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1. The content of a subject which is authentic and also facilitates the achievement of stated objectives may be considered to be………

a. Valid

b. Reliable

c. Appropriate

 d. Functional

 2. Which of these agents of education empowers the other?

a. Family

 b. School

 c. Media

 d. Church

3. An objective stated is considered precise when it……

a. Has fewer words

 b. Identifies ones learning outcome

 c. Cannot be interpreted differently

d. Can be achieved differently

6. The learnability of content for selected for a particular subject does not depend on the availability of needed resources for teaching.

True or False

5. Education is schooling and schooling is education.

 True or False

6. Content selected for the various subjects in the curricular are considered valid only when they enable learners demonstrate outcomes stated in the objectives.

True or False

 7. Experiences and activities learners are exposed to which are not documented yet take place during regular school hours vary from school to school.

True or False

8. The sequential arrangement of content is influenced educational philosophy by a country’s.

 True or false

 9. Learners learn better when teachers involve in the selection of education experiences.

True or false

10. What teachers teach and learners learn as a result of prevailing conditions from part of the……. ……. curriculum.

a. Actual

b. Co-curriculum

c. Formal

 d. Official

 11. What the culture of a school teaches learners may be considered part of the…………. curriculum a. Actual

b. Formal

c. Hidden

d. Informal

12. In curriculum, purposes stated for…… within an educational system are called……

a. Objectives

 b. Goals

 c. Aims

d. Purposes

13. Continuity as a technique for organizing content allows…….

a. Concepts to be repeated with increase difficulty

b. Aspects of various disciplines to be fused into composite whole

c. Concepts to be reiterated without increasing complexity

d. A subject to be repeated across a number of subject

 14. All these are purposes for evaluating an instructional programme EXCEPT ………

 a. Diagnosing the programme

 b. Revising aspects of the programme

 c. Changing the programme

d. Comparing programmes

 15. Which of these is the most appropriate description for the curriculum?

 a. It is a planned programme of  activities a school exposes learners to

 b. It is the planned series of activities stated in the syllabus

c. It is the subject’s learners learn in school

d. It is all that student’s experiences in order to be citizens

16. Psychology of learning influence curriculum design by facilitating the……………….

 a. Determination of aims of education

b. Funding education

c. Hiring of personnel

d. Sequential arrangement of content

 17. Which of the component of the curriculum provides evidence for curriculum reviews?

a. Evaluation

 b. Learning experiences

c. Purposes

d. Subject matter

18. Within which category definitions will you place this “the curriculum is all that students experience in order to become useful citizens”

a. Broad

b. Midway

c. Narrow

d. Wide

 19. Purposes for the curriculum can be derived from all these sources EXCEPT……

a. Learners

 b. Teachers

c. Society

 d. parents

 20. In curriculum construction purposes stated for subjects are called……..

a. ultimate goals

 b. mediate goals

 c. proximate goals

d. specific objectives

21. In selecting learning experiences for his students, Mr. Eshun ensured that what he selected would help learners demonstrate expected outcomes. What criterion influenced his choice?

 a. Validity

b. Significance

 c. Feasibility

d. Functionality

22. Which of these is an appropriate description for the curriculum?

a. It is a planned programme of activities a school exposes learners to

 b. It is the planned series of activities stated in the syllabus

c. It is the subjects learners learn in school

 d. It is all that students experience in order to be useful citizens

 23. The process of conducting preliminary assessment in the environment within which a curriculum will be implemented is considered as………..

 a. Needs evaluation

b. Situational analysis

c. Needs anticipation

d. Context examination

 24. Which of these determinants of curriculum should a society consider if she wants to use the curriculum to achieve social and political stability?

a. Cross cultural factors

b. Teachers

c. Societal considerations

d. Existing curriculum

25. All the following are strengths of the discipline centered curriculum EXCEPT one.

 a. Promotes in-depth study and acquisition of knowledge

 b. Ensures the preservation of society’s cultural heritage

c. Allows easy structural arrangements

 d. Encourages independent thinking

26. Learning experiences selected for learners are considered comprehensive when………..

a. All objectives and domains have corresponding experiences

 b. Equal emphasis is placed on all aspects of the curriculum

c. Learners participate in the selection process

 27. A good school curriculum should be able to facilitate the development of all these aspects of the learners EXCEPT……

a. Mental capacity

 b. Value systems

c. Local environment

d. Manipulative skills

28. Which of these factors will enhance the preservation of the way of life of a society when developing the curriculum?

 a. Culture of the people

b. Number of subject options available

 c. Resources available

 d. Evaluation systems

 29. A syllabus plays all these significant roles EXCEPT…….

a. Breaking related topics in a subject area into teachable units

 b. Translating the philosophy of the curriculum

c. Making the aims of the curriculum achievable in class

d. Prescribing policies that facilitate curriculum implementation

30 .This component of the curriculum serves as a basis for determining its success or failure

 a. Purpose

 b. Content

 c. Learners experiences

d. Evaluation

 31. In curriculum construction proximate goals are stated for…………..

a. The nation

b. An institution

 c. A subject

d. A lesson

32. Which of these will you consider as one of the roles of educational philosophy in curriculum development?

 a. Defining the contribution of parents to education

 b. Explaining the role of educational policy makers

c. Determining budgetary allocation for education

d. Determining the role of the teacher

 33. What teachers are expected to teach and learners expected to learn forms part of the …….. curriculum

a. Adopted

b. Taught

 c. Covert

 d. Received

 34. Which of the following best explains the precise statement of objectives for an instructional process?

a. The statement must be short

 b. It must contain one learning outcome

 c. It must be interpreted similarly by different people

d. It must be simple worded and straight forward

 35. The content of any subject may entail all the following elements except:

 a. Materials

b. Principles

c. Concepts

d. Theories

 36. The pattern of curriculum designing that seeks to preserve the cultural heritage of a society is the …………… curriculum.

 a. Discipline centred

b. Activity and interest

c. Core

d. Integrated

 37. When the demonstration of an outcome stated in an objective is personally and socially beneficial such objectives may be described as…………….

a. Significant

 b. Appropriate

c. Feasible

 d. Functional

 38. What society values or cherishes and may want to pass to the younger generation may form part of………

.a. Goals

 b. Sub-matter

c. Educational experiences

d. Instructional techniques

 39. Examination bodies influence curriculum construction by……………

 a. Providing reports on learners’ performances

b. Recommending students for curriculum planning teams

 c. Testing students on curriculum materials

 d. Determining the success or failure of curriculum materials

40. The various psychologies of learning influence curriculum making by facilitating the

 a. Formulation of educational purposes

 b. Selection of content

 c. Selection of teaching techniques

 d. Sequential organization of learning experiences

 41. Learners may acquire one of the following values from examinations conducted.

 a. Tolerating others opinion

 b. Cooperating with others

 c. Showing respect

d. Being independent minded

 42. The process of conducting preliminary assessment in the environment within which an instructional programme will be implemented is called………

a. Community research

 b. Community diagnosis

c. Diagnosis of needs

d. Situational assessment

 43. Objectives stated for an instructional process that re of value than other alternative ones may be described as……………

 a. Significant

 b. Functional

c. Relevant

 d. Appropriate

44. One of the following is not a component from Tyler’s (1949) fundamental questions proposed for curriculum development.

a. Purposes

b. Content

 c. Learning experiences

d. Evaluation

45. In selecting content for students, Mr. Kyei considered all the resources available. What criterion influenced his choice of content?

 a. Significance

 b. Validity

 c. Utility

 d. Feasibility

 46. A society may be considered as developing if it has all these conditions in place except one

a. Substances

b. Safety

c. Sufficiency

d. Satisfaction

47. An educational programme is said to be clientele-oriented because……..

a. It is designed for clients with various orientations

 b. It is designed for a particular group of people

c. It is designed for a client

d. It can be used by other clients

48. Who explained education as the process of human learning through which an individual acquires breadth of knowledge, understanding, and critical thinking?

 a. Farrant (1980)

b. Barrow (1981)

 c. Aggarwal (1995)

d. Castle (1965)

 49. What things must be known in the sabertooth curriculum were made up of…….

a. The way children played in the community

b. How the adult worked to survive?

 c. Fish grabbing with bare hands

d. Same activities practiced in the community

50. This is not one of the first subjects designed for the sabertooth curriculum.

a. Digging bear

b. Fish grabbing with bare hands

 c. Tiger scaring with fire

51. The skills, names and attitudes learners acquire as a result of the way a school is planned forms part of the……. Curriculum

. a. Operational

 b. Intended

 c. Collateral

d. Informal

 52. Statements of intentions of policy makers for an educational system are referred to as………

a. Purposes

 b. Aims

c. Goals

d. Objectives

 53. What teachers are expected to teach and learners expected to learn from part of the ……. Curriculum.

a. Actual

b. Co-curriculum

c. Formal

d. Official

54. Which of these is an appropriate description for the curriculum?

a. It is a planned programme of activities a school exposes learners to

b. It is the planned series of activities stated in the syllabus

c. It is the subjects learners learn in school

d. It is all that students experience in order to be useful citizens

55. The interaction between the learner and the conditions in his external environment to which

he can react to is referred to as………..

a. Learning materials

b. Emotional experiences

c. Learning activities

d. Learning experiences

56. Which of the determinants of the curriculum influence the construction of a new one?

a. Existing curriculum

b. Political consideration

c. Cross cultural factors

d. Philosophy of education

57. The curriculum designed for a particular group of people. It is therefore considered……

a. Customer oriented

b. Clientele oriented

c. People oriented

d. Cultural oriented

58. The various psychologies of learning influence curriculum making by facilitating the

a. Formulation of educational purposes

b. Selection of content

c. Selection of teaching techniques

d. Sequential organization of learning experiences

59. This component of an educational programme provides data for curriculum reviews?

a. Purposes

b. Learning experiences

c. Subject matter

d. Evaluation

60. Within which category of curriculum definition will you place this; ‘the curriculum is the

series of courses students are taken through in an educational institution’

a. Broad

b. Midway

c. Narrow

d. Wide

61. In curriculum, purposes stated for…… within an educational system are called……

a. Objectives

b. Goals

c. Aims

d. Purposes

62. Which of these determinants of curriculum should a society consider if she wants to use the

curriculum to achieve social and political strategy?

a. Gross cultural factors

b. Teachers

c. Societal considerations

d. Existing curriculum

63. Which of these factors will enhance the preservation of the way of life in a society when

developing the curriculum?

a. Culture of the people

b. Number of subject options available

c. Resources available

d. Evaluation systems

64. A syllabus plays all these significant roles EXCEPT…….

a. Breaking related topics in a subject area into teachable units

b. Translating the philosophy of the curriculum

c. Making the aims of the curriculum achievable in class

d. Prescribing policies that facilitate curriculum implementation

65. The content learners must be exposed to un schools is derived from……

a. Aims and goals

b. Evaluation

c. Theories and concepts

d. Teaching methods

66. All of these may be elements that learners interact within class to enable them understand

content except……...

a. Passages

b. Textbooks

c. Posters on walls

d. Teacher

67. Government’s policies influence curriculum achievement in all the following ways

except…….

a. Providing teaching / learning resources

b. Sequential arrangement of contents

c. Creating access to education

d. Hiring of personnel

68. Some curriculum definitions are considered based because they….

a. Include the co-curriculum and the integrated curriculum

b. Includes the co-curriculum and positive aspects of the hidden curriculum

c. Includes educative and noneducative elements

d. Includes the negative aspects of the hidden curriculum

69. Philosophy of education helps to provide answers to all these questions except….

a. What should learners be taught?

b. How should learners be taught?

c. Where should the school be located?

d. What learning environment should be provided for learners

70. The interaction between the learner and the conditions in his external environment to which

he can react to is referred to as……….

a. Learning experiences

b. Emotional experiences

c. Cognitive experiences

d. Physical experiences

71. Which of these empowers all the other agents of education?

a. Media

b. School

c. Family

d. Religious bodies

72. Which of the determinant of the curriculum can influence the construction of a new one?

a. Existing curriculum

b. Political considerations

c. Cross cultural factors

d. Philosophy of education

73. One of these components provides learners with the required information to enable them

exhibit intended purposes.

a. Aims and goals

b. Evaluation

c. Content

d. Teaching methods

74. The curriculum is considered clientele-oriented because it is designed for a …….

a. Particular group of leaders

b. Certain category of teachers

c. Particular group of customers

d. Particular society

75. All of these may be stated in an official curriculum EXCEPT……

a. Number subjects to be studied at various levels

b. Duration of various levels within educational system

c. Socio-economic background of learners

d. Educational philosophy

76. Saint Windfill International School in Kumasi agreed with the PTA to conduct spelling Bs or

debates on Friday after 12:00noon. These may form part of the ……… curriculum.

a. Official

b. Formal

c. Actual

d. Hidden

77. Which of these is the most worthwhile value parents’ visit to school will inculcate in

learners?

a. Tolerance

b. Obedience

c. Responsibility

d. Compassion

78. Which of these may be considered as Ghana’s social need for which provision can be made

in the curriculum?

a. Sanitation

b. Inadequate supply of essential goods

c. Poverty reduction

d. Intolerance of opinions

79. One of these may not be an element learners interact with in class to enable them understand

content.

a. Supplementary readers

b. Resource person

c. Other learners

d. Head teacher

80. Which of these ensures the preservation of the ways of life of a society when developing a

curriculum?

a. Subject matter

b. Learning experiences

c. Resources available

d. Evaluation

81. The subject matter learners must be exposed to in schools is derived from……..

a. Aims and goals

b. Evaluation

c. Theories and concepts

d. Teaching methods

82. When curriculum developers formulate an educational philosophy, it helps to do all the

following except……

a. Define the role of resource persons

b. Identify inconsistencies in the school programme

c. Clarify societal values

d. Enhances collaboration among curricurists.

83. ‘What things must be known’ in the sabertooth curriculum were made up of……..

a. The way children played in the community

b. Some activities practiced in the community

c. Fish grabbing with bare hands

d. How the adult worked to survive?

84. The skills, values ad attitudes the culture of a school teachers learners forms part of the

…….. curriculum

a. Operational

b. Intended

c. Collateral

d. Informal

85. Statements of intended learning outcomes for subjects are referred to as……

a. Purposes

b. Aims

c. Goals

d. Objectives

86. This component of an educational programme is provided to enable learners understand

concepts?

a. Purposes

b. Learning experiences

c. Subject matter

d. Evaluation

87. In curriculum construction purposes stated for levels within an educational system is

called…….

a. Ultimate aims

b. Mediate goals

c. Proximate goals

d. Specific objectives

 88. All of these may be stated in an official curriculum EXCEPT…..

a. Number of subjects to be studied at various levels

b. Duration of various levels within an educational system

c. Socio-economic background of learners

d. Educational philosophy

89. Which of these may be considered as Ghana’s political interest or which provision can be

made for the curriculum?

a. Affordable goods

b. Sanitation

c. Poverty reduction

d. Tolerance of opinion

90. One of these may not be an element learners interact with in class to enable them understand

content.

a. Head master

b. Resource person

c. Other learners

d. Diagrams on walls

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