Midterm Examination in ED10

(Curriculum Development)

Name: _______________________________ Permit Number: ______________Score: ______

I. Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the right answer. (2 points each
number)

1. What is indispensable characteristic in planning a curriculum?

A. Uniqueness
B. Open-mindedness
C. Creativity
D. Stability

2. The following factors are considered in planning a curriculum EXCEPT:

A. The learners’ needs
B. The culture and community
C. The assets of the learner
D. The school community

3. What is being considered in implementing curricular change?

A. There’s no need for careful planning of programs of change in the curriculum
B. There must be an examination of the place of formative process
C. Materials are unnecessary especially for the practical skills
D. All mentioned above are considered in implementing curricular change

4. What is defined as an alteration in the properties of system elements?

A. Change
B. Curriculum
C. Client
D. Management

5. What is defined as any recipient of a change element?

A. Change Agent
B. Change of Management
C. Change Element
D. Client System

6. What is defined as the carrier of a change element?

A. Change Element
B. Change of Management
C. Change Agent
D. Client System

7. Client system reacts in any of the following ways EXCEPT:

A. By rejecting the change element
B. By providing the properties of the change element
C. By altering the properties of the change element
D. By accepting the change element

8. What is defined as a material or immaterial phenomenon?

A. Change Agent
B. Client System
C. Change
D. Change Element

9. The new behavior patterns are institutionalized as _____ by a corresponding adjustment in

attitude:
A. Fixed
B. Literal
C. Dynamic
 D. Applied

10. What is said to be a systematic sequence and a goal-directed?

A. Curriculum Change
B. Curriculum Development
C. Managing Curriculum
D. Curriculum Adaptation

11. Which of the following is the nature of curriculum?

A. Critical
B. Creative
C. Conservative
D. All of the above

12. Curriculum organization used for different concepts at the same class is:
A. Horizontal
B. Vertical
C. Logical
D. None of these

13. The importance of curriculum in the system of education is just like a:

A. Preparation of students for service
B. Constitution in a country
C. Provision of latest knowledge
D. None of the above

14. Curriculum reflects the culture of:

A. School
B. Home
C. Area
D. Society

15. In planning and implementing curricula school makes its selection from:
A. Nation
B. Region
C. Culture
D. Mass communication

16. Effectiveness of curriculum is determined by:

A. Evaluation
B. Objective
C. Method
D. Design

17. Subject Centered designs revolve around:

A. Content
B. Learner
C. Social Values
D. Social Problems

18. The characteristics of Activity Centered Curriculum:

A. Student Interest
B. Training of Practical Work
C. Overall development
D. All of the above

19. Curriculum improvement should be a ____ process:

A. Last
B. Initial
C. Internal
D. Continuous
20. Curriculum effectiveness is determined by:
A. Community cooperation
B. Teacher competence
C. Student interest
D. Quality of supervision

II. Identification:

_______________1. Is an organization in which the school subjects constitute the basis for
organizing the school.

_______________ 2. It is the one that articulates and establishes relationships between two or
more subjects.

_______________ 3. An effort to overcome the compartmentalization of the curriculum.

_______________ 4. It eliminates school subject division and broad fields of subject matter.

_______________ 5. It is one that organizes its learning experiences.

_______________ 6. It is one that places emphasis on the immediate interests and needs of
the learner.

_______________ 7. Termed as “Social Functions” or “Areas of Living”.

_______________ 8. An evaluation which is done when pupil achievement or written tests are
administered during preliminary tryouts.

_______________ 9. Terminal evaluation and involves judgment of a finished products.

_______________ 10. It is the systematic arrangement of content and educational learning

experiences.

III. Enumeration:

A. Sequence of curriculum change

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B. Analysis sequence followed by curriculum leaders
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C. Helpful steps in initiating major changes
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D. Major types of curriculum pattern
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E. Types of criteria used in evaluating the curriculum
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F. Stages/Steps in a work conference
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G. Techniques of evaluation
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IV. Essay. Discuss and explain concisely.

1. How do you understand Curriculum Development as part of your curriculum? Give justice to
your answer.