A variety of discipline-specific professional organizations have developed context area standards (e.g., Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards) that educators might apply in identifying instructional objectives for a classroom or school district. Three of the following are accurate statements about these standards. Which one is not necessarily true?
a. They represent the joint efforts of many experts in a particular subject area.
b. Many of them can be found on the websites of the organizations that have developed them.
c. Research has clearly and convincingly shown them to be appropriate for the cognitive capabilities of students at different ages.
d. They tend to omit important objectives outside of a particular disciplinefor instance, good study habits or effective interpersonal skills.
Question 2
Which one of the following is the best illustration of synthesis within Bloom's taxonomy?
a. Angela discovers fallacies in her teacher's argument regarding the value of an agricultural economy in Africa.
b. Connie dissects an earthworm in order to examine its digestive system.
c. Edgar uses a principle that he learned in physics to develop a new tool to lift a heavy object.
d. Georgette writes a justification for corporal punishment using information from her sociology and psychology classes.
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