General Principles and Methods of Teaching

1. When looking at the brighter side of life and communicating it with students. Teacher Francis shows the
personal virtue of ________?

B. OPTIMISM

2. The skill of ________to maintain distinction between cognitive structures to avoid confusion is a skill that the
teacher should understand and to help students to acquire.
B. FOCUS
3. Every teacher should facilitate mastery of the content of lessons and this connotes the following characteristics
of learning EXCEPT.
C. DEFICIENT
4. How would you describe Teacher Jojie’s initiative in relating to everyone in the class without playing favorites?

B. INCLUSIVE

5. For meaningful teaching and learning, it is best to connect the lesson with the lives of students by integrating a
relevant value in the lesson. Which principle is applied?
C. LESSON OBJECTIVES OR OUTCOMES INTEGRATED WITH TWO OR THREE DOMAINS;
COGNITIVE, SKILLS AND AFFECTIVE LEARNING.
6. Here is an expected learning outcome. “At the end of the lesson, all learners must develop a positive towards
work.” Is this a SMART lesson outcome?
A. No, since this is not specific and measurable.
7. Principal Tina observes the teacher lectures the whole hour and leaves the class. What learning principle was
absent in the teacher’s class?
D. Learning is an active process for both the teacher and the student.
8. How can Math concepts be learned and appreciated as a life-long learning for learners?
C. Apply concepts to concrete views.
9. Ms. De Guzman knows that concepts are learned early by students when they are meaningful. Meaningfulness
depends on.
B. Student’s background knowledge.
10. In the implementation of the curriculum at the classroom level ineffective strategies are called “Red”. Which of
the following belongs to the Red Flag?
D. Overemphasis on drill and practice.
11. What two indicators promote purposive learning among the students?
I. General knowledge of teaching method.
II. Recognition of specific learning needs.
III. Cultivation of good study habits.
IV. Tutorial of learning principles.
C. II and III
12. Someone said, “Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.”
A. Theory and experience must go hand-in-hand.
13. To learn complex subject matter, it is most effective to __ from information and experience.
B. Construct meaning.
14. What should be the basic focus of the modern day student-centered learning?
C. Technology support.
15. These are characteristics of effective home assignments or homework, but NOT to include:
D. Lengthy and dictated.
16. Which part of the lesson development is concerned with mood setting?
D. Motivation.
17. In which phase/s of the lesson would a teacher know if the student really learned what was intended for him to
learn?
B. Application and evaluation.
18. Mrs. Victoria gathered all the grade two pupils who failed in the mathematics achievement test covering the
four fundamentals. For several days after class, she conducted lessons on the basic concepts and operations
involved. What did this teacher’s action exemplify?
C. Remedial Instruction.
19. What criteria is the focus of Teacher Nancy wo makes sure that factual information from a website is well-
documented, pictures and diagrams are properly labeled?
A. Accuracy.
20. What criterion is achieved when a bulletin board display that has repeated shape or colors and also using
boarders to put the display together?
D. Unity.
21. According to Nagel’s Acronym PPPF, what is important to Follow Up in the proper use of instructional materials?
C. Lesson Objectives.
22. What did Teacher Zeny achieve when she decided to show only a portion of a video to introduce discussion,
rather than complete the video viewing in class?
A. Better use of time.
23. What is the framework for assigning students to create their own journals in the internet using a free domain?
A. Independent practice.
24. The subject matter is the ASEAN qualifications Framework (AQRF). The Asian History teacher teams up with the
Economics teacher, the Professional Education teacher for a thorough discussion of AQRF from the perspective
of other disciplines. Which describes the Asian History teacher’s pedagogical approach?
A. Integrated.
25. Teacher Ed’s lesson was on “What man can do to arrest climate change.” She made the students to do the
talking, the arguing and the synthesizing. She gave her lecture after students have participated in the lively
discussion. Which teaching approach did Teacher Ed employ?
D. Learner-centered approach.
26. Teacher Joan talked all period. She taught the class the steps to undertake in the conduct an action research,
discussed why it is poorly done and finally showed a model action research. Which teaching approach describes
Teacher Joan’s lesson development? Was Teacher Joan’s approach learner-centered?
C. No, she was more subject-centered and teacher-centered.
27. To make science lessons interesting and functional, Ms. De Guzman gives opportunity to her students to
develop and apply such skills as communicating, verifying, predicting, hypothesizing, theorizing, measuring and
observing. What instructional approach is she using?
D. Process approach.
28. Which order follows the basic rule in framing interaction?
B. Ask the question, pause, call on a student.
29. Which practice doesn’t promote interaction?
C. Rejecting students answer
30. Teacher Leticia claims she can’t accept an. “I don’t know.” Answer. So, she does:
A. Probing
31. This is my questioning behavior. I ask the question, I pause for a while then call on a student. Which is this
questioning practice?
B. Asking non-directed question.
32. To obtain well-thought out answers, which questioning behavior helps?
C. Allowing sufficient time