Developmental

Reading
1. When Brylle read the sentence, “The bankruptcy made
a run on the bank”, he thought the bankruptcy literally
ran on the bank. What explains this phenomenon?

a. The reader lacks auditory perception

b. The reader lacks sight words perception
c. The reader has inadequate profeciency in
listening and speaking
d. There is a mismatch between the reader and the
writer’s field of experience
2. Teacher Millicent knows well that the text or the
print material is one factor that affects reading. So she
tries to match the text with the case or difficulty of
students’ comprehension based on the style of
writing. What text factor does Teacher Millicent
consider in the choice of reading materials for her
class?
a. Organization
b. Format
c. Readability
d. Content
3.Mrs. Sabate handles fourth grade English and is currently
teaching simile and metaphor using short stories for
children. Which of the following lessons does she want the
students to beer understand?

a. Authors use of figurative language

b. Author’s point of view
c. Use of text structure
d. Tone and mood
4.Rico told his students about the legend of
Malakas at Maganda. He then asks “In the
story, which tree did Malakas and Maganda
came out of?” What level of comprehension
is being tested?
a. Critical
b. Evaluative
c. Applied
d. Literal
5.Peter noticed that his students are already
able to guess the meaning of words through
verbal context alone. His students are already
at this stage of the reading skills ladder?
a. Following directions
b. Finding supporting details
c. Using Contextual Clues
d. Using parts of a book
6. Ms. Rebolledos uses the timeline as a graphic organizer
to teach the readers to understand a given expository text.
Which of the following organizational structures might be
the one used in the exposition of text’s information?

a. Cause and effect

b. Comparison and contrast
c. Enumeration-description
d. Sequential or chronological
7. Mr. Salvador notices that his student, Robert cannot decode
sight words that are supposed to be easy for students of his
age. Which of the following activities, then, should Mr.
Salvador provide to Robert?
a. Constructing mental maps and graphic organizers
b. Answering comprehension questions using QAR
c. Phonemic awareness activities
d. Spelling drills and games
8. Ronald is about to buy a book. After taking a book from the
display shelf, he looked at the title, opened it and looked at the
table of contents, then the summary found at the back cover. He
realized that what he took from the shelf is not what he needs.
Which of the following strategies do you think did Ronald do to
decide why he does not need it?

a. Scanning b. Skimming
c. Close reading c. Careful slow reading
9.Teacher Janus is a Grade 1 teacher who plans reading
instruction as part of language block. He provides varied
reading experiences that involve children sitting quietly,
silently reading library books or making a book based on their
own experiences. What theoretical model of reading does Mr.
Janus Show?

a. Interactive model b. Schema model

c. Top-down model d. Bottom-up model
10.Teacher Donna helps pupils determine the pronunciation
and the meaning of words by analyzing roots, affixes, and
derived forms. This process is called _______?

a. Structural analysis b. Blending sounds

c. Phonetic analysis d. Contextual clues
11.Ms. Sigua entered the classroom and posted images that
she has taken from the story she is about to tell the students.
Before she started telling the story to the class, she grouped
the students and asked them to make a story out of the
pictures posted on the board. Which of the following
approaches reflects the practice of the teacher?
a. Explicit Phonics
b. Basal Approach
c. Embedded Phonics
d. Language Experience Approach
12.Mrs. Dizon entered the classroom and
showed a list of word families like cat, mat,
fat, rat, pat and bat. What approach is
described in this situation?
a. Whole-language approach
b. Language experience approach
c. Literature-based approach
d. Phonics approach
13.Ms. Custodio teaches preschool. She is
preparing to employ a shared book experience
activity for her kindergartens. Which of the
following materials should Ms. Custodio probably
need?
a.Flash cards
b.Big books
c.Basal texts
d.Word lists
14.Ms. Adona asks her pupil to point to the first
word that should be read in the big book. Then, she
asks the pupil to point to the last word to be read.
Which of the following assessment measures does
Ms. Adona employ in this situation?

a.Assessment of Reading Comprehension

b.Assessment of Spelling Ability
c.Concepts about Print Test
d.Vocabulary Test
15.Ms. Torres believes that her pupils need direct
sensory contact and physical manipulation in the
classroom so that they learn easily and recall input
effortlessly. What is the grade level of Ms. Torres’
class?
a.Pre-school
b.Primary
c.Intermediate
d.High School
16.Mr. Morauda is a Grade 1 Teacher who plans reading
instruction as part of the language block. He provides varied
reading experiences that involve children sitting quietly,
silently reading library books or making a book based on their
own experiences. What theoretical model of reading does Mr.
Morauda show?
a.Bottom-up model
b.Top-Down model
c.Interactive model
d.Schema model
17. Ms. Morallos teaches her Grade 6 class how to write a summary of
an expository text. In her discussion, she explains what it is, models it
through think aloud, and informs her pupils when and how this skill
learned in the classroom can be used even during their own free silent
reading. She provides them with guided and independent practice
before she conducts an evaluation. What approach to teaching is
reflected in Ms. Morallos’ practice?

a. Indirect instruction
b. Explicit instruction
c. Intrinsic instruction
d. Independent instruction
18. Mrs. Manuel believes in the power of environment
print to develop the pupils’ sight word recognition, print
orientation, and even comprehension in a meaningful
way. Which of the following materials is NOT an
example of environmental print?

a.Old boxes of powdered milk

b.Chocolate bar wrappers
c.Car stickers
d.Big books
19.Edward is reading a book and he needs to know the meaning
of the word “obliterate”. However, the passage does not give
enough clues for him to figure out what the word means. He
decided to use his pocket dictionary so he would know what the
word means. Which of the following strategies should he use so
that he would know the meaning of the unfamiliar word?

a.Scanning b.Skimming
c.Close reading d.Careful slow reading
20. Mr. Velasquez explicitly teaches his students the
rhetorical patterns of an informational text taken
from a science textbook. Which of the following
does the teacher want to develop in the reader?

a.Print skill b.Content schemata

c.Formal schemata d.Vocabulary knowledge
21. Mr. Gutierrez is planning to have a list of 200 words in
Science for the school’s vocabulary development program.
After going through all the books used by his fourth grade
pupils, he is still in the dark as to what words need to be
included in his list. Which of the following criteria should
NOT be the basis of Mr. Gutierrez for word selection?
a. High frequency words
b. Content area words
c. High utility words
d. Difficult words
22. The reader’s prior knowledge plays a vital role in
negotiating meaning and transaction with the text. To enhance
the schemata of the learners, Teacher Arabella exposes her
Grade 2 pupils to the pragmatic use of language in their day to
day life experiences so that they develop rich vocabulary. What
belief does the teacher manifest in this situation?

a. Word meanings aid textual understanding

b. Word pronunciation builds comprehension
c. Word knowledge is learned best in isolation
d. Word familiarity is gained in the classroom
23. A student asked the teacher to tell him the meaning of the word
“disestablishmentarianism” , which is found in the text the student
read. Instead of explicitly stating the meaning of the word, the
teacher asked the student to segment the word and look for its base
word, prefix, and suffixes so that they may construct the meaning of
the word through these parts. Which of the following vocabulary
strategy did the teacher use to help the students arrive at the meaning
of unfamiliar word?
a. Semantic feature analysis
b. Semantic mapping
c. Structural analysis
d. Context clues
24. Which of the following words BEST lends
itself to the teaching of structural analysis as a
strategy to unlock the meaning of unfamiliar
words?

a. Special b. Preschool

c. Happiness d. Undesirable
25. Mr. German is a teacher handling English for a culturally-
diverse class. He would regularly read aloud to his pupils,
would provide time for free silent reading, recreational
reading, and would lend them magazines and newspapers.
What factor in reading does Mr. German want to cultivate
among his pupils?

a. Emotional/ Social Development

b. Physical Development
c. Interest in reading
d. Intelligence
26. Mr. Malaya is teaching a 3rd year high school class
in world history. The students need note taking, outlining
and study skills. If he wants to help the students learn
these strategies, which of the following skills should he
model to them first?

a. Getting main idea

b. Sequencing event
c. Reciprocal teaching
d. Rhetorical patterns of expository texts
27. Mr. Palo distributed a K-W-L chart to his students so
they could fill up the K and W columns. Which of the
following reasons DOES NOT justify such activity?

a. Setting a purpose for reading

b. Activating prior knowledge
c. Confirming, revising or rejecting an earlier
assumption about a topic
d. Sharing assumptions related to the topic of the text
to be read
28. Which of the following reading skills or
strategies utilizes a bottom-up procedure in dealing
with unfamiliar words?

a. Inferencing b. Structural analysis

c. Predicting outcomes d. Using contextual
clues
29. All the three reading theories recognize the
role of the reader and the text in the
comprehension process. However, only the
interactive model accounts for the role of the
reading situation in the meaning-making
process. What factor does the interactive model
consider the reading process?

a. Outcome b. Task
c. Context d. Purpose
30. Ms. Padilla is a Grade 1 Teacher who is concerned
with building letters into words and words into
sentences. She uses flashcards so the pupils can sound
out syllables and words correctly. What reading model is
reflected in Ms. Padilla's instruction?

a. Bottom-up model b. Top-down model

c. Interactive model d. Schema model
Curriculum
Development
1. Johnny, a junior high school student,
connected his lesson on fractions with his
Social Studies lesson on land ownership
during the time of Feudalism. Which
curriculum design element is reflected in
Johnny’s practice?
A. Articulation B. Integration
C. Continuity D. Balance
2. Teacher B wants to give his student the
freedom to choose what to learn and believe,
and allow the student to set his own identity
and standards. Teacher B clearly shows that he
believes in
A. Realism. B. Idealism.
C. Perennialism. D. Existentialism
3. A curriculum developer wants to combine
geography, civics and culture, and history to
complete the subject area of Social Studies.
The curriculum developer clearly manifests
favor for the
A. correlated subjects curriculum design.
B. broad fields curriculum design.
C. fused curriculum design.
D. core curriculum design.
4. Teacher C has found out that there was
mismatch between the content she was teaching
in the class and the competencies tested in the
standards-based assessment (SBA) given after a
year of instruction. This situation calls for
curriculum
A. planning. B. designing.
C. alignment. D.
5. Teacher A has found out that the results of the
curriculum that was implemented call for an alteration
in the set of objectives and competencies. Which of the
following curriculum development stages does Teacher
A want to happen?

A. curriculum planning B. curriculum evaluation

C. curriculum change D. curriculum improvement
6. Ms. Natividad, a classroom teacher, wants to
try-out to her class another strategy she has
learned from a seminar-workshop she has
attended. Which level of curriculum is shown
in this situation?

A. societal B. experiential
C. instructional D. Institutional
7. Mr. Reyes, the principal of Bagumbato National High
School, opted to use the curriculum that employs the
integration of Music, Arts, P.E., and Social Studies on a
longer time block. This situation clearly shows that the
principal prefers to use
A. core curriculum design.
B. correlated subjects design.
C. broad-fields curriculum design.
D. single-subject curriculum design
8. Ms. Morillo, a science teacher tries to enrich the
content of her lesson by identifying related
concepts in Math. What pattern of organizing
content/Subject Matter did she consider?

A. Correlated B. Broadfield
C. Core D. Separate Subject
9. The Naga School District plans to adopt the
leading program used in San Jose School
District. What curriculum improvement level
does this show?

A. Restructuring B. Value Orientation

C. Substitution D. Alternation
10. The school in the second district plan to
adopt the reading program used in the third
district. What level of the curriculum
improvement is used?

A. Alternation B. Value Orientation

C. Substitution D. Restructuring
11. At the elementary level, English literature and Social
studies relate well. While history is being studied, different
literary pieces during the historical period are being studied as
well. What curriculum design is shown here?

A. Separate subject design B. Correlation design

C. Discipline design D. Broad field design
12. Ms. Ortiz, a Science teacher tries to enrich
the content of her lesson by identifying related
concepts in Math. What pattern of organizing
subjects did Ms. Ortiz consider?

A. Broadfields B. Correlated
C. Core D. Separate Subject
13. Ms. Mateo, a History teacher considers the
element of time in arranging the content of her lessons
in World History. What way of establishing sequence
is emphasized by Ms. Mateo?

A. Simple to complex
B. Part to whole
C. Concrete to abstract
D. Chronological
14. Mr. Rivera, a new teacher believes that education is a
process of development and is life itself; therefore,
experience related to the child’s needs and interests should
be given primary consideration. What educational
philosophy is being exhibited by Mr. Rivera?

A. Idealism B. Reconstructionism
C. Progressivism D. Realism
15. As a member of the curriculum committee,
your chief concern is to give the child the freedom
to choose what to learn and believe, as you allow
them to set their own identities and standards.
What philosophy will you consider?

A. Existentialism B. Realism
C. Idealism D. Pragmatism
16. Mr. Bernardo, a curriculum consultant on
Economics insists that in selecting the curriculum
content, it is better that throughout the high school
years, economic geography concepts be used to
recur and repeated with depth for effective learning.
What criterion in content selection is shown here?

A. Validity B. Continuity
C. Significance D. Learnability
17. Teacher Duminguito believes that new respect
for the child is fundamental in the curriculum. Thus,
all activities in the classroom are geared towards the
development of the child- the center of the educative
process. To which approach in the curriculum does
Teacher Duminguito adhere?

A. Learner-centered B. Subject-centered
C. Problem-centered D. Pragmatic
18. Teacher Bert put emphasis on the immediate felt
interest and needs of his students and not on the
anticipated needs and interests. What type of
curriculum does teacher Bert adhere to?

A. Subject-centered
B. Learner-centered
C. Experience-centered
D. Culture-based
19. Which curriculum design element is taking
place when Eduardo, a 4th-year student can connect
the lessons he learned in a subject area to related
content in another subject area?

A. Articulation
B. Balance
C. Continuity
D. Integration
20. A stakeholder in curriculum development, Mr. Cruz, a
district supervisor and a member of the school board has one
of the following primary roles.

A. Support and participate In parent-school organization

activities.
B. Authorize school expenditures for curriculum
development, implementation and evaluation.
C. Enact legislation to effect curriculum improvement.
D. Recommend changes in curriculum
21. Mrs. Y provides various learning activities to
children. She asks the learners to choose from the
activities and empowers them to shape their own
learning. What design in the curriculum is she trying to
strengthen?

A. Experience-centered design
B. Life situations design
C. Problem centered design
D. Child-centered design
22. Mr. T's lesson is about the parts of the gumamela. He
asked his pupils per group to bring a real flower to study
the different parts. After the group work labeling each
part, the teacher gave a test. What would be the best type
of test he can give?

A. Essay type B. Matching type

C. Diary D. Journal
23. . Mr. B is a curriculum planner. He noticed in his
assessed curriculum that the teachers' interpersonal behavior
and parents' role quality affect the learning outcomes of the
learners. Mr. B asked you to help him to determine the type
of curriculum that affects the performance of learners. What
would you recommend?

A. Learned curriculum. B. Hidden curriculum

C. Supported curriculum D. Taught curriculum
24. Mrs. D believes that the "Learners are not
machines and the mind is not a computer." Which
psychological basis is the belief of Mrs. D
founded?

A. Behaviorist psychology
B. Cognitive psychology
C. Humanistic psychology
D. Constructive psychology
25. Ms. A is a new teacher in the elementary school.
She contends that teachers should teach the children
so that they will acquire basic knowledge, skills, and
values. What philosophical heritage does she have?

A. Progressivism
B. Essentialism
C. Perennialism
D. Reconstructionism
26. The Pasacao Elementary School uses a curriculum design that
recognizes the ability levels of its pupils. Thus, the content of
each subject areas taught across grade levels are organized that
the simplest concepts are taken up in the early grades and the
more difficult ones, in the higher level. This show a widening and
deepening sequence of similar concepts taught through the
elementary levels. Which curriculum design is this?

a.Correlated design b.Broadfield

c.Core d. Spiral
 27. Compra Elementary School replace the old
program by new and advance program in order to
align in the 21th Century. What curriculum
improvement level does this show?

a. substitution b.variation

c.alteration d.value orientation

28. Mrs. Santos, the principal of Maganda Elementary
school, opted to use the curriculum that involves the
integration of social studies, Music, Arts, and P.E on
longer time blocks. This shows that the design pattern
she prefers is that of the curriculum.
a.Correlated Subjects
b. Broad Field
c. Core
d.Mastery Learning
29. Schools divide the school hours into different
subjects such as reading, grammar, literature, math,
science, history, and geography. What curriculum
design is referred to here?

A. Problem-centered
B. Teacher-centered
C. Subject-centered
D. Culture-based
30. As a member of the curriculum committee, your
chief concern is to give the child the freedom to choose
what to learn and believe, as you allow them to set their
own identities and standards. What philosophy will you
consider?
A. Existentialism
B. Realism
C. Idealism
D. Pragmatism
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