PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PRACTICE DRILLS Part 15


1. He pioneered in NON-Directive Counseling?

 

A.    Thomas Gordon     

B.    Erik Erikson          

C.    Carl Rogers

D.    Rousseau

 

2. This educator proposed 3 modes of representation, enactive, iconic and symbolic

 

A.    Bandura 

B.    Kohler    

C.    Kounin

D.    Bruner

 

3. This premier behaviorist once said: Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed and my own specified world to bring them up in and I‘ll guarantee to take any one of random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes even beggar-man and chief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vacations, and race of his ancestors

 

A.    Bandura 

B.    Watson 

C.    Rogers

D.    Erikson

 

4. His best contribution to the world of education is the 3 laws (law of effect, law or readiness and law of exercise)

 

A.    Rousseau       

B.    Pavlov    

C.    Thorndike

D.    Bandura

 

5. The teachers‘ widely accepted view of giving rewards to students is the legacy of

 

A.    Dewey    

B.    Bruner    

C.    kounin

D.    Skinner

 

6. He believes that learning is based on Adhesive principle

 

A.    Dewey    

B.    Bruner    

C.    Kounin

D.    Koffka

 

7. One of main proponent of Gestalt and who believes that the whole is more than the sum of all its parts

 

A.    Bruner    

B.    Thorndike

C.    Wertheimer

D.    Lewin

 

8.  the child learns from what he sees in the environment is the main thesis of this famous educational psychologist

 

A.    Skinner  

B.    Locke     

C.    Bandura

D.    Koffka

 

9. According to this theorist, our behavior at a particular time is a product of the interaction of two factors, internal and external forces

 

A.    Lewin   

B.    Wertheimer    

C.    Locke

D.    Jung

10. According to this developmental psychologist, children‘s thinking skills

move from simplicity to complexity

 

A.    Bandura 

B.    Thorndike

C.    Piaget

D.    Freud

 

11. The inventor of the first usable intelligence test

 

A.    Freud     

B.    Piaget    

C.    Skinner

D.    Binet

 

12. This particular theorist believes that the mind is blank at birth

A.    Allport    

B.    Skinner  

C.    Loche

D.    Binet

 

13. He is generally considered as the father of modern education

A.    Collin     

B.    Comenius    

C.    Aristotle

D.    hagel

 

14. Kindergarten movement is the legacy of this man who is considered the father of kindergarten

 

A.    Pestalozzi

B.    Froebel 

C.    Montessori

D.    Collins

 

15.   He once said: education is not a preparation for life…it is life

A.    Montessori     

B.    Dewey  

C.    Havighurst

D.    Skinner

 

16. He proposed that every child is born with a unique potential, his individuality, but that potential remained unfulfilled until it was analyzed and transformed by education

 

A.    Lewin     

B.    Kohler    

C.    Herbart

D.    Havighurst

 

17. He pioneered in coming up with a list of development task as individuals pass through the developmental stages

 

A.    Havigburst   

B.    Hurlock  

C.    Anastasi

D.    Herbart

 

18. This educator is famous for applying classical education to impoverished children of Chicago Illinois.

 

A.    Collins  

B.    Montessori     

C.    Froebel

D.    Piaget

 

19. This educator opposes the traditional notion that students are empty vessels. He call this traditional technique as banking system

 

A.    Herbart  

B.    Locke     

C.    Freire

D.    Rousseau

 

20. He pioneered in the study of language acquisition of children

 

A.    Rousseau

B.    Freire    

C. Chomsky

D. Rubenstein

 

21.   He introduced the notion of zone of proximal development and  scaffolding

A.    Vygotsky      

B.    Tyler

C.    Chomsky

D.    Rubenstein

 

22. This condition is also known as trisomy 21

 

A     Turner Syndrome   

B.    Patau Syndrome    

C.    Down Syndrome

D.    Autism

 

23. This condition is characterized by poor spelling and pervasive difficulty in reading

 

A.    Mental retardation 

B.    autism   

C.    Savant

D.    dyslexia

 

24.  Certain injury to the language area of the brain can cause the total loss of the ability to produce and/ or understand language, this condition is known as

 

A.    Mutism   

B.    Aphasia

C.    aspergers

D.    dyslexia

 

25. _______ is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communicatio9n and by restricted and repetitive behavior.

 

A.    Mental retardation 

B.    Autism  

C.    ADHD

D.    Physical Disabilities

26. _________ refers to quantitative changes in an individual as he progresses in chronological age.

 

A.    Development 

B.    Growth 

C.    Cephalocaudal

D.    Proximodistal

 

 

27. _________refers to progressive series of changes of an orderly coherent type leading to the individual‘s maturation.

 

A.    Development

B.    Growth   

C.    Cephalocaudal

D.    Proximodistal

 

28. Teacher Kevin has not practiced his profession for the past five years. Can he go back to teaching immediately?

 

a.    Yes, if nobody can take his place

b.    No, unless she has enrolled in refresher course of 12 units

c.    No

d.    Yes

 

29. Is membership to the accredited professional organization for teachers mandatory for all LET passers?

 

a.    No

b.    Yes, when the teacher is already teaching

c.    Yes

d.    Only for LET passers who are not repeaters

 

30. Can Manny Pacquiao be given a special permit to teach boxing in a special school?

 

a.    No, he is not a teacher education graduate

b.    No, he has not passed the LET

c.    Yes, he is a graduate of ALS

d.    Yes, he has excelled and gained international recognition

 

31. Is it professional for a teacher to receive gifts from the student and parents?

 

a.    Not at all

b.    No, especially if done in exchange for requested concessions

c.    Yes, if deserved

d.    Yes, in-season and out-of-season gifts

 

32. An Education graduate without license is accepted to teach in a private school? Is this in violation of RA 7836?

 

a.    No provided he has taught for at least 3 years

b.    Yes. No one may teach without a license

c.    No

d.    Yes

 

33. For relevance to business and industry, what did the First Biennial National Education on Education (2008) impose for updating the Licensure Examination for teachers?

 

a.    Moral or ethical values

b.    Technical and scientific competencies

c.    Upgraded laboratory facilities

d.    Vocational skills

 

34. What does the Teacher Education Development Program signify as a prerequisite for employment of teachers in basic education schools?

 

a.    National Standard Competencies among teachers

b.    Licensure Examination for Teachers

c.    Induction of new teachers

d.    Job interviews for teacher applicants

 

35. Among active participation of school officials and teachers in the community, which of the following is not appropriate due to prevailing religious sentiments?

 

a.    Literacy assistance for out of school children/youths

b.    Household campaign for healthful practice

c.    Promoting contraceptives for planned parenthood

d.    Introducing cooperative thrift practices

 

36. Which of the following is not John Dewey‘s contribution to the sociological foundation of education?

 

a.    Facilitating learning along social conditions of the learner

b.    As a social process, education begins at birth

c.    True education is transmission of knowledge

d.    The school is a continuation of home

 

37. Of the following, which is most fundamental to building up a strong school culture of excellence?

 

a.    High standards of performance

b.    Student-centered curriculum

c.    Mission and core values

d.    Student handbook of conduct

 

38. Among rights of the schools, which is not provided by the law?

 

a.    Right for basic education to determine subjects of the study

b.    Right to enforce administrative systems

c.    Right to provide proper governance

d.    Right for institutions of higher learning to determine academic grounds for admission

 

39. What kind of grassroots model best advances Education for All as served children of slum

city dwellers?

 

a.    Mobile education on Kariton

b.    Leaf flyers for out-of-school children

c.    Radio education modules

d.    Educational television

 

40. After the implementation of NCBTS, results of LET still reveal low performance among examinees. What can teacher education institutions do to upgrade their graduates‘ LET performance?

 

a.    Review curriculum vis-à-vis TOS

b.    Intensify Field Study Courses

c.    Hire expensive review trainers

d.    Implement selective admission in TEIs

 

41. What is the cultural trait of conflicting values that aims to please people in different venues and situations rather than abide by principles?

 

a.    Crab mentality

b.    Split personality

c.    Kanya-kanya system

d.    Bahala na mentality

 

42. Among qualities which employers look for in the 21st century workplace, which is the most challenging and demanding?

 

a.    Aptitude for teamwork

b.    Skills and social behavior

c.    Readiness to take risks

d.    Specific competencies for work

 

43. In educating the whole person as demanded by the ―Learning to be pillar of the 21st century education, where does the concept of meaning, purpose and engagement belong?

 

a.    Mind and body

b.    Aesthetic sense

c.    Spiritual values

d.    Personal responsibility

 

44. Which program directly embodies both the pre-service and in-service programs?

 

a.    BESRA – Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda

b.    TEDPA – Technical Education Development Program

c.    K-12

d.    BEC – Basic Education Curriculum

 

45.  How can the efforts of four agencies (DepEd, CHED, PRC, CSC) be best achieved for the training and development of teachers?

 

a.    Synchronization

b.    cost-reduction

c.    streamlining

d.    sharing of resources

 

46. What is the core of the Teacher Education Development Program?

 

a.    high order thinking skills or HOTS

b.    student-centered learning

c.    National Competency-Based Teaching Standards

d.    Technology integration in instruction

 

47. What is known as a self-appraisal for professional growth that is acceptable and useful for recognizing weakness and strengths for a new beginning teacher?

 

a.    master teacher‘s evaluation

b.    student‘s evaluation

c.    principal‘s evaluation

d.    self-evaluation

 

48. Among reforms for enhancing teacher professionalism, which has been implemented by law in order to determine whether prospective teachers have acquired professional competencies prior to granting them a permit to teach?

 

a.    accrediting a national organization for teachers

b.    setting up centered for excellence in teacher education centers

c.    licensure examination

d.    creation of a professional board for teachers

 

49. From global competence as defined by international educators, which is the most appropriate characteristic of globally competent individual?

 

a.    familiarity with new culture

b.    open-mindedness to new culture

c.    adaptability to new work environment

d.    foreign-language policy

 

50. For a school, which of the following is most significant in repairing shorelines with depleted coral reefs?

 

a.    outreach by depositing rubber tires as artificial coral reefs

b.    implement reporting system against dynamite fishermen

c.    legislative lobby to disallow tourism in endangered shorelines

d.    outreach by educating the villagers on protection of coral reefs

 

51. In a tertiary school, the President organized a Fun Run for students, faculty and personnel to enjoy camaraderie, physical exertion under the sun, sense of engagement and achievement. What does the activity promote?

 

a.    spiritual vigor

b.    cultural consciousness

c.    national integrity

d.    moral integrity

 

52. In the Education Act of 1901 which established a free public education in the Philippines, what language was imposed under the one-language policy?

 

a.    Spanish

b.    English

c.    Tagalog

d.    Filipino

 

53. Of the following, which is the most functional intervention in order to achieve a basic right of every Filipino Child under the Constitution and Magna Carta for Disabled Persons?

 

a.    Philosophy of education

b.    policy for curricular reform

c.    home study program

d.    structural organization

 

54. Of the following interventions, which is directly aimed at responding to the transitional gap between academic achievement and employment?

 

a.    identification of centers of excellence

b.    deregulation of tuition fees

c.    school networking with business and industry

d.    voluntary accreditation of schools

 

55. In the formal education system during Hispanic times in the Philippines, what was not implement but which we enjoyed during the American period?

 

a.    vocational education

b.    private education

c.    religious education

d.    public education

 

56. If Dr. Jose Rizal lives in the 21st century, what character expression and commitment would have shown our generation?

 

a.    inventor of techniques

b.    citizen and producer

c.    member of family and community

d.    creative dreamer

 

57. In the learning to do pillar of new education, what is the enabling factor that can make the learner fully contribute to a peaceful and just society?

 

a.    knowledge

b.    skills

c.    insights

d.    values

 

58. Before being able to fully learn to live and work together under the pillar of the 21st century education, what must the learner attain for himself?

 

a.    find peace within oneself

b.    attain an altruistic mind

c.    love his fellowmen

d.    become self-actualized

 

59. The Transparency International‘s perception that the Philippines suffers a cultural malaise of corruption, what component of our character needs to be further developed along the Learning To Be Pillar of education in the 21st century?

 

a.    Familial-social component

b.    Physical-economic component

c.    Intellectual-emotional component

d.    Ethical-spiritual component

 

60. This powerful European country supplied arms to Afghanistan rebels who were fighting a terrorist war in the Middle East. What was the principle of moral discernment applicable in this case?

 

a.    Principle of double effect

b.    Principle of lesser evil

c.    Principle of material cooperation

d.    Principle of moral cooperation

 

61. Which of the following best defines a morally mature person?

 

a.    Cultural values clarification

b.    Unhampered exercise of one‘s right

c.    Transmittal of one‘s moral viewpoint

d.    Knowledge and practice of universal moral values

 

62. Educated in a religious school, Dona goes to confession every day to be free of any kind of sin. How do you characterize Dona‘s moral attitude?

 

a.    Callous

b.    Pharisaical

c.    Scrupulous

d.    Strict

 

63. How would you characterize the moral attitude of Hispanic friars who taught religion but were unfaithful to their vow of property by amassing the land properties of natives?

 

a.    Scrupulous

b.    Strict

c.    Lax

d.    Pharisaical

 

64. How would you characterize the moral attitude of prisoners with criminal minds, who have no sensitivity to the welfare of other people?

 

a.    Pharisaical

b.    Strict

c.    Lax

d.    Callous

 

65. What was the degree of moral certitude when U.S. statement decided to drop the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to prevent mass deaths by a land invasion of Japan?

 

a.    Doubtful

b.    Certain

c.    Perplexed

d.    Probable

 

66. From a broad vantage view of human development, who has the primary duty to educate the youths or children?

 

a.    Parents

b.    Teachers

c.    the state

d.    the schools

 

67. Of the three aspects of learning, which is not mentioned as needed so that the individual learner in the 21st century can learn how to learn?

 

a.    Ability to think

b.    Mathematical skills

c.    Memory skills

d.    Concentration

 

68. Which of the following belongs to the more sophisticated learning-to-learn skills for the individual learner?

 

a.    To ask and gather data

b.    To listen and observe

c.    To process and select information

d.    To read with understanding

 

69. Of the following effects on learning, what is the effect of simulations that make students feel and sense experience in the classroom?

 

a.    Reinforcing learning

b.    Providing experiences that otherwise might not be had

c.    Motivating students

d.    Changing attitudes and feelings

 

70. ________Of the following effects on learning, what is the effect of assigning various sections of the newspaper, and allowing choice depending on the learner‘s choice?

 

a.    Encouraging participation

b.    Reinforcing learning

c.    Allowing different interests

d.    Changing attitudes and feelings

 

71. A young mother observes her seven year old girl glued to her computer games. What aspect of the family life may suffer due to obsession of the young with technology gadgets?

 

a.    Family social life

b.    Family economic life

c.     Discipline and obedience

d.    Parent-child relationship

 

72. Which of the following is not an advanced process of meta-cognition among learners?

 

a.    Learning how to recognize thoughts

b.    Acquisition of new knowledge

c.    Assessing own thinking

d.    Learning how to study

 

73. Of comprehension or thinking strategies, which is relating one or two items, such as nouns and verbs?

 

a.    Basic elaboration strategies

b.    Complex rehearsal strategies

c.    Complex elaboration strategies

d.    Affective strategies

 

74. Of skills teacher should understand and students need to acquire, which is the ability to integrate complex information into categories through its attributes (characteristics, principles or functions)?

 

a.    Scanning

b.    Complex cognitive

c.     Sharpening-leveling

d.    Complexity-simplicity

 

75. Inculcating moral maturity among students, which of the following relates to belief and ideals?

 

a.    Promoting human equality

b.    Refraining from prejudiced action

c.     Avoiding deception and dishonesty

d.    Respecting freedom of conscience

 

76. Research studies showed that children in slums generally have lower reading achievement then children in urban schools. What factor is shown to affect reading achievement?

 

a.    Mobility

b.    Personality and emotional factors

c.    Socio-economic status

d.    Listening comprehension

 

77. When preacher Xian read the Genesis story on creation, he explained that God is so powerful he created the universe in only seven days. What level of reading comprehension did preacher John apply?

 

a.    Evaluative reading on character, plot or style

b.    Literal reading the lines

c.    Applied reading beyond the lines

d.    Interpretative reading between the lines

 

78. What is the main organization and orientation of science and social studies reading materials?

 

a.    Expository

b.    Descriptive

c.     Narrative

d.    Argumentative

 

79. In his History class, teacher Naomi used a current events IQ contest to determine champions in identifying people, places, and events. What learning objective outcome does she aim to achieve?

 

a.    Knowledge or recall

b.    Perpetual abilities

c.     Application

d.    Responding

 

80. In Erikson‘s stage theory of development questionnaire, which affirmation does not belong to the stage of initiative vs. guilt?

 

a.    People can betrusted

b.    In difficulty, I will not give up

c.    I feel what happens to me is the result of what I have done

d.    I am prepared to take a risk

 

81. For cognitive learning, what are sets of facts, concepts, and principles that describe underlying mechanism that regulate human learning, development and behavior?

 

a.    Facts      

b.    Concepts

c.    Theories

d.    Hypothesis

 

82. Literature teacher Kim introduced figures of speech in poetry to improve ability of her students to interpret verses. What kind of thinking is she developing in her students?

 

a.    Critical thinking

b.    Metaphoric thinking

c.     Convergent thinking

d.    Divergent thinking

 

83. Of clusters of meaningful learning activities, which does not belong to spatial learning activities?

 

a.    Visualization

b.    Concept-mapping

c.    Peer tutoring

d.    Art projects

 

84. From cluster of meaningful learning activities, which does not belong to verbal-linguistic intelligence learning?

 

a.    Ecological field trip

b.    Debates

c.    Journal writing

d.    Reading

 

85. Which of the following violates the principle that each child‘s brain is unique and vastly different from one another?

 

a.    Giving ample opportunity for a pupil to explore rather than simply dish out information

b.    Employing principles in multiple intelligence in teaching

c.    Making a left-handed pupil write with her right hand as this is better

d.    Allowing open dialogue among students of various cultural backgrounds

 

86. Of the following which is normally expected of Grade VI pupils?

 

a.    Getting along with classmates

b.    Being independent of parents

c.    Showing class leadership

d.    Displaying a male or feminine social role

 

87. From categories of exceptionalities in the young child and adolescents what involves difficulties in specific cognitive processes like perception, language and memory due to mental retardation, emotional/behavioral disorder, or sensory impairment?

 

a.    Learning disabilities

b.    Speech and communication disorders

c.    Emotional/conduct disorders

d.    Autism

 

88. Of the following, which is most true of adolescents?

 

a.    Hormonal changes

b.    Last splurge of dependence

c.    Unruly behavior

d.    Defiance of peer group

 

89. Research says, people tend to attribute successes to internal causes and their failures to external causes.

 What does this imply as a most potent key to success?

 

a.    Reasoning

b.    Imagination

c.     Application

d.    Motivation

 

 

 

90. From Kohlberg‘s theory of moral development, what is the moral reasoning or perspective of Mother Teresa who pledged her life to serve the sick and very old?

 

a.    Social contract

b.    Universal principles

c.     Obedience

d.    Law and order

 

91. Blind cyclist and teacher Maria Bunyan won 8th place in the able-bodied Sydney 2000 Olympics. Of the following, which is the central and fundamental quality she displayed by never thinking that blindness is an impediment to becoming a great athlete?

a.    Perseverance

b.    Passion

c.     Dedication

d.    Self-belief

 

92. How can new information be made more meaningful to students?

 

a.    Relating it to knowledge they already know

b.    Valuing new knowledge

c.     Demonstrating novelty of new knowledge

d.    Increasing retention of new knowledge

 

 

93. Under the domains of learning, to what domain do Reflex movements, perceptual abilities, and non-discursive communication belong?

 

a.    Psychomotor

b.    Affective

c.    Cognitive

d.    Reflective

 

94. In what development stage is the pre-school child?

 

a.    Early childhood

b.    Babyhood

c.     Infancy

d.    Late childhood

 

95. What is mainly addressed by early intervention program for children with disabilities, ages 0 to 3 years old?

 

a.    Ensuring inclusion for special children

b.    Early growth development lag

c.     Identifying strengths and weaknesses in special children

d.    Preventing labeling of disabled children

 

96. What is the degree of moral certitude of Jade Althea who entered into marriage only out of obedience to her parents, but uncertain whether she wanted marriage at all?

 

a.    Certain

b.    Lax

c.     Probable

d.    Doubtful

 

97. On categories of exceptionality in the young, what is difficulty in focusing and maintaining attention, and/or recurrent hyperactive and impulsive behavior?

 

a.    ADHD

b.    Emotional/conduct disorders

c.    Autism

d.    Speech and communication disorders


98. What kinds of skills are commonly dominant in subjects like Computer, PE, Music, and the like?

 

a.    Problem-solving skills

b.    Manipulative skills

c.     Affective skills

d.    Thinking skills

 

99.  How is the disorderly behavior of children classified when they tell lies?

 

a.    Moral

b.    Intellectual

c.     Social

d.    Psychological

 

100. Which of the following is not among the major targets of the child-friendly school system (CFSS)?

 

a.    All school children are friendly

b.    All children complete their elementary education within six years

c.    All children 6-12 years old are enrolled in elementary schools

d.    All grade six students pass the division, regional, and national tests

 

 

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