PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - SET 1

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

A. Application

B. Knowledge or recall

C. Responding

D. Perpetual abilities

 

2. Which of the following best relate to basic literacy to learners? *

A. Drill

B. Text-based learning

C. Field experience

D. Demonstration

 

3. On clusters of meaningful learning activities, which does not belong to bodily-kinesthetic learning activities? *

A. Story telling

B. Hands-on demonstration

C. Dance

D. Role-playing

 

4. How can lessons be made more meaningful by way of learning continuity? *

A. Add value to content

B. Introduce new content

C. Stress retention of facts

D. Relate present with past lesson

 

5. How can a teacher introduce new information to students? *

A. Valuing new knowledge

B. Relating it to knowledge they already know

C. Demonstrating novelty of new knowledge

D. Increasing retention of new knowledge

 

6. When classes began, Teacher Dan asked student in pairs to interview and introduce each other to the class. How will this activity be classified according to Edgar Dale’s cone of experience? *

A. Purposeful experience

B. Verbal symbols

C. Dramatized experience

D. Demonstration

 

7. In cognitive learning, what are firmly established and thoroughly tested principles or theories? *

A. Hypothesis

B. Facts

C. Laws

D. Concepts

 

8. Among cognitive objectives, what refers to the transfer of knowledge from one concept to another? *

A. Synthesis

B. Application

C. Analysis

D. Comprehension

 

9. In the taxonomy of learning objectives or outcomes, which relates to judging in terms of internal evidence or logical consistency, or external evidence consistent with fact? *

A. Evaluation

B. Receiving

C. Valuing

D. Application

 

10. Under the domains of learning, to what domain do comprehension, analysis, and evaluation belong? *

A. Reflective

B. Cognitive

C. Affective

D. Psychomotor

 

11. Among cognitive levels of thinking, what cognitive level is stressed by the Essay question: “In the light of the facts presented, what is most likely to happen when…?” *

A. Inferring

B. Classifying

C. Applying

D. Analyzing

 

12. Of skills teachers should understand and students need to acquire, which is the ability to monitor and modify thinking, as well as deal with ambiguous or unclear information without getting frustrated? *

A. Focusing

B. Sharpening

C. Tolerance

D. Narrowing 

 

13. Among categories of thinking skills, which is the ability to break down complex information into parts for understanding? *

A. Focusing

B. Narrowing

C. Sharpening

D. Analysis

 

14. Which aspect of multi-intelligence is enhanced by asking students to work on a physical model of the atom after a teacher’s discussion on the subject of the atom? *

A. Interpersonal

B. Kinesthetical

C. Mathematical

D. Linguistic

 

15. In his Literature class, teacher Ted gives stress to one’s own ability to write poetic verse, drawn from sensible images, thoughts, and perceptions. What creative thinking behavior is he trying to develop in students? *

A. Curiosity

B. Awareness

C. Originality

D. Elaboration

 

16. What is the primary advantage of active learning techniques (discussion, role play, gaming, etc.) in instruction? *

A. Higher order thinking

B. Problem-solving

C. Student engagement

D. Focus on questions, not answers

 

17. Among thinking skills in learning, what includes fluent, flexible, original and elaborate thinking? *

A. Divergent thinking

B. Convergent thinking

C. Critical thinking

D. Problem solving

 

18. In his speech class, teacher Rod uses poetry dramatic reading by students, using movements (c, gestures, facial expressions, creative movements, etc). What learning objectives or outcome is he looking for? *

A. Non-discursive communication

B. Reflex movements

C. Skilled movements

D. Characterization

 

19. Under the affective domain of learning, what includes active attention to stimuli such as acquiescence, willingness to answer, and feelings of satisfaction? *

A. Organization

B. Valuing

C. Responding

D. Characterization

 

20. Of the following, which is the most effective way to advance practical oral proficiency of students? *

A. Give more group work compared with individual work

B. Request the construction of a school speech laboratory

C. Engage students in conversational activities

D. Give stress to correct grammar

 

21. What kind of literary works are very creative by way of descriptive language and dramatic episodes? *

A. Fiction novels

B. Historical account

C. Biography

D. Autobiography

 

22. Where can students find critical views on current event in newspapers? *

A. Entertainment page

B. Opinion page

C. Ads section

D. News page

 

23. Which is an example of a book or writing intended for moral knowledge of the very young readers? *

A. Romeo and Juliet

B. Diary of Anne Frank

C. Jack and the Beanstalk

D. Les Miserables

 

24. What desirable thinking behavior is aimed in poetry as a writing activity? *

A. Interest

B. Originality

C. Awareness

D. Curiosity

 

25. Among models of reading strategies, what did student Lina adopt when she read back and forth, attending to both what is in her mind and what’s on the page? *

A. Down-top

B. Interactive

C. Top-down

D. Bottoms-up

 

26. Sequence the following events on the historical development of reading: 

(I.) Greek letters and the Roman alphabet were developed 

(II.) Through the Semite’s ingenuity, sounds and symbols gave rise to the Phoenician alphabet 

(III.) People used pictures and characters to convey messages 

(IV.) Researchers showed the process of reading, comprehension, and interpretation *

A. I, II, III and IV

B. I, II, IV and III

C. III, II, I and IV

D. IV, II, I and III

 

27. What is known as learning a new word by studying its roots and affixes? *

A. Morphology

B. Phonetic analysis

C. Structural analysis

D. Contextualization

 

28. What is known as getting the meaning of a new unfamiliar word by looking for hints from surrounding words in a sentence or paragraph? *

A. Context clues

C. Semantic clues

B. Syntactic clues

D. Graphophonic clues

 

29. In Grace Godell’s Reading Skills Ladder, which is at the very bottom and needed to move up to the sequential ladder of reading skills? *

A. Vocabulary building

B. Phonetic analysis

C. Basic sight words

D. Structural analysis

 

30. In Grace Godell’s Skills Ladder, which step should come last and only when needed? *

A. Using contextual clues

B. Using the dictionary

C. Using parts of a book

D. Using phonetic analysis

 

31. How will you make a child memorize the table of multiplication from the point of view of Pavlov? *

A. Make them understand the meaning of multiplication `

B. Call the child’s attention every time you recite the table for them

C. Model the recitation of the table of multiplication

D. Reward the child with a candy for every correct recitation

 

32. What field of education manages children with behavioral problems like attention-deficit disorders? *

A. Distance education

B. Special education

C. Skills and technology training

D. Early childhood education

 

33. Of the following, which is the truest of adolescents? *

A. Hormonal changes

B. Defiance of peer group

C. Last splurge of dependence

D. Unruly behavior

 

34. In Piaget’s stages of Cognitive Development, what is the pre-school age in which a child’s intelligence is intuitive, able to make mental representation, and close to the use of symbols? *

A. Formal operational stage

B. Concrete operational stage

C. Sensory motor stage

D. Preoperational stage

 

35. In Piaget’s Concrete-Operational stage in cognitive development, which refers to the ability to order or arrange things logically on dimension such as weight, volume, or size? *

A. Conservation

B. Reversibility

C. Decentering

D. Seriation

 

36. In Piaget’s Concrete-Operational Stage in cognitive development, which refers to the ability of the child to perceive different features of objects and situations, e.g. toughness in stone, elasticity in rubber, etc.? *

A. Decentering

B. Seriation

C. Reversibility

D. Conservation

 

37. In Piaget’s Formal Operation Stage in cognitive development, which of the following is not among the characteristics of the child’s thinking ability? *

A. Logical thinking

B. Abstract problem solving

C. Hypothesis making

D. Knowing properties (number, mass, volume, etc)

 

38. In Erikson’s Stages of Theory of Development, which affirmation belongs to the stage of Identity versus Role Confusion? *

A. When people look at what I have done, I feel embarrassed

B. I get a good deal of pleasure from working

C. I wonder what sort of person I am

D. I feel competent

 

39. In Erikson’s Stages of Theory of Development, which of the following needs to be developed from the child (1½ to 3 years old)? *

A. Autonomy

B. Initiative

C. Industry

D. Trust

 

40. Following Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, what is the moral reasoning or perspective of Joy who allows her classmate to copy her test work, so that she will be her friend? *

A. Social approval

B. Punishment

C. Obedience

D. Law and order

 

41. Of the following questions, which relate to metacognition? *

A. How is this done?

B. Am I learning well enough?

C. What facts did I know?

D. When did this event occur?

 

42. Among the following questions, which is not applicable to metacognition? *

A. How will I know if I am learning at an appropriate rate?

B. Did I understand what I just hear, read or saw?

C. Do I know what I need to know?

D. What factual information have I retained?

 

43. Which of the following does not belong to the metacognitive reading activities? *

A. Predicting

B. Testing

C. Sampling

D. Perceiving

 

44. Among examples listed, which does not represent teaching strategies to develop metacognition? *

A. Have the students develop questions about what is going on around them

B. Have teachers the free hand to monitor and rate learning achievement

C. Have students to monitor their own learning and thinking

D. Have students make predictions about what is to be represented

 

45. Among components in the instructional framework for learning strategies, which is demonstrated by teacher Jiny who worked together with her students on a skill or task and figure out how to apply the skill? *

A. Independent practice

B. Guided practice

C. Consolidation

D. Review

 

46. Principal Ted uses free and open dialogue and event confrontation, so that teachers and learners can learn to discard old habits and attitudes. What is his general view about learning? *

A. It requires school resources

B. It is a consequence of experience

C. It is at times a painful process

D. It is primarily a fun experience

 

47. John Dewey said, “An ounce of experience is better than a ton of theory.” To which does this statement point? *

A. The need for theory

B. The need for experience

C. The primacy of experience

D. The primacy of theory

 

48. Someone said, “Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.” This means that: *

A. Theory and experience must go hand-in-hand

B. Theory is more important than experience

C. Experience is more important than theory

D. One can stand without the other

 

49. What dependent variable can be used to test the hypothesis, “The more a teacher knows about a specific subject matter, the better she can teach it”? *

A. Teacher’s yearly performance rating

B. Personality traits of the teacher

C. Motivation from the school head

D. Incentives offered to teachers

 

50. In the school, who is the key to the success or failure in teaching-and-learning, being the link between the child and the curriculum? *

A. The teacher

B. The parent

C. The student

D. The principal


BACK