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Quizzes- SS

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High/Scope
curriculum model focuses on students being hands-n learners, the teachers providing experiences to promote investigations, and the six-step problem solving method
Montessori
curriculum model focuses more on the materials and activities that help students learn to care for themselves, others, and the world around them
Individual, Development, and Identity
one of the ten themese that discusses emotions, daily living skills, and manners
why is active learning such a critical aspect to teaching social studies to young children?
provides them with long-term retention of the materials through making meanigful connections
holiday, here-and-now, social-living curriculum
historical foundations of social studies in early childhood education
reggio emilia
curriculum model known for its parental collabration, spiral teaching, and the inclusion/focus on children using the arts to express their knowledge
mitchell
developed a practical and detailed account of the ways in which teachers could enlarge and enrich children's understanding of the world around them and their place in it
curriclum norrowing
less time for social studies, more time for math
Attitudes and Values
The NCSS maintains that the focus of education is how these are formed and how they influence human behavior
The text proposes that a social studies scope and sequence for the elementary grades should
begin with the aspects of topic that are familiar to students and expand to those aspects long ago and far away
The text proposes that teachers develop a curriculum planning habit of applying the ten social studies conceptual themes to the subject matter topical emphasis at elementary grade level. Why is this an important habit?
the scope of a topic is expanded and deepened so that student understanded is expanded and deepened
major limit of sixth and seventh grade social studies programs
attempt to deal with too many topics so that depth of understanding is sacrificed
achievement gap - persists today between white and non-white students and between students from por and rich families in part because
poor students more often have fewer books in the home and parents with fewer years of schooling
major limit of sixth and seventh grade social studies programs
social understanding and democratic citizenship
which is not a reason for explaining why social studies units are often integrated units?
social studies instruction is always thematic instruction
skills is related to KN because
skillful behavior is supported by KN
Performance assessments help the teacher
Find out how well students can translate KN into action
Assessments should focus on
essential subject matter
Which of the following is NOT a purpose for assessment?
behavioral modification
evaluation involves comparing a students present understanding with
the desired outcome of instruction
work samples saved in social studies portfolios should be
related to essential learning and desired outcomes
instructional planning
primary purpose for the teacher
Formative assessments
assessments conducted during instruction
assessment means finding out
what students know and are able to do
most of the assessment done during social studies instruction involves
informal methods and simple observations
an assessments needs to capture
what students are actually learning
organizing subject matter involves deciding on the focus of study and:
determining the particular ideas and skill that have priority
planning for social studies instruction asks teachers to take on what roles?
curriculum planner, assessment planner, activity planner and resource planner
studying the curriculum guide
initial step in planning a social studies unit
an objective's "scope" should be:
neither too mall nor too great
Formative assessment defined by the text is
finding out what students are (and aren't) learning as the unit goes along
well-stated objectives allow teachers and students to"
clearly understand how instructional activities relate to the purpose of study
what is a simulation as defined by the text?
a strategy designed to reconstruct some characteristics of a real situation through experience
why does the texts author suggest teacher's questions are so powerful
they direct the inteleectual work of students
Pluto example explains that concepts are
social agreements
what is concept formation
studying examples of a concept and grasping the critical similarities among them
the two main ingredients of cooperative learning are
positive interdependence and individual student accountability
students who have developed inquiry skills are able to
read texts and write summaries, draw conclusions based on evidence
inquiry is the chief method historians and sciencts use to
develop new KN and correct mistaken KN
concepts are
ideas
classifying as part of the concept-formation procedure is
a method for students to apply the concept they have formed
Giving directions
NOT a purpose of asking questions according to the author
systematic instruction
a well-balanced social studies program ensures the development of skills through this
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