FACILITATING LEARNING

1. Bruner’s theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. Applying Bruner’s theory how should the
teacher teach? *
Correct answer: Begin with the concrete
2. Which of the following promotes learning at the maximum? *
a. Learning exercises are focused on the right side of the brain.
b. Learning exercises involve both sides of the brain
c. Learning exercises are focused on cognitive objectives
d. Learning exercises are focused on the left side of the brain.
3. Which of the following develops critical thinking skill among the students? *
a. Asking level questions
b. A willingness to suspend judgment until sufficient evidence is presented
c. Asking convergent questions
d. Blind obedience to authority
4. These theories emphasize the establishment and strengthening of relationships between the stimulus (S) and the response (R): *
Correct answer: Behavioral or Association Learning Theories
5. What is the basis of modern education? *
a. The nature of the learner
b. The learning process
c. The learning situation
d. All of the above
6. Which is/are the basic assumption/s of behaviorists?
I. The mind of newborn child is a blank state
II. All behaviors are determined by environmental events
III. The child has a certain degree of freedom not to allow himself to be shaped by his environment *
a. III only
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. II only
7. Which features of learning environment support meaningful learning and assessment
I. Attention to development
II. Authentic performance
III. Active in-depth learning
IV. Homogeneous grouping
V. Appreciation for diversity *
a. I, III, IV, V
b. I, II, III, V
c. I, II, IV
d. II, III, IV

8. Edward Lee Thorndike is remembered for what theory of Learning? *

a. Behavioral Theory
b. Connectionism Theory
c. Cognitive Theory
d. Morality Theory
9. Which is/are evidence/s of a conducive learning environment? I. Students make mistakes and ask for assistance. II. Students participate
fully in the learning process. III. Students are encouraged to asks and answer questions. IV. Students attempt new approaches *
a. 1/1
b. II and III
c. I, II, III and IV
d. II and IV
e. III and IV
10. It is a response attached to a stimulus through the stimulus occurring just prior to the response so that the recurrence of the stimulus will
evoke or cause the response: *
a. Adhesive Principle
b. Metacognitive
c. Cohesive Principle
11. The teacher always checks on entry knowledge and skills before she proceeds to her new lesson. On which principle is the teacher’s
practice grounded? *
a. Effective teaching proceeds from the concrete to the abstract.
b. Attention is essential for learning
c. Learning increases when the lesson is relevant
d. New learning builds on previous learning
12. It involves understanding of the external world through the use of the senses and muscles. *
a. Cognitive Learning
b. Affective Learning
c. Psychomotor Learning
d. None of the Above
13. What is the main role of the teacher? *
a. Model
b. Classroom Manager
c. Facilitator of the student learning
d. Counselor
14. Watson applied classical conditioning in his experiments and the results showed that behavior is learned through stimulus-response
associations, especially the development of emotional responses to certain stimuli. This helps us in ___________. *
a. Interpreting reflexes as emotions
b. Understanding fears, phobias and love
c. Connecting observable behavior to a stimulus
d. Understanding the role of overt behavior
15. Which statement/s on classroom climate is/ are true?
I. Classroom climate is affected by the type of leadership exhibited by a teacher
II. Classroom climate is not affected by the type of leadership exhibited by a teacher
III. Democratic leadership produces more task orientation and more socially acceptable behavior than does autocratic leadership
IV. When environmental conditions are appropriate for learning, the likelihood of disruptive behavior is minimized *
a. II and III
b. I, III and IV
c. III only
d. I only
16. The following are principles of Classical Conditioning Theory except: *
a. Continuous Recovery
b. Extinction
c. Excitation
d. Stimulus Generalization

17. If a student has been attacked by a large, brown dog, the student may not only fear brown dogs but also other large dogs. Which
conditioning process is exemplified in the scenario? *
a. Discrimination
b. Extinction
c. Acquisition
d. Generalization
18. It is a process that involves change in behavior resulting from experience. *
a. learning
b. thinking
c. teaching
d. reading
19. In which stage of learning does learning of involuntary responses occur and is similar to classical conditioning? *
Correct answer: Stimulus-response learning
20. It includes everything from simple associations between stimuli and responses or association learning to the development of complex
insights as in problem solving: *
a. Cognitive Learning

b. Affective Learning
c. Psychomotor Learning
d. All of the above
21. Interpret learning as the organization or reorganization of the subject’s perceptual system into meaningful patterns: *
a. Cognitive Field Theories
b. Gestalt Laws
c. Wolfgang Kohler Theory
d. Maslow’s Theory
22. When a persons’ moral choices are determined by the direct consequences of action, he is most likely in the stage of: *
Correct answer: Pre-Conventional
23. Which educational issue can be clarified by understanding Maslow’s Needs Theory? *
a. Sex education issues in school
b. Delinquency in the public school
c. The effects of different classroom structures
d. The effect of poverty on academic achievement
24. This law states that when a person is prepared to respond or act, the result is satisfying: *
a. Law of Exercise
b. Law of Readiness
c. Law of Effect
d. Law of Recency
25. Based on bandura’s Social Learning Theory, children often imitate those who:
I. Have substantial influence over their lives
II. Belong to their peer group
III. Belong to other races
IV. Are successful and seem admired *
Correct answer: I and IV
26. This theory states that an attitude of determination is the foundation for motivated behavior. *
a. Whiting and Child Behavior Theory
b. Self-efficacy Theory
c. Solomon’s Opponent Process Theory
d. Self-Determination theory
27. According to Tolman’s theory on Purposive behaviorism, learning is goal-directed. What is its implication to teaching? *
a. Set as many objectives as you can
b. Stick to tour lesson objectives no matter what happens
c. Evaluate lessons based on your objective
d. Make the objectives of your lesson clear and specific
28. In a treatment for alcoholism, prince was made to drink an alcoholic beverage and then made to ingest Antabuse, a drug that produces
nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the sight and smell of alcohol. This is an example of which theory? *
Correct answer: Operant Conditioning Theory
29. Specific factors influencing differences among learners: Age differences and personal adjustment, sex differences and
_______________. *
Correct answer: Family and community background
30. Contemporary methods are based on Dewey’s philosophy that education is: *
a. Preparation of life
b. Mastery of subject matter and mental discipline
c. Life, growth and continuous reconstruction of experience
 d. Formation of habits
31. The best example of Operant Conditioning among the following is: *
a. Connecting facts and concepts
b. Fostering conducive learning environment
c. Using reinforcement
d. Using manipulative device
32. According to Glasser’s Control Theory, behavior is inspired by what satisfies a person’s want at any given time. What then must a teacher
do to motivate students to learn? *
Correct answer: Avoid giving assignments
33. It is the highest level of individual need in the hierarchy of Needs Theory: *
a. Physiological
b. Self-actualization
c. Love and Belongingness
d. Esteem
34. A child who has had a painful experience at the dentist’s office may become fearful at the mere sight of the dentist’s office. This can be
best explained by which theory? *
a. Theory of Generalization
b. Classical Conditioning
c. Operant Conditioning
d. Attribution Theory
35. Who among the following claimed that children are natural learners and therefore must be taught in natural settings? *
Correct answer: Montessori
36. The view that cognitive growth is not an additive process but rather a continuous reconstruction of existing cognitive structure is attributed
to: *
a. Kohlberg
b. Freud
c. Rosseau
d. Piaget
37. Research suggests that people tend to attribute their successes to internal causes and their failures to external causes. Based on this
finding, what should be taught to the students for them to be genuinely motivated to succeed? *
a. Make them realize that both success and failure are more a function of internal causes.

b. Tell them that the research finding when applied will make them genuinely motivated.
c. Convince them that genuine motivation is the only factor that matters for a person to succeed
d. Make them realize that failure is a part of life
38. What does Gagne’s Hierarchical Theory propose for effective instruction? *
a. Sequence instruction
b. Reward good behavior
c. Be concerned with the socio-emotional climate in the classroom
d. Teaching beginning with the concrete
39. Which teaching activity is founded on Bandura’s Social Learning Theory? *
a. Modeling
b. Lecturing
c. Questioning
d. Inductive Reasoning
40. What is/are most likely to happen when a student gets intrinsically motivated? I. Tackles assigned task willingly II. Eager to learn
classroom material III. Engaged in meaningful learning *
a. I, II and III
b. I and III
c. I and II
d. II and III
41. The teacher bridges the students present skill and the desired level with a technique advised by Vygotsky as: *
Correct answer: Scaffolding
42. The processes of problem solving and learning are highly unique and individual. This principle means ________. *
a. Students can adapt alternative problem-solving models
b. Students can modify their own personal styles
c. Each student becomes aware of how learning styles can be changed
d. Each student has his/her own distinctive style of learning and solving problems
43. According to Ausubel, one of the ways to strengthen the students’ cognitive structure is by using an instructional tool called: *
a. Cross-referencing
b. Spiral Approach
c. Advance organizer
d. Narrative
44. Research found out that children learn visual discrimination tasks more rapidly, if they talk to themselves. This shows that __________. *
Correct answer: Vocalization assists visual discrimination
45. Vanessa has inherent skills in taking care of plants. It is highly possible that she has ___________ intelligence. *
a. Naturalistic Intelligence
b. Intrapersonal Intelligence
c. Spatial Intelligence
d. Existential Intelligence
46. How can a teacher help students with different learning and thinking styles continue to learn more effectively? *
a. Allow sufficient time for processing different types of information
b. Provide a general overview of the lesson
c. Use a variety of reflection strategies
d. Use questions of all types to stimulate various levels of thinking and valuing
47. Vygotsky’s idea of scaffolding is best applied in which situation? *
a. Give a learner a task that challenge her ability
b. From the start leave the learner to herself because she has the power for self-learning
c. Don’t spoil the learner by doing what she ought to do
d. Give the learner the necessary assistance until she can be on her own
48. Student participation will most likely happen when: *
a. Feeling or emotions are not permitted in the discussion
b. The group leader allows quiet members to remain quiet
c. The teacher models good listening habit
d. Repeat direction over and over until everyone listens.
49. These are learners are visualizers. They spend most of the day daydreaming, watching movies and staying as far away from reality as
possible: *
Correct Answer: Spatial
50. A common complaint of teachers about students is this: You give them assignment, the following day they come without any. You team
them this today, ask them tomorrow and they don’t know. It is as if there is nothing that you taught them at all.” Based on the theory of
information processing, what must teachers do to counteract students forgetting?
I. Punish every child who can’t give correct answers to questions
II. Work for meaningful learning by connecting lesson to what pupils know
III. Reward every child who remembers past lesson *
A. III only
b. I and II
c. II and III
d. II only