Old Curriculum Standards
What are the Grade 10 subjects with BC Provincial mandated, standardized Final Exams?
English Language Arts, Foundations of Mathematics and Pre-Calculus (or Workplace Mathematics), Science
In the BC Art Education curriculum, students are guided in developing artistic abilities in what four core disciplines?
Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts
What are the three core competencies in the new BC curriculum?
Communication, Thinking, and Personal and Social
Which two of the five provincial exams will remain in the graduating years of grades 10 - 12?
Literacy and numeracy assessments.
What are the two new provincial assessments taking over the old provincial exams and the dates of their inception?
The Graduation Numeracy Assessment in 2017/18 and the Graduation Literacy Assessment in 2019/20
True or False: electronic devices were discouraged from being brought by students
true: now phones and laptops are encouraged in the classroom as learning aids if used appropriately
The new B.C Curriculum uses principles of learning from which community native to Canada in all subjects?
First Nations/Aboriginal/Indigenous Peoples
(First Peoples Principles of Learning)
What are the subjects containing all core concepts?
all subjects
What is the principles of quality assessment?
Principles provide a foundation for the development of classroom assessment, evaluation and communication of student learning. They are there to guide instructors on how they would like to plan the rest of their curriculum.
What are the three components of the Graduation Literacy Assessment?
Part A: Analyzing Texts and Communicating Understanding (selected-response), Part B: Analyzing Texts and Communicating Personal Connections (constructed-responses), and Self-reflection (unmarked)
What is the school year where provincial exams were being phased out?
The 2015/16 school year
What is the aim of the English Language Arts curriculum structure?
Maximizing students’ chances of success by allowing them to select the areas of choice that are most engaging for them and to achieve deeper learning
The example below is an example of what competency?
Students in this classroom frequently write their own blogs related to topics they are studying, and on current issues in their classroom and beyond.
Communication
What are some of the principles of quality assessments?
Quality assessment(https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/redesigning-assessment)
What are the three components of the Graduation Numeracy Assessment?
Common Component, Student-choice Component, and Self-reflection Component
What are the 3 math programs offered?
A&W math, Foundations math, and Pre- calculus
(now computing science class is a mathematics class)
While the Science curriculum enables a variety of instructional approaches, it was designed with a certain approach in mind. What is that approach?
Place based learning approach
What competency is developed by BC teachers based on students' work?
Creative thinking
Why are classroom assessments essential to have?
What is feedback from ongoing assessment can be used to guide the learner to understand their misconceptions and use the information to set new learning goals.
What are the five numeracy processes used to solve questions on the GNA?
Interpretation, Application, Solving, Analyzing, and Communicating
What is the grade where letter grades were introduced?
grade 4 (now grade 10)
The shift to less prescriptive learning standards in Social studies places greater emphasis on acquiring and developing key disciplinary thinking skills. These skills are built around six major historical and geographical thinking concepts. What are these concepts? (list three)
Significance, evidence, continuity and change, cause and consequence, perspective, and ethical judgment
The definition given below falls under what competency?
"Involves the ability and disposition to consider the interdepence of people with each other to natural environment.; to contribute positively to one’s family, community, society and environment"
Social and Personal
What is included in the new Foundation Skills Assessment for those in grades 4 and 7?
Reading, writing, and numeracy.
What is the new proposed project as a graduation requirement of the Career Education Curriculum?
The Capstone Project/Culminating Project or Experience/Senior Exhibition