use them. C. Come up with the same solution to a problem. D. Develop the ability to try less challenging tasks in the future. E. All of the above.
One measures correlations using:
a. correlation coefficient b. Pearson’s r c. both a and b d. none of the other answers
The textbook recommends a number of ways in which to increase students' attention in class. Which one of the following is not recommended?
a. Ask questions frequently. b. Vary the method of presentation. c. Place easily distractible students near the teacher. d. Have several different activities going on simultaneously.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The instructional activities of a lesson should be closely aligned to the instructional objectives and should help students achieve the objectives of the lesson. 2. Identifying the objectives of a lesson and explaining to students why they are important shows no correlation with student achievement. 3. The content-specific goals of a unit of study can be found in the rationale of the unit plan. 4. Forms of assessment in a unit plan can range from evaluations of prior background knowledge to formative assessment during instruction to a summative assessment at the end of a unit. 5. Although the SIOP model was originally developed to support the learning of ELL students, all students can benefit from this model of instruction.