TRUE/FALSE.
1) A key element of standards-based instruction is the alignment of goals, instruction, and assessment.
2) The federal constitution prohibits the development of national standards.
3) One of the benefits of content standards is that they save time by relieving teachers of the burden of assessing students’ entry level knowledge.
4) Goals for 21st century learning focus primarily on rigorous academic knowledge that can be reproduced in international tests.
5) Three widely used domains of educational goals include the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains.
6) The goal, "students will commit to social action," falls in a higher level of the psychomotor domain.
7) In addition to reordering the levels, the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy also specifies four knowledge dimensions.
8) One instructional goal usually encompasses a number of related objectives.
9) Objectives are statement of the activities students will pursue during a lesson or unit.
10) The No Child Left Behind Act, with its focus on accountability, mandates that teachers limit instructional materials to textbooks and their ancillary materials, such as worksheets.
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
11) Standards-based instruction begins with knowledge of
A) students
B) textbooks
C) national standards
D) state tests
12) A teacher has students write in their journals, responding to the prompt, "How would you explain this problem to a younger student?" If used for instructional planning, this activity is deemed a(n) ______.
A) progress-monitoring problem
B) informal conversation
C) interest survey
D) rapid pre-assessment
13) Taxonomies for educational objectives do all of the following EXCEPT ______ .
A) help teachers name and describe a variety of outcomes
B) require increasingly complex work at the higher levels
C) help teachers set instructional priorities
D) require teachers to avoid lower levels of student performance
14) The correct sequence of levels (lowest to highest) in the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy is ______.
A) remember, understand, analyze, apply, evaluate, create
B) remember, understand, apply, analyze, create, evaluate
C) remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create
D) not given
15) The term that is the closest synonym for pacing guide is ______.
A) teachers' edition
B) testing blueprint
C) curriculum map
D) weekly schedule
16) Which unit planning approach would you use if your goal was to interrelate subject areas?
A) Multicultural Construct planning
B) Backwards Design
C) Thematic planning
D) Big Idea planning
17) Which of the following statements is true of textbooks?
A) If their covers say "standards-based" then their content closely matches the state standards.
B) They should be avoided to the extent possible.
C) They often contain inaccuracies.
D) They are developed without teacher input.
18) When planning to use instructional resources, you should _______.
A) incorporate materials in several languages
B) include materials that will allow you to work toward multiple goals, like ICT goals.
C) avoid field-base materials in order to help students maintain focus.
D) ask students what they think is most important.
19) Here is a poor behavioral objective: "The learners will know their multiplication facts." According to the text's criteria, which of the following revisions of this objective is best?
A) Given flash cards, learners will form small groups and practice reciting multiplication facts. Their accuracy must increase to 100% over time.
B) Given flash cards, the learners will orally recite multiplication facts. They must respond within 2 seconds and give an accurate response to 100% of the cards.
C) Given a quiet room, flash cards with large black type, and a familiar adult, students will recite multiplication facts. Learners need to be accurate, express confidence, and self-analyze their progress 87% of the time.
D) The learners will know their multiplication facts with 100% accuracy. Given lower scores, learners will have paper/pencil practice.
20) Every lesson should ______.
A) include a work sheet for assessment
B) ensure that students have fun
C) use TAPS (total group, alone, partners, small groups)
D) follow an open-body-close structure
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