Ed121 - Chapter 5 Quiz
According to the recent trends in foreign (or world) language instruction, which of the following would one expect to see in foreign language classes?
More programs starting early in elementary schools More integration of international and multicultural education content Use of the Internet to access current materials from other countries All of these
In general, educational writers comment that textbooks
provide sufficient depth of coverage. are written in a lively, varied style. typically pique students' interest and stimulate student learning. match none of the descriptions given here.
Which of the following are guiding the development of physical education curricula?
Development of aerobic capacity and appropriate levels of body fat Save
Which of the following has had the most influence over the content of the curriculum in the past decade?
Standards-based movement
How has the content of textbooks been affected by the standards-based movement?
The content standards in a few large states determine the content in the books.
Why did members of the back-to-basics group push for the return to a "basic" curriculum?
They believed that schools should prepare students to work hard and persevere at difficult tasks.
In addition to using technology and emphasizing problem solving, mathematics instruction is moving toward
a blending of the traditional subject-matter areas—algebra, geometry, etc.
In the past, school programs in the arts have focused on the creation of art forms, but recently they have attended more to
aesthetic education as a means of perception.
In contemporary health education, a unit on AIDS directed toward adolescents would focus on
changing attitudes to get students to take fewer risks.
Teachers in foreign (or world) language departments have sought to attract more students by
expanding their course offerings and integrating the study of language with the study of culture.
The model of teaching in which the typical lecture and the homework elements of a course are reversed is called
flipped classroom.
Critics of the standards-based movement cite all of the following reasons for their objections except
lack of support from parents and taxpayers. Save
Current trends in English instruction include
selecting literature that is relevant to student interests and representative of accepted literary tradition.
A student listens to an editorial response on the TV news in which the speaker charges that a city politician is acting like Macbeth. The student immediately knows by the reference to Macbeth that the city politician is trying to usurp power, according to the speaker. The student is able to make that connection because
she is culturally literate.
Current trends in math instruction are likely to lead to graduates who are able to
use mathematical reasoning to solve real problems that confront them.
