Curriculum
Standards
Testing & Tension Points
New Directions in Curriculum
100
Arranging classroom experiences for learning, like a formal lesson plan
Formal or explicit curriculum
100
Specifies precisely what students should learn, focuses the curriculum and instruction on meeting these standards and provides continual testing to see if the standards are achieved
Standards-based education
100
The name of the professor of social thought who taught at the University of Chicago
Allan Bloom
100
The 3 main ways technology is being used in a classroom curriculum
Simulations, data sensors, and virtual field trips
200
The required basic courses every student must take
Core curriculum
200
A federal law that emphasizes high-stakes standardized testing by requiring school to annually assess students' achievement in reading, math, and science
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
200
These states rejected Math and English standards
Texas and Alaska
200
Although technology is being used more in classrooms, ___ is the gap between some students with technology
The Digital Divide
300
The two parts of the invisible curriculum
The implicit/hidden curriculum, and the null curriculum
300
Many schools focus on certain subjects when standardized tests are coming up, thus shrinking their _______
Curriculum
300
If NCLB continued unchanged in 2012 ____ percent of Americas schools would be failing
80%
300
An inadequate school network creates a digital divide called ____
The last mile problem
400
Teaches the lessons students learn in school activities such as sports or clubs, places where a great deal of learning occurs without tests or grades
Extracurriculum
400
A type of evaluation that represents actual performance and encourages students to do their own work
Authentic assessment
400
Occurs when educators or parents quietly remove a book from a library shelf or a course of study in response to an informal complaint--or to avoid controversy
Self-censorship or stealth censorship
400
From the 5 main skills, name the two that focus our own operating systems, our brains
Metacognition and Critical Thinking
500
Name 3 parties that can shape and affect the curriculum
Possible answers include: Teachers, Parental & Community Groups, Students, Administrators, State Government, Local Government, Colleges & Universities, Standardized Tests, Education Commissions & Committees, Professional Organizations, Special Interest Groups, Publishers, or the Federal Government
500
Identifies the skills and content that a student should master at each grade level from kindergarten to grade 12, providing "a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn."
Common Core State Standards
500
List the 7 reasons why high-stake tests are problematic
1. At risk students places at greater risk 2.Lower graduation rates 3. Higher test scores do not mean learning 4. Standardized testing shrinks the curriculum 5. When tests fail 6. Teachers stress 7. What's worth knowing
500
List the 5 skills schools believe should be explored in today's classrooms
Critical Thinking Skills, Metacognition, Critical Pedagogy, Financial Literacy, and Physical Fitness
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