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To which educational
philosophy does he adhere?
A. Existentialism
B. Perennialism
C. Progressivism
D. Essentialism
2. Principal C shares this thought with his teachers: "Subject matter should help students understand
and appreciate themselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for their thoughts,
feelings, and actions." From which philosophy is this thought based?
A. Perennialism
B. Essentialism
C. Existentialism
D. Progressivism
3. To come closer to the truth we need to "go back to the things themselves." This is the advice of the
__________.
A. behaviorists
B. phenomenologists
C. idealists
D. pragmatists
4. Student B claims: "I cannot see perfection but I long for it. So it must be real." Under which group can
he be classified?
A. Idealist
B. Empiridst
C. Realist
D. Pragmatist
5. Which of the following prepositions is attributed to Plato?
6. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's Summerhill, one of the most experimental schools, based?
A. Rousseau
B. Pestalozzi
C. Montessori
D. John Locke
7. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full.
D. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better future.
8. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the highest good. Teacher's teaching is against
what philosophy?
A. Realism
B. Hedonism
C. Epicureanism
D. Empiricism
9. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core requirements, longer school day, longer
academic year and more challenging textbooks?
A. Perennialist
B. Essentialist
C. Progressivist
D. Existentialist
10. Which group of philosophers maintain that "truth exists in an objective order that is independent of
the knower"?
A. Idealists
B. Pragmatists
C. Existentialists
D. Realists
11. You arrive at knowledge by re-thinking of latent ideas. From whom does this thought come?
A. Experimentalist
B. Realist
C. Idealist
D. Existentialist
12. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which among these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better future.
B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full.
D. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
13. Teacher B engages her students with information for thorough understanding for meaning and for
competent application. Which principle governs Teacher B's practice?
A. Contructivist
B. Gestalt
C. Behaviorist
D. Cognitivist
14. Which is/are the sources of man's intellectual drives, according to Freud
A. Id
B. Superego
C. Id and ego
D. Ego
15. Soc exhibits fear response to freely roaming dogs but does not show fear when a dog is on a leash or
confined to a pen. Which conditioning process is illustrated
A. Generalization
B. Extinction
C. Acquisition
D. Discrimination
16. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy vs. self-doubt, and initiative vs. guilt are most closely
related with the works of __________.
A. Erikson
B. Piaget
C. Freud
D. Jung
17. Teacher F is convinced that whenever a student performs a desired behavior, provided
reinforcement and soon the student will learn to perform the behavior on his own. On which principle is
Teacher F's conviction based?
A. Cognitivism
B. Environmentalism
C. Behaviorism
D. Constructivism
18. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally ambiguous situation and asks his students what
they would do. On whose theory is Teacher I's technique based?
A. Kohlberg
B. Bandura
C. Piaget
D. Bruner
19. Based on Freud's psychoanalytic theory which component(s) of personality is (are) concerned with a
sense of right and wrong?
A. Super-ego
C. ld
D. Ego
20. Which does Naom Chomsky, assert about language learning for children?
I. Young children learn and apply grammatical rules and vocabulary as they are exposed to
them.
II. Begin formal teaching of grammatical rules to children as early as possible.
III. Do not require initial formal language teaching for children.
A. I and III
B. II only
C. I only
D. I and II
A. Lecturing
B. Modeling
C. Questioning
D. lnductive Reasoning
22. Behavior followed by pleasant consequences will be be strengthened and will be more likely to
occur in the future. Behavior followed by unpleasant consequences will be weakened and will be less
likely to be repeated in the future. Which one is explained?
23. Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. In
which stage(s) are diagrams helpful to accompany verbal information?
B. Symbolic
D. Iconic
24. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was made to drink an alcoholic beverage and then made to
ingest a drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the sight and smell of alcohol and
stopped drinking alcohoL Which theory explains this?
A. Operant conditioning
C. Associative Learning
D. Attribution Theory
25. A mother gives his boy his favorite snack everytime the boy cleans up his room. Afterwards, the boy
cleaned his room everyday in anticipation of the snack. Which theory is illustrated?
A. Associative Learning
B. Classical Conditioning
C. Operant Conditioning
D. Pavlonian Conditioning
26. Researches conducted show that teacher's expectations of students become. Do not require initial
formal language teaching for children self-fulfilling prophecies. What is this phenomenon called?
A. Halo effect
B. Pygmalion effect
C. Ripple effect
D. Hawthorne effect
D. Creativity in work.
28. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer, etc. by teenagers in the community itself is becoming a
common phenomenon. What does this incident signify?
29. A student passes a research report poorly written but ornately presented in a folder to make up for
the poor quality of the book report content. Which Filipino trait does this practice prove? Emphasis on
__________.
A. Religion as fake
B. Religion as magic
C. Religion as authentic
D. Religion as real
31. During the Spanish period, what was/were the medium/media of instruction in schools?
A. The Vernacular
B. English
C. Spanish
32. All subjects in Philippine elementary and secondary schools are expected to be taught using the
integrated approach. This came about as a result of the implementation of _________.
B. School-Based Management
33. Under which program were students who were not accommodated in public elementary and
secondary schools because of lack of classroom, teachers, and instructional materials, were enrolled in
private schools in their respective communities at the government's expense?
34. What was the most prominent educational issue of the mid 1980s?
A. Bilingual Education
B. Values Education
C. Accountability
D. Mainstreaming
35. Availment of the Philippine Education Placement Test (PEPT) for adults and out-of-school youths is
in support of the goverriment's educational program towards __________.
A. equitable access
B. quality
D. relevance
36. The main purpose of compulsory study of the Constitution is to __________
37. Which one may support equitable access but may sacrifice quality?
A. Open admission
B. School accreditation
D. Selective retention
38. With which goals of educational institutions as provided for by the Constitution is the development
of work skills aligned?
39. Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless capacity. What
does this imply?
B. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning is limited to this nativeabilty.
D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything.
40. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the concrete operational
stage?
41. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher provide for children in the sensimotor stage?
A. emotional factors
B. poor teaching
C. neurological factors
D. immaturity
44. A child who gets punished for stealing candy may not steal again immediately. But this does not
mean that the child may not steal again. Based on Thorndike's theory on punishment and learning, this
shows that __________
C. socialize
A. Autonomy
B. Trust
C. Initiative
D. Generativity
50. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth to her father. In what developmental stage are they
according to Freudian psychological theory?
A. Oedipal stage
B. Latent stage
C. Annal stage
D. Pre-genital stage
51. Which assumption underlies the teacher's use of performance objectives?
A. clarity
B. symmetry
C. coherence
D. conciseness
54. A goal-oriented instruction culminates in __________.
A. planning of activities
B. evaluation
C. identification of topics
D. formulation of objectives
55. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the following functions, EXCEPT
A. Valuing
B. Characterization
C. Responding
D. Organization
57. The following are used in writing performance objectives, EXCEPT
A. delineate
B. diagram
C. integrate
D. comprehend
58. If a teacher plans a constructivist lesson, what will he most likely do? Plan how he can
A. do evaluate his students' work
B. do reciprocal teaching
A. SMART
B. criterion measure
C. behavior
D. condition
60. The primary objective of my lesson is: "To add similar fractions correctly." Before I can do this I must
first aim at this specific objective: "To distinguish a numerator from a nominator." What kind of
objective is the latter?
A. Major
B. Terminal
C. Enabling
D. Primary
61. Which behavioral term describes a lesson outcome in the highest level of Bloom's cognitive domain?
A. Create
B. Evaluate
C. Analyze
D. Design
62. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself in major task analysis?
A. Test
B. Assess
C. Appraise
D. Theorize
64. In Krathwohl's taxonomy of objectives in the affective, which is most authentic?
A. Characterization
B. Orgarlization
C. Responding
D. Valuing
65. "A stitch on time saves nine", so goes the adage.. Applied to classroom management, this means
that we __________
A. may not occupy ourselves with disruptions which are worth ignoring because they are minor
A. By making them feel you know what you are talking about
C. By reminding your students your authority over them again and again
A. Signal interference
B. Direct appeal
C. Interest boosting
D. Proximity control
68. How can you exhibit expert power on the first day of school?
A. By making them feel you know what you are talking about.
C. By reminding them your students your authority over them again and again.
B. to be creative
A. Note to parents
B. After-school detention
C. Withdrawal of privileges
A. By making your students feel they are accepted for who they are.
D. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his progress to make sure he is continuing to
work.
76. Referring to Teacher S, Nicolle describes her teacher as "fair, caring and someone you can talk to."
Which power or leadership does Teacher S have?
A. Referent power
B. Legitimate power
C. Reward power
D. Expert power
77. Research tells that teachers ask mostly content questions. Which of the following terms does NOT
refer to content question?
A. Closed
B. Direct
C. Concept
D. Convergent
78. Read the following then answer the question:
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE
UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GO TOTHE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE
DON'T HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF THE
MISSING ELEMENTS.
RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY.
TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS BUT WHAT IF THOSE, EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON,
TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME
CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH TO
FIND SOME NEW ONES?
Question: Which questioning strategy/ies does/do the exchange of thoughts above illustrate?
A. Funneling
C. Nose-dive
A. Ask a specific student to respond, state the question, and wait a response.
B. Tell the class that it will have detention unless answer are forthcoming.
A. Ask her students to formulate a generalization from the data shown in graphs.
B. Ask her students to answer questions beginning with "What if ... "
D. Directs her students to ask questions on the parts of the lesson not understood.
82. The following are sound specific purposes of questions EXCEPT
A. informational
B. rhetorical
C. leading
D. divergent
84. If teacher has to ask more higher-order questions, he has to ask more __________ questions.
A. closed
B. fact
C. concept
D. convergent
85. Which is NOT a sound purpose for asking questions?
D. To encourage self-reflection.
86. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher W asks her students to rate a given paragraph
along the elements of a good paragraph. The students' task is in level of __________.
A. application
B. analysis
C. evaluation
D. synthesis
87. Read the following then answer the question
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE
UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE
DON'T HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF
THE MISSING ELEMENTS
RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY
TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT WHAT IF THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON,
TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME
CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH TO
FIND SOME NEW ONES?
Question: The Teacher's questions in the above exchange are examples of __________ questions.
A. fact
B. concept
C. direct
D. closed
88. Read this question: "How will you present the layers of the earth to your class?" This is a question
that
A. directs
C. assesses cognition
D. probes creative thinking
89. The teacher's first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the ______.
D. technique to be used
90. Based on Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience, which activity is closest to the real thing?
A. View images
B. Attend exhibit
C. Watch a demo
D. Hear
91. Based on Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience, which activity is farthest from the real thing?
A. Read
B. Hear
C. View images
D. Attend exhibit
92. Which criterion should guide a teacher in the choice of instructional devices?
A. Attractiveness
B. Cost
C. Novelty
D. Appropriateness
93. To elicit more student's response, Teacher G made use of covert responses. Which one did she NOT
do?
C. She had the students write their responses privately then called each of them.
D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant information necessary for the day's lesson.
95. Teacher M's pupils are quite weak academically and his lesson is already far behind his time table.
How should Teacher M proceed with his lesson?
A. Experientially
B. lnductively
C. Logically
D. Deductively
96. Which activity should a teacher have more for his students if he wants them to develop logical-
mathematical thinking?
A. Problem solving
B. Choral reading
C. Drama
D. Storytelling
97. Which guideline must be observed in the use of prompting to shape the correct performance of
your students?
A. Combinatorial
B. Comparative
C. Part-whole
D. Sequential