Module 6

Which of the following statements about the extracurriculum is FALSE?

High school boys and girls participate in varsity sports in equal numbers.

Which of the following is true of the teaching of financial literacy in current curriculums?

Nearly twenty states have added financial literacy to school curriculums.

The two states that are most influential in the state textbook adoption process are

Texas and California.

A scientific "theory," such as the theory of evolution, is

a thoroughly tested belief unlikely to change.

Research on the effectiveness of computers in education shows that

although a popular idea, the jury is still out on the effectiveness of computers in schools.

Textbook adoption states

are common in the South.

The push for more testing

concerns those who protest the use of class time for test preparation.

"Intelligent design"

credits an unnamed intelligence for aspects of nature unexplained by science.

Standardized testing has been criticized for

failing to consistently correlate with other measures of student learning.

Proposed content standards were quite controversial in which content area?

history

A textbook uses "he" and "mankind" to refer to all people. This is an example of bias called

linguistic bias.

The strong emphasis on the basics and academics during the 1980s was due to

lower test scores, coupled with critical reports about the American education system.

Advantages of the statewide textbook adoption process include all of the following benefits EXCEPT

more options for teachers at the local level.

The formal curriculum of the 17th century was primarily concerned with

religion and reading.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the curriculum emphasized

social issues.

Teachers shape the curriculum by

supplementing an official curriculum with other materials and objectives.

In the era of No Child Left Behind, evidence shows that for many schools, teaching is being redefined as ________ preparation.

test

The sequence of planned learning experiences described in course guides and syllabi is called

the formal curriculum or explicit curriculum.

A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is

the hidden curriculum arises spontaneously from interactions between students and their environments.

One of the criticisms of the textbook industry is the tendency to include a great deal of content in a superficial way. This is known as

the mentioning phenomenon.