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Curriculum Development And Instructional Methods For Children With Mental Retardation Question Paper

Curriculum Development And Instructional Methods For Children With Mental Retardation

Course:Bachelor Of Special Needs Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011/2012
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING – (IOL)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (SPECIAL EDUCATION)
PSE 206: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
DATE: Tuesday, 13th December, 2011 TIME: 8.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ALL questions from Section ONE and other TWO questions from Section TWO.

SECTION ONE (30 MARKS)
1. Explain what is meant by curriculum development. (2 marks)

2. Differentiate between subject centered curricula and student centered curricula.
(4 marks)

3. Explain the term “Individual Education Programme”. (2 marks)

4. Indicate any four development tasks of middle childhood. (4 marks)

5. Discuss what the Ministry of Basic Education in 1981 stated in a policy paper in
relation to the curriculum for the educable mentally retarded children.(4 marks)

6. Describe the Montessori’s Autoeducational teaching method (5 marks)

7. State the three general objectives in the education of the mentally retarded children. (3 marks)

8. Explain the challenges of selecting a curriculum for educable mentally retarded child. (4 marks)

9. Explain the main basis for multisensory teaching approaches. (2 marks)

SECTION TWO (40 MARKS)
10. With illustration, discuss the diagnostic prescriptive teaching. (20 marks)

11. Discuss the following adaptive teaching strategies.
a) Premack principle
b) Scaffolding and reciprocal teaching
c) Behaviour modification
d) Intrinsic motivation (20 marks)

12. According to the regulations of PL 94 – 142 there are eight major components of the IEP. Discuss. (20 marks)

13. Develop a lesson plan and include a child with IEP in the area of number work.
(20 marks)

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