Curriculum and Instruction Flashcards
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A teacher uses a 'think-pair-share' strategy during a read-aloud. What is the primary instructional purpose?
Answer: To give every child an opportunity to verbalize thinking and practice language
Think-pair-share ensures active participation and oral language practice by having every child articulate their thinking to a partner.
Which of the following is the best example of a formative assessment strategy in a kindergarten classroom?
Answer: A teacher circulating during center time and recording observations on sticky notes
Formative assessment is ongoing, informal, and used to guide daily instructional decisions rather than to evaluate outcomes.
Spiral curriculum, as described by Jerome Bruner, involves:
Answer: Revisiting core concepts at increasing levels of complexity across grade levels
Bruner's spiral curriculum revisits foundational ideas repeatedly with greater sophistication as children develop.
A teacher sets up a dramatic play center with medical tools and props after reading a book about doctors. This center primarily supports:
Answer: Language development, symbolic thinking, and schema building
Dramatic play linked to literature builds vocabulary, symbolic thinking, and deepens comprehension of the theme.
Which of the following best describes differentiated instruction in an early childhood setting?
Answer: Adjusting content, process, or product to meet individual children's needs and readiness
Differentiated instruction tailors learning experiences across content, process, and product to address each child's unique needs.
A teacher wants to build number sense in pre-K children. Which activity is most developmentally appropriate?
Answer: Using counting bears to build sets and compare quantities hands-on
Manipulative-based activities build concrete understanding of quantity and number relationships appropriate for pre-K learners.
When a teacher co-constructs classroom rules with children at the start of the year, this practice supports curriculum goals by:
Answer: Building children's sense of agency, ownership, and social-emotional learning
Co-creating rules with children develops their sense of ownership, community responsibility, and self-regulation skills.