Curriculum Development

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each of the following questions.

1. “The teacher is the sole authority in his / her subject area or field of specialization”. Which
philosophical foundation of curriculum is related to this statement?

A. Perennialism C. Progressivism
B. Essentialism D. Reconstructionism

2. Emerging curriculum trends are influenced by educational philosophies. Which of the following
trend is related to reconstructionism?
A. Use of great books and return to liberal arts
B. Excellence in education, back to basics, and cultural literacy
C. School reforms, relevant and contextualized curriculum, humanistic education
D. Equality of educational opportunities in education, access to global education
3. ” Learning should be organized so that students can experiences success in the process of
mastering the subject matter”. What psychological foundation of curriculum is related to this
statement?

A. Cognitive psychology C. Behavioral psychology

B. Humanistic psychology D. A, B, C

4. What foundation of curriculum is related to the following statement- “Society as ever dynamic,
is a source of very fast changes which are difficult to cope with?
A. social foundations of curriculum
B. philosophical foundations of curriculum
C. psychological foundations of curriculum
D. historical foundations of curriculum
5. Which of the following is a characteristic of a good curriculum?
I. The curriculum complements and cooperates with other programs of the community
II. The curriculum provides for the logical sequence of subject matter.
III. The curriculum is continuously evolving.
IV. The curriculum is a complex of detail.

A. I, II, III & IV C. II, III, &IV

B. I, II, &III D. I,II,&IV

6. What element or component of the curriculum provides the bases for the selection of learning
content and learning experiences which also set the criteria against which learning outcomes
will be evaluated?

A. Objectives C. Content
B. Learning Experiences D. Evaluation approaches

7. “A learner will value the content of subject matter if it is meaningful to him or her. “ In relation
to this statement, what criteria in selecting subject matter content should a curriculum writer
consider in developing a curriculum?
 A. Significance C. Interest
B. Learnability D. Utility

8. What other considerations may be used in the selection of learning content of a curriculum?
A. Frequently and commonly used in daily life
B. Suited to the maturity levels and abilities of students
C. valuable in meeting the needs and the competencies of a future career
D. A, B, & C
9. Which of the following elements or components of the curriculum includes instructional
strategies and methods that put into action the goals, and the use the contents in order to
produce an outcome?

A. Aims, Goals, Objectives C. Subject Matter/ Content

B. Learning Experiences D. Evaluation Approaches

10. Whose model of curriculum is called the “grassroots approach”, which means that teachers who
teach or implement the curriculum should participate in developing it?
A. Hilda Taba
B. Benjamin Bloom
C. Ralph Tyler
D. Francis Hunkins)
11. Listed below are elements or components of the curriculum. Which of them determines the
quality, effectiveness or value of the program, process, and product of the curriculum?

A. Aims, Goals, Objectives C. Subject Matter/ Content

B. Learning Experiences D. Evaluation Approaches

12. What design model in developing a curriculum is attributed to John Dewey, Rouseau, Pestallozi,
and Froebel, which means that the curriculum should participate in developing it?

A. Humanistic design C. Experience- centered design

B. Child- centered design D. Problem- centered design

13. What curriculum development approach is it when the school principal is the curriculum leader
and at the same time instructional leader?

A. Managerial Approach C. Behavioral Approach

B. Systems Approach D. Problem- Centered Approach

14. Teacher Rudy gathers information about what his students know and can do?

A. Curriculum Assessment C. Monitoring

B. Pilot Testing D. Curriculum evaluation

15. It is a process of obtaining information for judging the worth of an educational program,
product, procedure, educational objectives or the potential utility of alternative approaches
designed to attain specified objectives.

A. Curriculum planning C. Curriculum development

B. Curriculum design D. Curriculum evaluation
16. Teacher Sylvia delivers her lesson in livelihood education together with her co- teachers in
A. Thematic
Science Teaching
and Mathematics, focusing on a theme. Which C. Content-
mode based instruction
of instructional delivery are they
B. Generic competency model
using? D. None of the Above

17. What national curricular innovation was implemented by virtue of DepEd Order No. 43, s 2002?

A. BEC C. K to 12
B. NESC D. NSEC

18. The Third Elementary Education Program (TEEP) aimed to improve learning achievement,
improve completion rates, and access to quality elementary education. Which of the following
are advocacies of TEEP?
I. INSET- In- service Training for Teachers
II. School Improvement and Innovation Facility (SIIF)
III. Student Assessment (SA)
IV. Educational Management Information System (E-MIS)
V. Principal Assessment
A. I & II C. II & IV
B. I, II, III, IV, & V D. I, II, II & IV
19. The New Teacher Education Curriculum for BSEd is implemented by virtue of _______.
A. CMO No.30, s. 2004 C. RA 9155
B. CMO No.17, 2017 D. RA 6655
20. The K-12 Basic Education Curriculum was officially implemented by virtue of what law?
A. RA 9836 C. RA 10533
B. RA7610 D. None of the options
21. Teacher Merlyn creates an environment in her classroom that promotes fairness, safe and
conducive to learning. What NCBTS domain is she adhering to?
A. Diversity of Learners C. The Learning Environment
B. Personal Growth and Professional D. Social Regard for Learning
Development
22. Teacher Andy organizes the parents of his students into a Homeroom Parent- Teacher
Association so that he will be able to establish a learning environment that responds to the
needs of the children and the community as well. Which NCBTS domain is adhering to?
A. Planning, Assessing and Reporting
B. Community Linkages
C. The Learning Environment
D. Social Regard for Learning
23. Student teachers are given the chance to develop and try out learning task, instructional materials
and assessment tools. What field study course are they exposed to?
A. Learning Development and Environment
B. Technology in the Learning Environment
C. Exploring the Curriculum
D. Experiencing the Teaching Learning Process

24. Which of the following are salient features of the K-12 Curriculum?

I. Universal Kindergarten
II. Contextualization and Enhancement
III. Spiral Progression
IV. Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education
V. Senior High School
VI. College and Livelihood readiness 21st Century Skills

A. I,III& V C. I,IV&VI
B. II,III,IV&V D. I,II,III,IV,V&VI

25. Teacher Tina emerges her student in class activities that will develop the Higher Order Thinking Skill
(HOTS). What 21st Century Teaching Skill is she utilizing?

A. Information Media and Technology Skills

B. Learning And Innovation Skills
C. Life and Career Skills
D. None of the Above

26. The Language problem is considered as one of the factors attributed to poor learning among school
children. Hence, the use of vernacular was recommended. In what grades should this be applied?

A. Grades 1 to 3 C. Grades 1 to 5
B. Grades 1 to 4 D. Grades 1 to 6

27. All those involved in education, such as teachers, students, parents, administrator, community and

other clients, are considered__.

A. Patrons C. Stakeholders
B. Donors D. Sponsors

28. What may be the role of the parents in the delivery Curriculum?

A. They are not trained for such

B. They may be invited as resource persons
C. They may only supervise their children while they do their homework
D. It depends on whether the school is a private or public school

29. Which educational approach focuses on what the learner are expected to know, understand and be
able to do?

A. Outcome Oriented Education C. Understanding by Design (UbD)

B. Outcome Based Education D. Results Oriented Learning

30. Which of the following characterizes Brain Based (BBL)?

I. It suggest that the brain learns naturally

II. It is an approach to teaching based on research in neuroscience
III. This technique allows teacher to connect learning to students real life experience

A. I C. I&II
B. II&III D. I,II&II

31.Present time teachers must possess the so 21 st called Century teaching skills. Which of the following
is an indicator of life and career skills?

A. Information Literacy C. Creativity and Innovation

B. Flexibility and Adaptability D. ICT Literacy
32. The teacher returns the checked test paper to the students with corresponding score and
comments? What phase of the teaching process is involved?

A. Planning C. Implementing
B. Feedback and Reflection D. Evaluation

33. The vernacular has been used in schools since 1929 and must be applied from

A. Grades 1 to 2 C. Grades 1 to 6
B. Grades 1 to 5 D. Grades 1 to 7

34. Do parents have a role in curriculum implementation and instruction?

A. No, they have no format training in pedagogy

B. Yes, they may provide insights on the curriculum
C. Yes, they but only in helping their children with school work.
D. It depends on a school private or public status

35. How are institutions of learning encouraged to set higher standards over and above the minimum
requirement for state recognition?

A. Scholastic Achievement C.Academic Freedom

B. Faculty Development D. Voluntary Accreditation

36. Basic Education includes secondary education. Which of the following led to the establishment of
the secondary school?

A. Humanistic C. Rationalism
B. Reformation D. Realistic

37. How does an adolescent perceive his environment when he combines his inductive and
deductive reasoning ability in realistic rules that he can respect and live by?

A. He views the world form his own perceive

B. He sees the world through the eyes of other people
C. He interprets events from a limited point.
D. He views events as detached from himself and other people

38. RA#6713 prohibits government employees and public officials from engaging in private practice
unless authorized by law. You are a teacher for half day in a public school. You were offered to teach in
private school with a schedule that is in conflict with your teaching sked in public school. What should
you do?

A. Retain your public-school teaching load and forego the offer

B. Take the offer and ask for adjustment of the public-school time slot
C. Resign from the public-school teaching
D. Ask for another teaching load in the public school

39. The right of an educational institution and its faculty to prescribe the methods/ strategies of
teaching refers to

A. Building Style C. Academic Freedom

B. Choice of Curriculum D. Co extracurricular programs

40. Public schools constitution provides that religious instruction can be given

A. With the students consent C. With the Mayor's permit

B. With the parents/ guardian’s approval D. With the school’s support

41. Public schools in the Philippines are the contribution of which colonizer?

A. American C. Japanese
B. British D. Spanish

42. Hardship allowance is given to a teacher when

A. He assigned to a depressed area

B. He is given an additional teaching load
C. He is in devastated calamity-stricken area
 D. He is assigned in a hazardous area

43. All subjects in elementary and secondary schools are expected to be taught using the integrated
approach. This is the result of?

A. Basic Education Curriculum C. School Board Management

B. Reinforced Basic Education Curriculum D. Program for Decentralized Education

44. Value clarification as strategy in values education classes is anchored on _____ philosophy.

A. Idealism C. Existentialism
B. Hedonism D. Christian

45. What is the latest curriculum introduced in the elementary and secondary education?

A. Re Structured Basic Education Curriculum C. Ladderized step Curriculum

B. Basic Education Curriculum D. National Career Assessment Curricula

46. As a teacher, how should you tackle the issue of our history books replete with so many events
portraying defeat and weaknesses of the Filipino?

A. Present them and blame those who caused or contribute to it

B. Be shameful and indignant about it
C. Accept the facts and use them to inspire the students to learn from it
D. Present them and just accept the reality

47. The logical sequencing of curriculum is based on

A. Reconstructionism C. Perennialism
B. Progressivism D. Essentialism

48. Which of the following is NOT a basic principle in Curriculum Development?

A. Educational experiences related to the purposes

B. Evaluation of the purpose when undertaking curriculum development projects
C. Teaching depends on analysis and preparation
D. Organization of experiences

49. The learner is the center of the educational process and the program is aligned upon his interest,
abilities purposes and needs.

A. Child Centered Curriculum C. Problem Centered Curriculum

B. Subject centered Curriculum D. Skills centered Curriculum

50. This stage of curriculum development which involves the process of planning, implementing and
evaluating in fitting the conceptual framework

A. Institutionalizing Phase C. Conceptualizing Phase

B. Contextualizing phase D. Operationalizing phase

51. Means "course of study" in educational parlance

A. Cognition C. Evaluation
B. Development D. Curriculum

52. Actual curriculum that is delivered and presented by each teacher

A. Rhetorical C. Covert
B. Curriculum in use D. Societal

53. In designing and effective curriculum, one could limit the number of concepts introduced and
reduced the language demands refrain from introducing new and unfamiliar labels in one day

A. Mediated Scaffolding C. Primed Background Knowledge

B. Strategic Integration D. Conspicuous Strategies

54. The recognition of teachers as person in authority was conferred to them during the

A. Spanish Rule C. American rule

B. Commonwealth Government D. Japanese period
55. The relationship between and culture tends to be cyclical. This means?

A. Culture is transmitted by the school system and the classroom is the place where transmission
takes place
B. The school is shaped by culture and culture, in turn is influenced by school
C. The school is transmitter of culture and is an agent of change
D. The schools become an avenue through which the individuals learn their culture

56. The main function of a philosophy of education is to

A. Reconsider existing educational goals in the light of the society needs

B. Aid the learner to build his own personal philosophy
C. Define the goals and set the direction for which education is to strive
D. Provide the academic background prerequisite to learning

57. Which of the following abilities is given emphasis by humanistic education?

A. Develop man into a thinking individual

B. Enjoy the great cultural works of man
C. Make man distinctly civilized educated and refined
D. Learn the different philosophies of education

58. His philosophy advocate classical type of

liberal education or the study of the humanities

A. John Dewey C. Irving Babbit

B. Jean Jacques Rousseau D. Kohlberg

59. Education is a continuing process of experiencing and receiving or reorganized experiences. Which of
the following situations show that education indeed is constantly evolving as influenced by Dewey's
philosophy?

A. Education may take place formally of informally to enable to person to grow

B. Education takes place anytime and anywhere the person so desires
C. Education constantly changes and evolves throughout life
D. Education takes place in the school where the person is exposed to specific and self- contained
experiences

60. What was the philosophy of education in the Philippines before the public school system was
established?

A. Idealism C. Humanism
B. Realism D. Pragmatism

61. The Athenean ideal of education is to form a cultural soul in a graceful and systematical body. How
can this be?

A. By giving emphasis on health education

B. By adapting the philosophy of "know thyself"
C. By improving and giving more importance to sports and physical education
D. By a well- balanced development of the mind, body and soul

62. What was the fundamental reason of Dewey why he proposed the transformation of the public
school system?

A. He found out that the traditional academic education did not serve the ideals of a democratic
society
B. The intellectual motivation of the students is on the downtrend
C. Industrialization is destroying the concept of home, shop neighborhood and church
D. That change and innovation are essentials of progressive movements

63. With the pragmatic philosophy of education as her guide. Teacher Beth believes that experience
should follow learning. Thus, in her teaching

A. She equips the student with the basic abilities and skills
B. She encourages her student to memorize facts
C. She requires her students her students to fully master the lessons
 D. She provides her students with opportunities to apply the theories and principles

64. The three most important factors in an educational process

A. Child, teacher and the method of teaching

B. Child, teacher and the method of teaching
C. Child, teacher and the school
D. Child, teacher and the subject matter

65. These are also known as "combination classes" where the required number of pupils of the same
grade level has not met the required number to make up a separate class thus, the teacher apportion
class time for instruction to every grade level within the class

A. Extension classes C. Homogenous classes

B. Multi- grade classes D. Special group classes

66. The primary objective of the regionalization of the educational system

A. That all educational policies are nationally implemented

B. Take into account the local needs and conditions and encourage local development planning
C. Encourage the undertaking of language researches regionally
D. Promotions of quality educations in all levels throughout the country

67. The principle of individual difference requires the teacher to

A. Treat all learners equally and alike in the classroom

B. Give more attention to the gifted/ superior learners
C. Provide the learners with varied activities to cater to individual needs
D. Prepare learning activities for the slow learners in the class

68. Based on the K-12 curriculum, there are 4 elements in its assessment process namely, Knowledge,
Processes and Skills, Understanding and Product and Performance. What conclusion then can be derived
from K-12 assessment practice?

A. Assessment puts emphasis on knowledge and processes involved

B. Assessment practice makes use of multiple sources
C. Assessment makes use of descriptive rating system
D. Assessment requires critical thinking

70. What type portfolio is best used for summative evaluation of the student mastery of curriculum
outcomes?

A. Showcase portfolio C. Development portfolio

B. Performance portfolio D. Process portfolio

71. This portfolio emphasizes the student reflection on their learning using reflective journals, think logs
and other forms of metacognitive processing

A. Developmental portfolio C. Showcase portfolio

B. Process portfolio D. Performance portfolio

72. Level of proficiency where the students exceed the core requirements in terms of knowledge, skills
and attitudes and can transfer them flexibly and automatically through authentic performance task

A. Developing C. Advanced
B. Approaching proficiency D. Proficient

73. The student possesses the minimum knowledge, skills and core understanding but needs help
throughout the performance of task

A. Developing C. Beginning
B. Approaching proficiency D. Advanced

74. K-12 Curriculum makes use of descriptive rating system. In the level of proficiency, what does AP
means?

A. Struggling with understanding of fundamental knowledge

 B. Developed the fundamental knowledge and skills and core understanding with little guidance
from the teacher
C. Independent transfer of fundamental knowledge and understanding through authentic task
D. Exceeds the core requisites of knowledge, skills and understanding and can automatically transfer
them through authentic performance task

75. Which of the following statement is TRUE of K-12 Assessment of the Department of Education
(DepEd)?

I. It emphasizes formative learning

II. It is Standard Based
III. It puts more emphasis on knowledge
IV. Less emphasis on skills and understanding

A. I&IV
B. II&III
C. II&IV
D. I&II