Needs and Situation
Is 'finding out students' prior knowledge' a part of needs or situation analysis?
needs analysis
What does the ZPD stand for?
The Zone of Proximal Development
Which of these verbs should not be used in learning objectives?
a. describe
b. draw
c. align
d. know
d. know
What us an example of a closed assessment task?
multiple choice questions
gap-fill (with words listed)
true/false
matching
questions with one possible answer
When is the most usual time to review your curriculum?
at the end of a course or before you start your next course.
Is 'investigating teachers' previous training and experience' part of needs or situation analysis?
situation analysis
Which of these stages in Bloom's Taxonomy are higher order thinking skills?
a. understanding, evaluation, creating
b. application, analysis, evaluation
c. remembering, analysis, creating
d. analysis, evaluation, creating
d. analysis, evaluation, creating
Institutional aims (mission, vision), course goals and learning objectives should
a. match
b. differ
c. align
d. expand
c. align
What type of assessment is this?
At the end of each unit, students write a short summary of the main things they have learned from that unit.
progress
How many credit hours is a course that takes 45 classroom hours?
3
Which of these is a tool used in situation analysis?
a. Stakeholder mapping
b. Student journey map
c. Student profiles
d. Entrance exams
a. stakeholder mapping
What technique will help bring tasks outside the students' ZPD into the ZPD?
scaffolding
Which of these is a good learning objective?
By the end of this unit students will be able to:
a. assess plans to reduce waste in the school
b. learn about ways to reduce waste in the school
c. reduce the amount of waste produced in the country
d. be familiar with a range of ways to reduce waste
d.
assess plans to reduce waste in the school
Which of these is a good assessment for this learning objective?
Students will be able to describe examples of traditional gender roles in their communities.
a. an essay about gender roles in Southeast Asia.
b. a list of gender norms they have experienced.
c. a presentation on ways to prevent gender-based violence
d. a timeline of the women's movement in Myanmar
b. a list of gender norms they have experienced.
Which of these things must be included in a curriculum framework?
a. activities
b. credit hours
c. course description
d. all of the above
c. course description
Who are your most important stakeholders?
The people with the greatest interest in the outcome and success if your programme.
What stage of Bloom's taxonomy would this task be?
Students use prepositions of place to describe the locations of buildings in their school.
application
What is the main problem with this learning objective?
To teach students to develop a diagram of the water cycle.
It is focused on what the teach does, not what the students will be able to do.
Is the problem here practicality, reliability or validity?
In your social science class, students write an essay about how geography affects local food production.
They are marked 20% knowledge of the subject, 20% original ideas, 20% grammar, 20% spelling and 20% essay structure.
validity
What is the missing word?
Learning objectives, assessment, teaching and materials need to ______ with the course goals, which should ______ with overall institutional aims. These should all ______ with student needs and the situation.
align
What is the needs and situation conflict in this scenario?
Your students are expected to take a social entrepreneurship course. However they have no experience of business. The teacher is experienced in teaching university courses and has a university textbook on social entrepreneurship.
needs - social entrepreneurship, no experience of business
situation - high-level materials and teaching available, but no basic course on business,
What dead Soviet psychologist first developed the ZPD?
a. Maria Montessori
b. General Aung San
c. Lev Vygotsky
d. Leo Tolstoy
c. Lev Vygotsky
What subject might this be a course description for?
The course focuses on the use of data in collecting and analysing research. It looks at tools, techniques and the mathematics involved in gathering data to inform and illustrate the outcomes and conclusions of research projects.
statistics
Is the problem here practicality, reliability or validity?
You teach two pre-intermediate English classes. They have a oral exam for part of their final mark. Class a does the exam on Monday, and it is quiet and peaceful. Class B does their exam on Tuesday, when there is a rainstorm. These students can't easily hear the instructions or content of the exam.
reliability
What is the role of textbooks in a curriculum?
they can be part if a curriculum (resources), and might be useful to help inform topic selection and objectives.
However a good curriculum does not only follow a textbook exactly, as the textbook was not created for your specific students and situation.