Deck 12: What Is the Role of Curricular Integration

Question 1

Integration in social studies guarantees content balance and is a way to foster more natural and holistic learning.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The key to successful integration is that it results in understanding and appreciation of subject matter content and processes in ways that promote:

A)emphasis on project-based outcomes.
B)assessments aligned with NCSS standards.
C)progress toward social education goals.
D)skills for democratic citizenship.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The essential characteristics for selecting activities that include integration are goal relevance and:

A)interest, feasibility, and appropriate level of difficulty.
B)appropriate level of difficulty, feasibility, and cost effectiveness.
C)accountability, appropriate level of difficulty, and cost effectiveness.
D)adaptability, appropriate level of difficulty, and feasibility.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Activities that integrate art with social studies when connected to social education goals help to:

A)personalize the time and place being studied.
B)promote creativity and critical thinking.
C)sympathize with the people who lived in the era represented.
D)promote chauvinism for the cultures represented.

Question 5

Maps, globe studies, and mathematics are examples of topics that naturally:

A)personalize subject areas.
B)integrate subject areas.
C)create human interest.
D)promote appreciation of subject areas.

Question 6

Activities that integrate music, literature, or art with social studies when aligned with social studies goals help students:

A)retain facts.
B)remain motivated.
C)acquire skills.
D)personalize content.

Question 7

Teachers should depend on the textbook manuals to suggest content and activities that meet the criteria for appropriate integration.

Question 8

Accountability becomes a moot point when the emphasis is integration.

Question 9

Recent research on literacy learning suggests that acquiring skills in the use of informational texts results in less-informed citizens regarding content but higher scores on standardized literacy measures.

Question 10

Using informational texts helps students acquire skills that result in:

A)higher scores on standardized literacy measures.
B)increased understanding of how the content is integrated.
C)higher scores on standardized self-efficacy measures.
D)increased student interest and extrinsic motivation.

Question 11

Integration is not always productive.

Question 12

Time spent on activities must be assessed against the time quota allocated to the subject in ways that reflect the cost-effectiveness as a means of accomplishing the:

A)unit's major goals.
B)co-constructed objectives.
C)standardized measures.
D)budgeting goals.

Question 13

Using children's literature selected by appropriate topic or theme guarantees the deepening cognitive and affective dimensions of the content.

Question 14

Curricular integration involves:

A)designing behavioral objectives and determining important facts.
B)selecting content and thinking skills that can be most easily tested.
C)picking and choosing students' favorite topics from a variety of disciplines.
D)selecting content and thinking skills that match the social education goals.

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of an integration activity that is viewed as inappropriate for use in social studies?

A)Activities that lack or mask social studies education goals
B)Activities that focus on topics that draw content from more than one
C)Activities in which skills learned in one subject are used to process or apply knowledge learned in another.
D)Activities that help to personalize content and enhance learner curiosity.

Question 16

Integration is one of the five qualities of powerful and authentic social studies.

Question 17

Integration was first introduced to the field of education about 50 years ago.

Question 18

Curricular integration involves picking and choosing one's favorite topics and thinking skills from a variety of subjects and putting them together for a set of lessons.

Question 19

Brophy, Alleman, and Halvorsen suggest that integration is productive and it should be used whenever possible to increase social studies instruction.

Question 20

Potential pitfalls in applying integration of content areas are often masked by arguments related to the latest trend in:

A)authentic homework.
B)intrinsic motivation.
C)curriculum standards.
D)curriculum development.

Question 21

Explain the tradeoffs associated with integration related to social studies instruction.

Question 22

How can curricular integration promote the teaching of coherent content? Why is the principle of curricular alignment important to consider when designing integrated curriculum?

Question 23

What are cost effectiveness problems associated with integration in the social studies and how might you overcome them? Identify a unit topic and provide at least three concrete examples to illustrate your key points.