5103 Final Exam

The phrase, "how good is good enough," describes the role of ____ within the achievement cycle.

assessment

Effective implementation of the achievement cycle should result in ____ for students.

authentic learning

Mrs. Rojas teaches 7th grade language arts in a school serving students from many different ethnic groups. Her curriculum is multicultural and integrated, and she is especially cognizant of students' levels of readiness, learning styles, experiences, interests, and cultural backgrounds. In taking these factors into account, Mrs. Rojas is acknowledging students' ____.

diversity.

When the achievement cycle is most effective, a close, interactive relationship exists among standards-based curricula, instruction, and ____.

performance evaluation

Dr. Brooks teaches American history at the 10th grade level. He uses a variety of assessment techniques to determine what his diverse learners know and are able to do. His ultimate goal is for students to view assessment as a tool for learning and to self-assess their own performance. To promote this goal, Dr. Brooks would include many opportunities for:

regular interviews and conferences.

Ms. Mitchell, a kindergarten teacher, has attended many professional development sessions on authentic learning. In all the sessions, she has learned that for learning to be authentic, it must occur in:

the context of real-world problems and issues.

The seventh-grade team "Voyager" plans to develop an interdisciplinary unit for its students. The science teacher is concerned about low science scores. She and the math teacher decide to work on an interdisciplinary unit to increase authentic learning. They begin by going over standards for math and science to determine common goals. Then, they identify a big idea that will provide a central focus for the unit. What should they do next to develop their interdisciplinary unit?

Brainstorm to generate as many ideas as possible for the unit.

Mrs. Tovar's third-grade classroom is composed of students who are mainstreamed for reading or math and a few English language learners. On the first day of school, Mrs. Tovar introduces herself, groups the students in pairs and triads, and gives each group a puzzling situation to discuss. Within each group, the students study their problem and plan a solution. When time is up, a representative from each group reports the group's solution to the class. Which of Marzano's strategies for rigorous learning is Mrs. Tovar applying in her classroom?

Cooperative learning

In the achievement cycle, what component specifies how the standards are met?

Curriculum

Ms. Rogers, a fourth grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School, wants to create an interdisciplinary unit on Responsible Citizenship. She would like her students to discover how science, math, history, and language arts all contribute to accomplishing a local service project: starting a recycling program. According to the presentation, which of the following components of the curriculum design process should be done first?

Define appropriate learning objectives.

The "backward design" framework identifies three major components of curriculum design. If you were using this framework to design a curriculum unit, which component should you identify first?

Desired results

Based on the presentations, what is a characteristic of essential questions?

Essential questions provoke and sustain student interest.

Students are working on a unit in reading based upon Standard 1, in which they will learn to recognize words and develop vocabulary to become more fluent readers. They will learn to use context clues, predict, question, and summarize as ways to communicate more effectively. They will apply these strategies in the poem "The Raven" and the short story, "The Birds." The unit activities were designed using the WHERE model. Which of the following activities would serve as the best hook activity?

Have students share their answers to the question, "What was the scariest moment in your life?"

Ms. Rogers, a fourth grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School, wants to create an interdisciplinary unit on Responsible Citizenship. She would like her students to discover how science, math, history, and language arts all contribute to accomplishing a local service project: starting a recycling program. Which of the following choices would be the best guiding question for her unit?

How can citizens start a recycling program?

Students are working on a unit in reading based upon Standard 1, in which they will learn to recognize words and develop vocabulary to become more fluent readers. They will learn to use context clues, predict, question, and summarize as ways to communicate more effectively. They will apply these strategies in the poem "The Raven" and the short story, "The Birds." What would be a good essential question for this unit?

How do you determine the meanings of words?

Which of the following rationales best justifies requiring teachers to do vertical planning?

Redundancy by design provides practice, reinforcement, and connections, which reduces re-teaching.

Mrs. Bell is a veteran principal of a small elementary school where 90% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches and 90% are members of ethnic minority groups. She and her staff have researched innovative curricular practices and agreed to implement new practices during the new school year. According to research by Douglas Reeves, what is one of the innovative curricular practices that will help this school become a 90/90/90 school?

Students will engage in writing non-fiction across the content areas in every grade.

Mrs. Evans is concerned about the ability of her middle-school students to be successful transitioning into high school. Using "instructional behaviors," based upon the research of Robert Marzano, she is changing the way she and her eighth graders interact. Which of the following activities most likely appeared on Mrs. Evans' lesson plans before she changed her instructional strategies?

Students will read a chapter and then answer the questions that follow.

An authentic assessment task is designed to simulate or replicate important, real-world challenges, such as asking a student to use knowledge in contexts where the purpose, audience, and situations are genuine. Which of the following would be an appropriate authentic assessment task?

You are entering a writing contest requiring a modern-day application of a classic story. Write a new ending to the story, "The Birds," by Daphne du Maurier. Your ending must show your ability to make a plausible prediction, connect to a current problem or issue, and paint a chilling conclusion for a suspenseful story.

In addition to serving as "the collected wisdom of what is important to teach," an effective classroom curriculum documents the ____ process.

alignment and instructional