Curriculum Development and Design Flashcards

Bloom's Taxonomy is primarily used in curriculum development to:

Answer: Classify learning objectives by cognitive complexity

Bloom's Taxonomy categorizes educational objectives from lower-order (remembering, understanding) to higher-order (analyzing, evaluating, creating) cognitive skills.

The 'spiral curriculum,' associated with Jerome Bruner, proposes that:

Answer: Core concepts should be revisited repeatedly at increasing levels of complexity

Bruner's spiral curriculum argues that fundamental ideas can be introduced early and revisited in greater depth as students mature cognitively.

Which curriculum document typically provides the most detailed guidance for classroom instruction, including lesson plans and pacing?

Answer: Course of study / syllabus

A syllabus (or course of study) provides detailed, practical guidance including specific topics, lesson sequencing, pacing, and often assessment tasks for a specific course.

In curriculum development, 'needs assessment' is conducted primarily to:

Answer: Identify gaps between current and desired student learning outcomes

A needs assessment identifies the discrepancy between where learners are and where they should be, providing evidence to guide curriculum design decisions.

Differentiated instruction in curriculum design acknowledges that:

Answer: Students have varied readiness levels, interests, and learning profiles requiring flexible approaches

Differentiated instruction adapts content, process, product, and environment to meet the diverse needs of individual learners within the same classroom.

The term 'intended curriculum' refers to:

Answer: The formally planned and documented curriculum as written by authorities

The intended curriculum is the officially planned and documented set of learning goals and content prescribed by educational authorities or institutions.

Which approach to curriculum evaluation focuses on the decision-making needs of program administrators rather than measuring goal achievement?

Answer: Stufflebeam's CIPP model

Stufflebeam's CIPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) model is explicitly designed to provide information for program decision-making at every stage of curriculum development.