Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
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Name: RONNIE F. GUEVARRA Division: SDO PANG II Worksheet No. 4D
Position: T-III Region: I Plenary Session No. 7
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Item 1
Competency Stem Unistructural Acceptable Answer Rationalization
Question
Solves A group of virologists studied a certain type of What is the common The common ratio is 2. The item is unistructural
because it only ask for the
problems coronavirus and took a picture of the number of ratio of the virus?
common ratio of the virus.
involving viruses in a circular dish every hour. The pictures
sequences below show what the virologist found out, with each
dot representing 10 viruses.
(Grade 10)
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Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
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Item 2
Competency Stem Multistructural Acceptable Answer Rationalization
Question
Solves A group of virologists studied a certain type of Based on the given Given: This item is at the multi-
structural level because it
problems coronavirus and took a picture of the number of pattern, how many
30, 60, 120, 240 … requires several procedures
involving viruses in a circular dish every hour. The pictures viruses will there be at and undertaking several
sequences below show what the virologist found out, with each 3 PM? a1= 30 sequential steps. You need to
dot representing 10 viruses. calculate the mean of the data
(Grade 10) n = 10 identify the different
parameters to determine the
number of viruses at a specific
time, particularly the value of
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for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading
60 the common ratio and the
r= =2 value of n.
30
a10 = a1r9
= 30(2)9
= 30(512)
a10 = 15360
Item 3
Competency Stem Relational Question Acceptable Answer Rationalization
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for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading
Solves A group of virologists studied a certain type of Based on the given Given: This item is at the relational
level because it requires several
problems coronavirus and took a picture of the number of character of the virus, 30, 60, 120, 240 … procedures and undertaking
involving viruses in a circular dish every hour. The pictures how many viruses will several sequential steps. You
a1= 30
sequences below show what the virologist found out, with each there be after 8 need to calculate first the
dot representing 10 viruses. hours? n=8 number of viruses for the
(Grade 10) required time, then determine
60 the total number of viruses
r= =2
30 after the given time. There are
a number of specific
procedures that need to be
executed before determining
a8 = a1r7
the required number of viruses.
= 30(2)7
= 30(128)
= 3840
n
S8 = a1 (
1−r
)
1−r
8
= 30 (
1−2
)
1−2
1−256
= 30 ( )
1−2
−255
= 30( )
−1
= 30(255)
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for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading
= 7650
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for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
