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2. The teacher notices that Student A cannot solve a problem on his own, but can when he
is given calculated hints. This is an example of
A. Scaffolding
B. The zone of proximal development
C. Pre-operational thinking
D. Lateralization
3. Teacher Arielle asks his students to see the connection of their new lesson to their own
personal experiences and share the same with the class. Teacher Arielle believes in which
principle of learning?
A. Learning is an active process.
B. Learning is the discovery of the personal meaning of ideas.
C. Learning begins with setting clear expectations and learning outcomes.
D. Learning is a cooperative and a collaborative process.
7. Visual imagery helps people store information in their memory more effectively. Which is
one teaching implication of this principle?
A. Tell them to read more illustrated comics.
B. You will not object when your students daydream in class.
C. Instruct students to take notes while you lecture.
D. Encourage your students to imagine the characters and situations when reading a story.
8. You will understand when a pre-school boy asserts that two rows of five coins similarly
spaced have equal amounts; but when one row is spread out so that it is longer than the
other, he says it has more coins. Based on Piaget’s theory, which ability does he lack?
A. Multiple classification
B. Reversibility
C. Perspective taking
D. Conservation
9. A child asked why his cousins call his father “Uncle” instead of “Daddy”. Which
characteristic was shown by the child?
A. Egocentrism
B. Conservation
C. Lack of Object Permanence
D. Centration
10. A mother told his son that “ANIMAL” and “AMINAL” are not the same. In Piaget’s term,
this process is called _______.
A. Assimilation
B. Accommodation
C. Decentration
D. Centration
11. Mrs. Gorospe wants to apply gestalt principles in the classroom. Which of the following
learning activities did she avoid?
A. She relates a new topic with something the student already knows.
B. She teaches topics with commonalities next to each other.
C. She uses bolder fonts for important words in the paragraph.
D. She rewards desirable behaviors.
13. A girl lost her toy and asked her father for help. The father asks her where she last saw
the toy; the child says “I can’t remember.” He then asks a series of questions - “did you have
it in your room? Outside? Next door?” To each question, the child answers, “no.” When he
says “in the car?”
she says “I think so” and goes to retrieve the toy. Which of the following statements can be
deduced from the above situation?
A. Remembering and problem solving are co-constructed.
B. A child functions independently to solve the problem.
C. Modeling can aid learning and development.
D. Both A and B
14. When parents are overly protective, the child becomes overly trusting who cannot
believe anyone would mean them harm. According to Erikson’s theory, this is
called____________.
A. maladaptation
C. fixation
B. malignancy
D. virtue
15. A group of values education teachers agree that they will focus on value internalization
when teaching. Which level of morality should they help their students attain?
A. Post-conventional morality
B. Pre-conventional morality
C. Conventional morality
D. Between conventional and post-conventional morality.
16. Your brother confessed to you that he killed his girlfriend six months ago due to an
alleged third party. Although you were convinced that it was a “crime of passion”, you
planned to report the crime and/or personally bring your brother to the police. According to
Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, you are under what stage of moral development?
A. Instrumental relativist orientation
B. Law and order orientation
C. Interpersonal Concordance orientation
D. Universal ethical principles orientation
17. Which educational issue can be clarified by understanding Maslow’s Needs Theory?
A. Sex education issues in school
B. Delinquency in the public schools
C. The effects of different classroom structures
D. The effect of poverty on academic achievement
21. Who is best equipped to lead in the formulation of an individual Educational Plan for
Special Children?
A. Child therapists
B. Special education teachers
C. Parents of special children
D. Child psychologists
22. Millet has difficulty working independently. When asked to sit in her seat for long periods
of time, she frequently gets up to sharpen her pencil, look out the window, or flips through
books on the bookshelf. She rarely completes her homework. Millet most likely has which
of the following conditions?
A. Mental retardation
B. Down's syndrome
C. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
D. Dyslexia
23. Ms. Lumasac is concerned about one of her students. The student, Conrad, has serious
and persistent problems concerning his relationships with other students; he displays
aggression and is often out of control. Conrad is most likely to be suffering from:
A. Depression
B. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
C. Emotional and behavioral disorders
D. Sensory disorders
26. Teacher Jenny wants to monitor student’s performance on the topic they are discussing.
Which type of test should she use?
A. Placement Test
B. Formative Test
C. Diagnostic Test
D. Summative Test
27. Interpreting assessment results considers consistency. Which is described when the
results are consistent?
A. Validity
B. Subjectivity
C. Reliability
D. Objectivity
28. What type of validity is used to determine if the assessment measure can predict future
performance?
A. Content
B. Construct
C. Criterion
D. Consequential
29. Which method should be done to make sure that the test items within the test measure
the same thing?
A. Inter-rater Method
B. Equivalent-forms Method
C. Test-retest Method
D. Internal Consistency Method
30. Thea was careless in marking her answer in the test paper. Which error did she commit?
A. Content Sampling Error
B. Systematic Error
C. Time Sampling Error
D. Random Error