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Curriculum Development and Design Flashcards

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  1. A curriculum developer is using backward design. What is the FIRST step in this process?

    Answer: Identify desired learning outcomes

    Backward design, developed by Wiggins and McTighe, begins with identifying desired results before planning instruction or assessments.

  2. Which curriculum model emphasizes the spiral approach, where concepts are revisited with increasing complexity across grade levels?

    Answer: Bruner's Spiral Curriculum

    Jerome Bruner's spiral curriculum revisits core concepts repeatedly across grades, deepening understanding at each encounter.

  3. A teacher wants to ensure her curriculum addresses multiple intelligences. Which theorist's work should she consult?

    Answer: Howard Gardner

    Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences identifies distinct learning modalities such as linguistic, logical-mathematical, and spatial intelligence.

  4. In curriculum alignment, what does 'vertical alignment' refer to?

    Answer: Ensuring content builds sequentially from one grade level to the next

    Vertical alignment ensures that curriculum content and skills progress logically and build upon each other from one grade level to the next.

  5. Which type of curriculum refers to what teachers actually teach in the classroom, which may differ from the official written curriculum?

    Answer: Enacted curriculum

    The enacted (or taught) curriculum is what teachers actually deliver in practice, which can differ from the written or intended curriculum.

  6. A Massachusetts school district adopts the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. What is the PRIMARY purpose of these frameworks?

    Answer: To set grade-level learning standards and expectations

    The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks establish grade-level standards and expectations that guide what students should know and be able to do.

  7. When developing a scope and sequence, a curriculum designer is primarily concerned with:

    Answer: What content will be covered and in what order across grade levels

    Scope refers to the breadth and depth of content covered, while sequence refers to the order in which content is taught across time and grade levels.