Curriculum Development (EDU221)
Higher Technical Teacher Training College (HTTTC/ENSET)
Semester: Second Semester
Level: 300
Year: 2014
SECTION A (30 MARKS) WRITE ONLY THE LETTER CORRESPONDING TO THE CORRECT ANSWER
Which of these attributes of a curriculum:
A) Tested curriculum B) taught curriculum C) Learned curriculum D) Hidden
curriculum
B) E) Explicit curriculum F) co-curriculum
1. Emerges from the way teachers speak, dress and behave towards learners and others
2. Describes learning opportunities stated in various official documents?
3. Enhances career opportunities of learners
4. Is made up of school activities such as sports, cultural and club activities?
5. Describes the content of examination papers?
6. Describes all what teachers teach, both in and out of school syllabuses?
7. The sum total of what learners internalize after instruction?
8. Is also known as written or overt curriculum
9. Curriculum is “the content pupils are expected to learn”. This definition makes use of
A) Explicit considerations B) implicit considerations C) no considerations D) External
Considerations
10. Well stated curriculum goals and objectives must
A) Clear, specific and realistic B) clear, attainable and comprehensive C) clear, measurable
and specific D) clear, comprehensive and ambiguous
11. Which one of these is not a criterion for selecting appropriate curriculum content
A) Validity B) variety of sources C) relevance D) objectivity
12. Development of an appropriate and effective curriculum must begin with
A) formulation of objectives B) planning C) situation analysis D) selection of content
13. The intervention approach to curriculum planning is not suitable for
A) Centralized education system B) decentralized education system C) Anglophone Education
system D) Francophone Education system E) Independent Systems
UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA HTTTC BAMBILI
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
July Course Code/Level: EDU 420G Level 4
2013/2014 Course Title: Curriculum Development and Practice
Time allowed: 1hr 15m Course Instructor: Martha ZAMA, PhD
Instructions: Answer all questions in all sections in the answer booklet. Submit your question Paper
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14. Good and appropriate curriculum planning should be carried out by
A) Curriculum experts only B) subject specialists only C) all stake holders of education
D) teachers and learners only E) government officials only
15. these are essential tasks in the process of curriculum implementation i) adoption ii) diffusion and
disseni iii) monitoring iv) resource allocation
A) i only B) I, ii & iii C) all of the above D) I, ii & iv E) none of the above
16. Curriculum evaluation that leads to decisions to modify curriculum materials is called
A) Formative evaluation B) summative evaluation C) placement evaluation D) process
evaluation
Which one of these curriculum designs A) Learners centred B) Subject centred C) society centred
design
17. Is criticized for being inflexible and stereotype?
18. involves higher understanding and planning learning activities together
19. Groups content according to division of labour in research?
20. Has the scope of the curriculum derived by …
21. Has problem solving as the dominant teaching method
22. Incorporates counselors in the execution of school programmes?
23. Is based on felt needs and interests of learner
24. Considers subject matter as a means of responding to learners needs and interests and not content
to be learned for its own sake
25. The curriculum content is organized in units that cut across subject matter boundaries
26. Is criticized for not having deliberate social direction
Match one of these Curriculum Development models with each of the following descriptions
A) Tyler (1949) B) Wheeler (1967) C) Taba (1962) D) ADDIE
27. A prescriptive, deductive and linear model for curriculum development
28. A prescriptive, deductive and cyclical model for curriculum development
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29. An instructional system design model
30. Gives the impression that evaluation takes place only at the end of curriculum development
Section B (20 Marks)
Write down the term that best suits each of the curriculum concept described below
31. A set of guidelines that regulate teaching and learning activities in an institution
32. The arrangement of curriculum components to form a unified whole
33. A principle of curriculum design that specifies the order of successive learning experiences
34. The process of deciding what is taught and learned in schools
35. A teaching plan that may last for one or two weeks
36. Reiteration or reception of crucial learning tasks and or curriculum elements until they are mastered
37. Grouping learners for teaching according to academic performance
38. The process and procedures that are involved in creating a curriculum
39. A detailed teaching plan that indicates general objectives, curriculum content and evaluation
strategies according to subject areas
40. A curriculum plan that takes many years to be completed and ends with the award of certificate
Section C (20 marks) Short answers
1. List five factors to consider when drawing up a school time table
2. State one advantage of mixed ability grouping of learners over ability grouping
3. Identify three key persons that should receive professional training for curriculum
implementation. What form should such training take?
4. Briefly describe one curriculum innovation that you would like to see in your
teaching subject area at the secondary school level of your training programme at
HTTTC.
GOOD LUCK!!!
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