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Of the following, which is the most important factor determining how much students learn? The quality of the teacher: How effectively the teacher teaches The curriculum: What students study School leadership: The quality of school principals and other administrators School facilities: The physical plant and access to technology and other support services

All concepts of student collaboration should not include: 1. working with small groups 2. group grades 3. individual accountability 4. support from the teacher

Some instructors and curriculum planners believe that assessing the achievement of instructional objectives constitutes curriculum This is a mistake for: 1. it places the onus on the teacher to create balanced objectives 2. it assumes that the instructional process is always solid and the effectiveness of the curriculum is always a given 3. it equates curriculum with instruction 4. “b” and “c” are correct

Direct instructional approaches can be best described as: student-centered instruction. technological instruction. teacher-centered instruction. the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model.

An example of a widely used form of alternative assessment is: 1. standardized tests 2. common assessments 3. the SAT 4. portfolios

Achievement in the cognitive domain is ordinarily demonstrated in school by pupil performance on: 1. oral exams administered to individuals 2. written tests given to an individual 3. written tests administered to a group 4. “a” and “c” are correct

Experienced teachers who provide guidance and support for beginning teachers are most commonly called: supervisors. support staff. mentors. peer teachers

Curriculum evaluation should include qualitative data from sources such as: 1. observations 2. surveys 3. portfolios 4. all of the above

According to the text, evaluation is: 1. the process of making judgments 2. validating assessments 3. the process of gathering data to make judgments 4. selecting a model for designing curriculum

Factual, conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive are categories of which dimension of Bloom’s cognitive domain? The evaluation and analysis dimension The cognitive process dimension The knowledge dimension The psychomotor dimension