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Pse206: Curriculum Development And Instructional Methods For Children With Mental Retardation Question Paper

Pse206: 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 2010/2011
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (IBP) AUGUST 2010 SESSION
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
PSE 206:
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL
METHODS FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION

DATE:
Wednesday 29th December 2010

TIME: 8.00a.m -10.00a.m
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all questions from Section One and any TWO questions from Section Two.

SECTION ONE (30 MARKS)

1.
Explain the importance of individualized education programme for children with mental
retardation.

(2 marks)

2.
What is curriculum development?

(2 marks)

3.
Explain Jean Jacques Rouseus Philosophy in relation to student centered instruction.

(2 marks)

4.
Explain the fundamental goal for Kenya’s education.

(2 marks)

5.
State four sources of diagnostic information that would be useful in developing diagnosis
of the learning strengths and weaknesses of the child who is mentally retarded.

(4 marks)

6.
Explain why there is a major problem in choosing a curriculum for children with mild
mental retardation.

(2 marks)

7.
What is meant by developmental task?

(2 marks)

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8.
Explain the importance of differentiated instruction in children with mental retardation.

(2 marks)
9.
Differentiate between formal tests and informal tests.

(4 marks

10.
Explain Premack’s Principle and its usefulness as a strategy in teaching mentally retarded
children.

(4 marks)

11.
Explain two uses of “Center of interest” kin classroom instruction for children with
mental retardation.

(4 marks)

SECTION TWO (40 MARKS)

12.
Providing adequate examples, explain the component of the Individualized Education
Programme (IEP).

(20 marks)

13.
Discuss with illustration the diagnostic prescriptive teaching.

(20 marks)

14.
Using Grey (1975) guidelines, explain how you would organize the classroom
environment for children with mental retardation.

(20 marks)

15.
Discuss the challenges of 8-4-4 system of education in Kenya.

(20 marks)

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