PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION-PART 2

Republic of the Philippines

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY

Imus Campus

Palico IV, City of Imus, Cavite

COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
EDUC 197: COMPETENCY APPRAISAL 1

PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION

PART 2

INSTRUCTORS:
MS. ANABELLA C. GOMEZ
MS. CLARENCE G. TOLENTINO

1. What process of curriculum development is 7. He was one of the hallmark of curriculum, who
being undertaken by the developers when they
try to obtain relevant and significant information believed that curriculum is a science and an
to be able to judge the worth of an educational extension of school’s philosophy:
program, its product, procedures and
objectives? A. Ralph Tyler C. Franklin Bobbit
A. Curriculum planning
B. Curriculum designing B. Hollis Caswell D. Hilda Taba
C. Curriculum organization
D. Curriculum evaluation 8. Which is NOT a part of the grassroots approach
of Hilda Taba?
2. This phase of curriculum development A. Selection of learning content
involves decisions, among other things, on B. Selection of learning experiences
grade placement and sequencing of content. C. Selection of technology
Which phase is this? D. Selection of learning environment
A. Curriculum planning
B. Curriculum evaluation 9. The best feature of Tyler’s Rationale is the
C. Curriculum organization _________.
D. Curriculum implementation A. Planning phase
B. Evaluation of experience
C. Organization of experiences
D. Identification of purpose

3. Which of the following processes usually 10. What is the function of the curriculum models?
comes first in developing curriculum?
A. Selection of educational content A. To organize what to teach and when
B. Organization of learning experiences
C. Evaluating learning experiences B. To provide framework for curriculum guides
D. Identifying goals and objectives
C. They serve no function
D. They are out-dated and don’t serve function

11. The curriculum used during the period in

4. This concept includes the sub-processes of Philippine history terminated the use of English as
curriculum planning, organization,
implementation and evaluation. Which concept a medium of instruction. What period is this?
is this?
A. Curriculum development A. American C. Commonwealth
B. Curriculum assessment
C. Curriculum management B. Spanish D. Japanese
D. Curriculum and instruction
12. The aim of our education during the
5. He introduced the project method in the Commonwealth period was:
A. Designed after Japanese education
curriculum where the teachers and students plan B. Predominantly religious
C. Purely nationalistic and democratic
D. Patterned after American curriculum

the activities.

A. Harold Rugg C. William Kilpatrick 13. The following curricular changes took place in
what particular period? Restore Grade VII, double-
B. Franklin Bobbit D. Hollis Caswell single session was abolished and more textbooks
were written by Filipino authors.
6. He believed that curriculum is a set of A. American period
B. Philippine republic
experiences in which the subject matter is C. Japanese occupation
developed around social functions and learner’s D. New Society

interests. This is:

A. William Kilpatrick C. Harold Hugg

B. Hollis Caswell D. Werret Charters

14. Based on the curriculum requirement 21. A school curriculum should include a common

provided by all countries sampled, the language body of knowledge that all students should know.

which is seemingly universal is? A. Essentialism C. Perennialism

A. Spanish C. French B. Progressivism D. Reconstructionism

B. English D. Chinese

22. Teacher Aziz, a new teacher believes that

15. Mr. Carlos is interested in getting involved in education is a process of development and is life
school-related functions. He asked “Why should itself, therefore, experience related to the child’s
school need a curriculum?” Which curriculum
need and interest should be given primary

foundations could give him some ideas for an consideration. What educational philosophy is

answer? being exhibited by Mr. Rivera?

A. Socio-philosophical C. Historical A. Idealism C. Progressivism

B. Psychological D. Technology B. Reconstructionism D. Realism

16. These functions show the chronological 23. Which curriculum design element is taking
development of curriculum, mostly shown using
a timeline. place when Eduardo, a Senior high student can
A. Psychological Foundations
B. Philosophical Foundations connect the content in another subject area?
C. Legal Foundations
D. Historical Foundations A. Articulation C. Continuity

B. Balance D. Integration

24. The subject matter or content to be learned

must be within the time allowed, resource

17. This aim this educational philosophy in available, expertise of the teacher and nature of

education is to educate the rational person or to learners. What criterion is addressed?

cultivate the intellect. A. Validity C. Interest

A. Perennialism C. Reconstructionism B. Significance D. Feasibility

B. Essentialism D. Progressivism

25. What design element establishes the vertical

18. Suppose that in developing a curriculum, linkage from level to level to avoid glaring gaps

your intention is to put a lot of importance in and wasteful overlaps?

developing the mind and spirit of the learners. A. Articulation C. Scope

What philosophical belief will help you on this? B. Balance D. Sequence

A. Axiology C. Pragmatism

B. Idealism D. 26. What refers to authenticity of the content

Reconstructionism selected by the curriculum developer?

A. Feasibility C. Significance

19. Which educational philosophy focuses on B. Learnability D. Validity

the role of curriculum as a means in remarking

society and rebuilding culture? 27. Teacher Janus showed the whole mark of

A. Perennialism C. Existentialism being an excellent teacher by being able to make

B. Progressivism D. Reconstructionism out of the box positive changes in the curriculum

how. As a curricularist, he is an ________.

20. The emphasis on curriculum of this A. Innovator C. Evaluator

philosophy deals with the choices in subject B. Implementer D. Initiator

matter and electives as well as the emotional,

aesthetic, and philosophical subjects. 28. This curricularist attends to seminars,

A. Pragmatism C. Existentialism workshop and pursue graduate work. He/She is

B. Realism D. Idealism a/an __________.

A. Innovator C. Writer

B. Knower D. Evaluator

29. Teacher Chester have been tasked to and skills in learning the knowledge component of
a subject areas.
prepare the curriculum for the year. He writes

daily guide in implementing the curriculum. In

this situation he is a/an ___________. 34. Who controls the subject-centered curriculum?

A. Planner C. Innovator A. Learner C. Parent

B. Implementor D. Writer B. Teacher D. Teacher and Parent

30. On types of the curriculum, which comes 35. Which statement about the subject-centered
from policy, standards and guidelines from curriculum is NOT true?
national organizations or international bodies A. There is a high level of cooperative interaction.
such as UNESCO? B. It covers much content in a short period of time.
A. Recommended curriculum C. The teacher has full control of the classroom
B. Learned curriculum activities.
C. Assessed curriculum D. The main task is mastery of learning.
D. Written curriculum
36. On Piaget’s Cognitive Concepts, which refer to
31. On types of curriculum, which includes the
course study, syllabi, modules, books and the process of fitting new experience to a
lesson plan?
A. Hidden curriculum previously created cognitive or schema?
B. recommended curriculum
C. written curriculum A. Assimilation C. Accommodation
D. Supported curriculum
B. Schema D. Equilibrium
32. Which is NOT a description of the
experience-centered curriculum? 37. To what does Piaget’s cognitive development
A. Emphasis is on the total growth and
development of the learners theory that the ability to determine that a certain
B. Controlled and cooperatively directed by
learners, teachers, and parents quantity will remain the same shape despite
C. Education is a means to develop socially
creative individual adjustment of the container shape or apparent
D. Emphasis upon facts and knowledge for
future use refer?

A. Conversion C. Conservation

B. Accommodation D. Assimilation

38. What explains the tendency of preschool

children to focus on an aspect of an object while

excluding other aspects?

A. Centration C. Intuition

B. Translation D. Ego-centration

33. Mrs. Garcia would like to take part in 39. For Sigmund Freud, which is the deciding
developing a subject-centered curriculum
because she believes that all subjects in this agent of human personality by which we reason
curriculum are geared towards the holistic
development of the learner. Is her belief about out and consider the best response to situations?
the experience-centered curriculum true? Why?
A. Id C. Ego
A. No, because the experienced-centered
curriculum focuses on the learners needs, B. Superego D. Unconscious
interest, and abilities.
B. Yes, because the experienced-centered 40. The Freudian stages when the child isn’t
curriculum emphasizes the teaching of facts and
knowledge for future use. aware of our concern with sexual impulse. Instead
C. Yes, because the experience-centered
curriculum involves cooperative control. he is more interested in developing friendship with
D. No, because it is the experience centered
curriculum that emphasizes integration of habits other children of the same sex.

A. Anal C. Latency

B. Phallic D. Genital

41. Who asserted that children must be given 48. What development task best displays
adolescence 13 to 18 years?
the opportunity to explore and work on different A. Learning social modesty
B. Achieving masculine and feminine roles
materials so that they will develop the sense of C. Assuming civic responsibility
D. Learning to get along well with agements
initiative instead of guilt?

A. Kohlberg C. Maslow

B. Erickson D. Gardner

42. Which is the most basic Maslow’s hierarchy 49. During the first day of school, crying children
are common sight especially in the pre-school
of needs? department. What explains this/
A. Object permanence
A. Socialization C. Self-esteem B. Stranger shyness
C. Separation anxiety
B. Actualization D. Altruism D. Temper tantrums

43. In Piaget’s stages of cognitive development,

which is the tendency of the child to only see his

point of view and to assume that everyone has

the same point of view? 50. This stage of development is known as the

A. Reversibility C. Symbolic function questioning age or exploratory because the child

B. Egocentrism D. Centration is constantly asking so many questions.

A. Babyhood C. Early childhood

44. When a child says that the sun is sleeping at B. Infancy D. Late childhood

night, the child is in the pre-operational stage,

particularly __________. 51. A pre-school teacher is thinking about how to
better develop her pupils’ fine-motor skills. Which
A. Centration C. Animism of the following should the teacher consider?
A. Encourage children to act independently
B. Egocentrism D. Reversibility B. Conduct a variety of fun and enjoyable activities
C. Provide daily coloring book activities
45. Based on Kohlberg’s theory, what is the level D. Ask the children to do repeat writing drill activity
every day.
of moral development shown when children

generally do what is right in order to come up
with their parents’ and teacher’s expectations of

a good child?

A. Pre-conventional C. Post-conventional 52. How can we optimize learning for pre-school
children?
B. Conventional D. Formal A. Employ technology
B. Make learning fun
46. In the formal operational stage, which is/are C. Construct well-furnished classrooms
D. Use visual media always
adolescent capable of doing to solve a problem?

I. Formulate hypothesis

II. Systematically test hypothesis

III. Reason out 53. Laughing at a two-year old child who uttered a
bad word is not a proper thing to do because in
A. II only C. I and II this stage of the child’s life, the child is ______.
A. Socializing
B. III only D. I, II, and III B. Considering the views of other
C. Distinguishing right from wrong
47. An adolescent exhibits what common D. distinguishing sex differences
characteristics?
A. Reasonable and secure
B. Feels intense emotions and sense of
disequilibrium
C. Slow but steady physical growth
D. Passive and obedient

54. The role of play in the preschool and early 60. Sequence the steps of zygote becoming an
childhood years is that is
A. Develops the upper and lower limbs embryo.
B. Increase imagination due to expanding
knowledge and emotional range I. Life support of the cell develop for the
C. Develops competitive spirit
D. Separate reality from fantasy embryo

55. Study shows that this is NOT among the II. Cell differentiation intensify
appropriate practices of cognitive development
among pre-schoolers? III. Layers develop into organ system
A. One year old develop creative interest
B. Three year old speak as often as possible IV. Organs appear
C. Four year old say nursery rhymes
D. Five year old add drama to reading situations A. I, III, II and IV C. II, I, IV and III

56. Why is early childhood regarded as B. IV, III, I and II D. I, II, III and IV
teachable stage for the teaching of skills?
A. Children at this stage are attracted to games 61. The term for the developing organism from 2
B. Children at this stage are growing fast
C. Children at this stage are excited with weeks to 8 weeks of conception
whatever they undertake
D. Children at this stage are adventurous A. Zygote C. Embryo

57. Which characteristics behaviour of a Grade B .Fetus D. Chromosomes
IV pupil makes you conclude he is behind in his
development in comparison with the average 62. Which student thinking/behaviour indicates
Grade IV pupil?
A. Has not achieved emotional independence that he/she values diversity?
from parents
B. Has not learned to get along with his A. He/She emphasizes on the differences among
agements
C. Has not achieved socially responsible people and disregards their commonalities.
behaviour B. He/She regards his culture as interior to other’s
D. Has not achieved a feminine and masculine
social role cultures.

58. It is advisable to promote manipulative C. He/She regards his culture as superior to
materials to a child in his early childhood to other’s cultures.
develop:
A. Numerical skills D. He/She accepts the fact that all people are
B. Social skills
C. Midnatal learning unique in their own way.
D. Pre-handwriting skills
63. Which statement on student diversity is
59. Medical science favoured pregnant women CORRECT?
talking or singing to their fetus is a part of: A. Teacher must do his/her best to reduce student
A. Natal synchrony learning diversity in class.
B. Prenatal learning B. The less the diversity of students in class, the
C. Midnatal learning better for teachers and students.
D. Postnatal learning C. Student diversity is purely due to students’
varied cultures.
D. Teacher should accept the value diversity.

64. Lito, twelve-years old who is in grade six

comes from a dysfunctional family and has been

abused and neglected. He has been to

orphanages and three different elementary

schools. He can decode at the second grade level,

but he can comprehend orally materials at the

fourth or fifth grade level. The most probable
causes/s of his student’s reading problem is/are:

A. Immaturity C. Neurological factors

B. Emotional factors D. Poor teaching

65. Which teaching practice gives primary 69. Which principle is NOT TRUE?
consideration to individual differences? A. Development is a function of nature and nurture
A. Preparing two differences sets of B. Development occurs at different rates
examination, one for the fast learners and C. Development occurs in a predictable manner
another for the slow learners. D. Development occurs in an unpredictable
B. Allowing children to show that they learned manner
the stages of mitosis in a way where they feel
most comfortable except by lecturing. 70. A new-born baby can move her whole body at
C. Allowing children to show that they learned one time instead of moving a part of it. Which of
the stages of mitosis in a way where they feel the following principles is illustrated by his
most comfortable. behaviour?
D. Applying two sets of different standards. A. Development follows a general pattern.
B. Development proceeds from general to specific.
66. Train a child the way he should be so that C. Development follows can orderly pattern.
when he grows, he will not depart from it. Which D. Development proceeds from specific to
of the following principles supports this? general.
A. Early development is less critical than later
development. 71. Which of the following belongs to the more
B. Development is determined by the sophisticated learning-to-learn skills for the
environment. individual learner?
C. Early development is more critical than later A. To ask and gather data
development. B. To listen and observe
D. Development is determined by his heredity. C. To process and select information
D. To read with understanding
67. Studies in the area of neurosciences
disclosed that the human brain has limitless 72. It is the approach that makes students “thinks
capacity. What does this imply?
A. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they about their thinking.” Students get conscious of
have learned everything.
B. Every child is a potential genius. their thought processes while they are engaged in
C. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of
learning. their cognitive tasks. This is an example of an
D. Every pupil has his own native ability and his
learning is limited to this native ability. approach called:

68. One research-based principle of child A. Cognitive C. Metacognitive
development is that “Early experiences have
strong effects on children’s development and B. Constructivist D. Reflectivist
learning”. What is an implication of this to
teaching-learning? 73. Which of the following develops critical
A. Enrich early childhood with favourable thinking skill among the students?
experiences. A. Asking low level questions
B. Assist their development by bringing them to B. A willingness to suspend judgement until
tutorial centers. sufficient evidence is presented
D. Teach them academic lessons early. C. Asking convergent questions
D. Blind obedience to authority

74. The teacher aims to develop critical and
creative thinking among her students. She should
try using:
A. Declarative statement
B. Convergent questions
C. Divergent questions
D. Expository statements

75. Without being told by his groupmates, a 82. Which of the following does NOT belong to the

student went to the laboratory stock room to get Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System theory, which

the materials needed for the group experiment. is the closest to the learner and the most

What kind of motivation does the student influential?

manifest? A. School C. Family

A. External C. Extrinsic B. Local politics D. Peers

B. Intrinsic D. Positive

76. Which are effects of motivation on learners? 83. Which of the following is action-based in
Bruner’s three-tiered learning model?
I. Directs their behavior towards particular goals
A. Enactive learning C. Symbolic learning
II. Increases their persistence in activities
III. Leads to learners’ increased effort and B. Inactive learning D. Iconic learning

energy 84. Jerome Bruner and Edgar Dale advise
teachers to ____________ for effective teaching-
A. I and II C. I and II learning.
B. II and III D. I, II and III A. Move from concrete to the abstract
B. Dwell only the abstract
77. This theory states that an attitude of C. Dwell only on the concrete
determination is the foundation for motivated D. Move from the abstract to the concrete
behavior:
A. Writing and Child Behavior Theory 85. Which statement on IQ and EQ is correct?
B. Self-efficacy Theory A. EQ has greater contribution to performance
C. Solomon’s Opponent Process Theory than IQ
D. Self-determination Theory B. It is the blending of both IQ and EQ that can
make a difference in performance
78. According to Froebel, Kindergarten is also C. The contribution of IQ and EQ to performance
is dependent on factors like age and gender
known as: D. IQ has a greater contribution to performance
A. “A place where children have fun and than EQ
enjoyment”
B. “Garden where children could grow and 86. Which learning principle is the essence of
develop” Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences?
C. “A place where new beginnings begin” A. Almost all learners are linguistically intelligent
D. “The learning center of life”
B. Intelligence is not measured in one form
79. He is known as the Father of Modern IQ
C. Learners have different IQ level
Test.
D. Learners have static IQ

A. Lawrence Kohlberg C. Martin Lesley

B. Lewis Terman D. Erik Erickson 87. How can a teacher help students with different
learning and thinking styles continue to learn more
80. Who among the following claimed that effectively?
A. Allow sufficient time for processing different
children are natural learners and therefore must types of information.
B. Provide a general overview of the lesson
be taught in natural settings? C. Use a variety of reflection strategies
D. Use questions of all types to stimulate various
A. Montessori C. Piaget levels of thinking and valuing

B. Kohlberg D. Froebel

81. Which is an example of a child’s
mesosystem that does NOT work favourably for
the child?
A. The child is sickly.
B. The child’s parent and teacher are at odds.
C. The child is not in good terms with his peers.
D. There is so much hostility at home.

88. These are learners are the visualizers. They 95. The best example of Operant Conditioning
among the following is:
spend most of the day daydreaming, watching A. Connecting facts and concepts
B. Fostering conducive learning environment
movies and staying as far from reality as C. Using reinforcement
D. Using manipulative device
possible:

A. Linguistic C. Logical

B. Musical D. Spatial

89. Vanessa has inherent skills in taking care of 96. Skinner is known for his theory based upon
plants. It is highly possible that she has ____ the notion that learning is a result of change in
intelligence. overt behavior, meaning, and individual responds
A. Naturalistic intelligence to events that occur in the environment. This
B. Intrapersonal intelligence theory came to be known as:
C. Spatial intelligence A. Operant conditioning
D. Existential intelligence B. Stimulus-response associations
C. Classical conditioning
90. Edward Lee Thomdike is remembered for D. Connectionism
what theory of learning?
A. Behavioral Theory 97. Watson applied classical conditioning in his
B. Connectionism Theory experiments and the results showed that behavior
C. Cognitive Theory is learned through stimulus-response
D. Morality Theory associations, specifically the development of
emotional responses to certain stimuli. This helps
91. Which of the following laws states that we us in ___________.
tend to fill the gaps in figures as we perceive A. Interpreting reflexes as emotions
them? B. Understanding fears, phobias, and love
A. Law of Pragnanz C. Law of proximity C. Connecting observable behavior to stimulus
B. Law of similarity D. Law of closure D. Understanding the role of overt behavior

92. Interpret learning as the organization or 98. If a student has been attacked by a large,
reorganization of the subject’s perceptual
system into meaningful patterns: brown dog, the student may not only fear brown
A. Cognitive Field Theories
B. Gestalt Laws dogs but also other large dogs. Which conditioning
C. Wolfgang and Kohler Theory
D. Maslow’s Theory process is exemplified in the scenario?

93. In which stage of learning does learning of A. Discrimination C. Acquisition
involuntary responses occur and is similar to
classical conditioning? B. Extinction D. Generalization
A. Stimulus-response learning
B. Signal learning 99. The following are principles of Classical
C. Principle learning Conditioning Theory, except:
D. Concept learning A. Continuous Recovery
B. Extinction
94. What does Gagne’s Hierarchical Theory C. Excitation
propose for effective instruction? D. Stimulus generalization
A. Sequence instruction
B. Reward good behavior 100. A child who has had a painful experience at
C. Be concerned with the socio-emotional the dentist’s office may become fearful at the mere
climate in the classroom sight of the dentist’s office. This can be best
D. Teaching beginning with the concrete
explained by which theory?

A. Theory Generalization

B. Classical Conditioning

C. Operant Conditioning

D. Attribution Theory