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| What is the cycle in which curriculum development evolves? |
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| A situation is analyzed, a program is designed, steps are taken to implement the program, and then an assessment is made |
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| What corruptions can occur in regards to the teacher's implementation of the curriculum? |
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| When the teacher is unaware of or lacks allegiance to the curriculum, and when the goals are pursued without being aware of the student |
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| What is the six-step cycle of instructional delivery when adoption occurs at the classroom level? |
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1. Determine teaching tasks and student outcomes
2. Match objectives to student abilities
3. Design the instructional process
4. Deliver the planned curriculum
5. Use feedback to analyze curriculum and instruction
6. Adjust instructional delivery |
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| What does a teacher's ability to reflect on and make mature adjustments in teaching behavior depend on? |
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| that teacher's intrinsic motiviation |
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| What is associative learning? |
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| learning in terms of what one already knows |
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| What is a global curriculum based around? |
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| comprehension, familiarity, understanding |
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| What is a specific curriculum based around? |
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| mastery and skill aquisition |
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| What two levels of classroom planning must occur if the teaching-learning act is to be successful? |
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| What is the difference between a basic standards-based curriculum and a standards-plus curriculum? |
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| the teacher would tailor the environment, classroom communication, methodology, delivery procedures, and evaluation to bring about higher academic performance |
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| What are the three basic "families of learning?' |
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| behavioral, developmental, and procedural |
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| What leading theorist stated that, "Changes in behavior are the result of an individual's response to events (stimuli) that occur in the environment." Pg. 166 |
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| Who does the perceptualist believe to be the key to learning? |
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| the student (not the teacher) |
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| an awareness of one's mental processes |
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| What kinds of schools are more than 20 of the nation's largest urban districts committing their district to becoming? |
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| Due to great levels of immigration, what are elementary schools serving as? |
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| What does the United States not have that many other countries do? |
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| a national system of education |
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| What is the name of the 1647 legislation that compelled communities over a certain size to set up grammar schools? |
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| Who viewed child growth and development as organic (natural) rather than mechanistic? |
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| What are the communication skills that language arts include? |
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| Reading, writing, listening, and speaking |
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| What subject has engaged the time of more teachers and received a larger share of the school dollar than any other subject? |
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| What subject has there been less reform for but has recently begun to develop a more relevant program for elementary school students? |
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| What symptoms characterize ADD? |
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Definition
| difficulty remaining seated, calling out without request, interruption others, and talking excessively |
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| What is the most important feature of PL 94-142? |
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| all students between the ages of 3 and 21 must have available to them a free and appropriate public education |
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What does the least restrictive environment
mean? |
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| that students should be integrated into, not segregated from, the normal program of the school |
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| What are the four most common labels when describing students with disabilities according to the text? |
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| learning disabled, speech/language impaired, mentally handicapped, and emotionally disturbed |
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