Lesson 1.

What, Why and How to Evaluate a Curriculum

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Activity No. 1. Making a Simple Rapid Curriculum Evaluation (20pts)

Let Us Try! Be a Curriculum Material Evaluator

1. You are asked by your principal to review a book for a decision.

2. Get a textbook in elementary or high school. This book is a curriculum product.

3. Use a Consumer-Oriented Evaluation Approach by Scriven and adapted from the original work of
Marvin Patterson shown below.

4. Make a matrix similar with that of Marvin Patterson.

5. Review the whole textbook from cover to cover and reflect your answer on the matrix itself.

6. What are your major comments?

7. What decision would you like to recommend to your principal?

Fill up the matrix.

Preliminary Information Recommendation

Title: __________________________________ ____ Retain for further

review
Author/s: _______________________________

___________________________________
____ Reject
Publisher: _____________________________
(Comments)

Copyright Date: ________________________

Material Evaluator: _______________________

 Use the following codes to rate the material

+ means yes or good quality – means no or poor quality

0 means all right but not good quality NA means not applicable

Criteria + 0 − NA

Yes or All right No or Not

good but not poor applicable
so
good

1. Content covers a significant portion of the course

competencies.

2. Contents are up-to-date.

3. Reading level is appropriate for most students who will

use the material.

4. Intended learning outcomes, competencies are stated.

5. Formative and summative assessments are included.

6. Activities are varied to meet the needs of students.

7. Teacher’s guide is included with management

suggestions.

8. Material are presented in logical order.

9. Learning outcomes, competencies and/or tasks

10. Degree of match between learning activities and

intended learning outcomes

11. Quality of test items and degree of match with intended

learning outcomes

12. Quality of direction on how students will process through

the materials

13. Quality of drawings, photographs, and/or other materials

14. Overall design of the learning activities for individual

instruction

15. Quality of management procedures for teachers (TGs)

16. Optional (List course map competencies covered by the

instructional material)

Lesson 2. Curriculum Evaluation through Learning Assessment

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Activity No. 1. Giving an Example (15 pts)

1. Give two test items that are appropriate for each level of learning outcomes. You can choose the type of test.

A. Knowledge

B. Process

C. Understanding

LESSON 3. Planning, Implementing and Evaluating: Understanding the Connections

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Activity No. 1. SELF-REFLECT (10 PTS)

Reflect on this: “Is the teacher’s life a series of planning, implementing and evaluating?
Will this improve teaching? Why?”