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Q: Goals 2000 The Educate America Act was signed by President: a. George H.W. Bush b. Bill Clinton c. George W. Bush d. Barack Obama

Q: The federal initiative known as America 2000 was presented by President: a. George H.W. Bush b. Bill Clinton c. George W. Bush d. Barack Obama

Q: A prescribed set of subjects for all secondary school pupils was recommended by the: a. National Education Association b. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development c. Harvard Committee on General Education d. National Association of Secondary School Principals

Q: The preservation of fundamental common values of American society is known as the: a. pluralistic concept b. melting-bowl concept c. salad-bowl concept d. integrated concept

Q: Michael S. Josephson sponsors: a. ETHICAL CHARACTER! b. CHARACTER FIRST! c. CHARACTER COUNTS! d. SHAPING CHARACTER!

Q: The National Education Associations identification of moral and spiritual values includes all except: a. human personality b. common sense c. moral responsibility d. gender equality

Q: The international organization charged with helping to improve education is: a. UNDCP b. UNESCO c. UNCTAD d. UNFPA

Q: The comprehensive model for the process of curriculum development followed in this text proceeds from the aims of education to: a. curriculum goals b. curriculum objectives c. evaluation techniques d. instructional objectives

Q: A model should accomplish two purposes: a. to suggest a system that curriculum planners might wish to follow, and to serve as the framework for explanations of phases or components of the process for curriculum improvement b. give stakeholders an exact plan to follow and to define a stated outcome for success c. to be a be-all and end-all to a school's curriculum needs and to provide a system to analyze curriculum d. none of the above

Q: The most superior model for curriculum development is: a. The Anderson Model b. The Tyler Model c. The Vazquez Model d. No model is more superior than the others

Q: One task in building a model for curriculum development is to determine what the most salient components in the process are: a. and to limit the model to those components b. and to delimit the model to those components c. and to design charts and graphs d. and to assign a starting and ending point in the model

Q: The apparent linear nature and lack of interdependence among the various components are criticisms of: a. The Havinghurst Model b. The Anderson Model c. The Taba Model d. The Tyler Model

Q: Curriculum development is the process for: a. making programmatic decisions b. revising the products of those decisions on the basis of continuous and subsequent evaluation. c. only "a" is correct d. "a" and "b" are correct

Q: If practitioners are not disposed to apply the models they discover, they may: a. design their own b. reject the use of models c. proceed intuitively and develop their own model d. all of the above

Q: Which model invokes a 5 step process: a. The Taba Model b. The Anderson Model c. The Tyler Model d. The Havinghurst Model

Q: The model presented in the chapter that is deductive and suggests to start with specifics and then to build to a general design is: a. The Tyler Model b. The Havinghurst Model c. The Taba Model d. The Anderson Model

Q: The model presented in the chapter that is inductive and recognizes that the needs of students in particular communities are not always the same as the general needs of students throughout our society is a. The Tyler Model b. The Oliva Model c. The Havinghurst Model d. The Anderson Model

Q: The model presented in the chapter that is inductive and uses the concept of sources and screens is: a. The Anderson Model b. The Tyler Model c. The Vazquez Model d. The Taba Model

Q: The model presented in this chapter that is considered a grassroots approach is: a. The Anderson Model b. The Lowery Model c. The Oliva Model d. The Taba Model

Q: According to Tyler curriculum workers should search for educational objectives by analyzing data relevant to: a. the needs of the society b. the subject matter c. the needs of the students d. all of the above

Q: The three models discussed in the chapter are: a. linear and prescriptive b. linear and descriptive c. nonlinear and prescriptive d. nonlinear and descriptive

Q: The three models of the curriculum presented in the chapter are the: a. Anderson, Johnson and Vazquez models b. Havinghurst, Lowery and Higgins models c. Taba, Tyler and Oliva models d. Johnson, Vazquez and Oliva models

Q: The term model in the education profession often: a. creates specific outcomes b. lacks precision c. creates consensus of the stakeholders d. determines the success of the school

Q: Human Ethology refers to: a. cooperative behavior b. verbal behavior c. nonverbal behavior d. individual behavior

Q: Total Quality Management is the concept of: a. William Glasser b. W. Edwards Deming c. Douglas M. McGregor d. Kurt Lewis

Q: Jacob W. Getzels, James M. Lipham, and Roald F. Campbell referred to the style of moving between task-oriented and relationship-oriented as: a. associative b. versatile c. transactional d. alternating

Q: Group task roles as perceived by Kenneth D. Benne and Paul Sheats includes all the following except: a. Elaborator b. Coordinator c. Orienter d. Harmonizer

Q: The Concerns-Based Adoption Model focuses on: a. personal concerns b. group concerns c. teacher concerns d. parental concerns

Q: Daniel L. Stufflebeam and the Phi Delta Kappa National Study Committee on Evaluation viewed the process of decision making as consisting of all the following stages except: a. design b. review c. action d. choice

Q: According to Kurt Lewin organizations change when they are in a state of: a. initiation b. equilibrium c. fatigue d. disequilibrium

Q: In social science terminology persons with whom a change agent works to effect change are referred to as the: a. target group b. task group c. client system d. delivery system

Q: Not among the organizational variables mentioned by Harold J. Leavitt and Homa Bahrami was: a. time b. structure c. people d. task

Q: Included in sets of group process skills of particular significance noted in the text are: a. change process b. research skills c. leadership skills d. communication skills

Q: Minorities are expected to comprise more than 50% of the U.S. population by: a. 2020 b. 2030 c. 2040 d. 2050

Q: The fastest growing minority group in the United States is: a. Native Americans b. Blacks c. Hispanics d. Asians

Q: Quality circles are a practice of organizations following: a. Theory Z b. Theory X c. Theory Y d. Theory Q

Q: That the average worker dislikes work is a tenet of: a. Theory A b. Theory X c. Theory Y d. Theory Z

Q: J. Galen Saylor and William M. Alexander likened the process of curriculum planning to: a. games b. combat c. drama d. science

Q: In 1938 the National Education Association's Educational Policies Commission defined all of the following as purposes of secondary education except: a. civic responsibility b. physical fitness c. self-realization d. economic efficiency

Q: The 1874 Kalamazoo, Michigan case allowed expenditure of public funds for: a. elementary education b. secondary education c. college education d. adult education

Q: The state's power over education comes from the following amendment to the U.S. Constitution: a. First Amendment b. Second Amendment c. Tenth Amendment d. Eighteenth Amendment

Q: "Spinning out" is a process identified by: a. B. Frank Brown b. Robert S. Zais c. John D. McNeil d. Evelyn J. Sowell

Q: According to Michael G. Fullan the initiative that can be said to work best is: a. decentralized b. centralized c. empowered d. none of the above

Q: Some federal curricular programs requiring collaborative groups follow the concept of: a. sparsity b. parity c. versatility d. creativity

Q: According to the text, foreign observers are amazed by the following characteristic of American schools: a. the size b. the constuction c. the uniqueness d. the funding

Q: John I. Goodlad viewed as the unit for improvement the: a. district b. classroom c. state d. school

Q: According to the text, of all levels and sectors of curriculum planning the following is the most critical: a. school district b. individual school c. state level d. federal level

Q: Of the following levels of planning the power for mandating projects rests with the: a. state legislature b. school district c. local school d. all of the above

Q: The Coalition of Essential Schools was founded by: a. E.D. Hirsch, Jr. b. John Goodlad c. Theodore Sizer d. James B. Conant

Q: Mastery learning was advocated by: a. Ralph Tyler b. Benjamin Bloom c. James Bruner d. Earl Kelley

Q: No Child Left Behind was initially authorized in: a. 2001 b. 2005 c. 2007 d. 2010

Q: Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 banned discrimination on the basis of: a. age b. handicap c. ethnicity d. gender

Q: The Lau v. Nichols U.S. Supreme Court case dealt with: a. parental rights b. school prayer c. bilingual education d. charter schools

Q: Curriculum viewed as a whole is referred to as: a. microcurriculum b. monocurriculum c. macrocurriculum d. paracurriculum

Q: Hilda Taba noted that a problem with curriculum revision is that it has been: a. individualized b. piecemealed c. confusing d. teacher-centered

Q: Curriculum development involves making choices: a. among emphases b. among disciplines c. among methods d. all of the above

Q: Alice Miel held that curriculum change is basically a: a. change in content b. change in instruction c. change in people d. change in assessment

Q: A 2010 study cited in the text showed that enrollment in the following foreign language was increasing in: a. French b. German c. Russian d. Chinese

Q: Mental discipline is another name for: a. experimental psychology b. gestalt psychology c. faculty psychology d. scholastic psychology

Q: The first American high school was established in: a. Boston b. Chicago c. Philadelphia d. New York

Q: The National Commission on Excellence in Education produced: a. Education for All American Youth b. The Paideia Proposal c. No Child Left Behind d. A Nation at Risk

Q: The Commission in the Reorganization of Secondary Education is known for: a. Ten Imperative Needs of Youth b. Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education c. A Nation at Risk d. Race to the Top

Q: According to the text, curriculum principles may be viewed as all except: a. half-truths b. whole truths c. partial truths d. hypotheses

Q: Schwab recommended all means of operation below except: a. the practical b. the predictive c. the quasi-practical d. the eclectic

Q: Joseph J. Schwab referred to a curriculum process that he called: a. comprehensiveness b. invariability c. deliberation d. generalization

Q: Curriculum principles are derived from: a. empirical data b. experimental data c. common sense d. all of the above

Q: The academy discussed in this chapter was the creation of: a. Robert Marzano b. Benjamin Franklin c. Ernest Boyer d. Hyman Rickover

Q: The "woolly mammoth syndrome" is exemplified by all except: a. national standards b. low expectations c. omission of fine arts d. ignoring student health

Q: The Western Electric researches revealed an aura known as the: a. Hawthorne Effect b. Progressive Effect c. Hidden Effect d. Western Effect

Q: Curriculum changes when people affected have changed is a principle of: a. conceptual psychology b. social psychology c. gestalt psychology d. perceptual psychology

Q: Reflecting the continuous influence of curriculum and instruction on each other as shown in the text is the: a. concentric model A b. concentric model B c. cyclical model d. dualistic model

Q: Some theoreticians equate with curriculum: a. processes b. strategies c. techniques d. all of the above

Q: The orientation of a child-centered curriculum is: a. essentialistic b. progressivist c. behavioristic d. reconstructionist

Q: Transmission of the cultural heritage reflects the philosophy of: a. progressivism b. perennialism c. essentialism d. realism

Q: Allan C. Ornstein and Francis P. Hunkins included in their definition of curriculum: a. subject matter b. field of study c. learning process d. all of the above

Q: By symbolic representation William Pinar et al. mean: a. courses of study b. institutional practices c. artistic creations d. educational objectives

Q: D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly perceived curriculum as: a. a set of subjects b. a course of study c. a course of life d. a set of units

Q: The following element was not included in Albert I. Oliver's conception of curriculum: a. program of studies b. program of assessment c. program of services d. hidden curriculum

Q: Hilda Taba defined curriculum as a a. plan for teaching b. set of courses c. set of objectives d. plan for learning

Q: Ralph W. Tyler advocated educational objectives that are: a. generalized b. individualized c. behavioral d. integrated