LET REVIEWER - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - F

 Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Choose E if you think that there is no correct answer.

1. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says "Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't like it. I can't do it.) Is it possible to motivate this type of student?

A. Yes, he can do something with his ability.
B. Yes, he can change the nature of the job.
C. No, it is impossible to motivate a student who himself is not motivated.
D. No, motivation is totally dependent on the student. No person outside him can influence him.

2. Which is not a characteristic of authentic assessment?

A. focused on lifelike, meaningful, relevant types of student learning

B. offers opportunities to study problems intensively

C. easy to complete

D. fruitful in terms of genuine learning

3. Thomasites are _____.

A. the soldiers who doubted the success of the public educational system to be set in the Philippines

B. the first American teacher- recruits to help establish the public educational system in the Philippines

C. the first religious group who came to the Philippines on board the US transport named Thomas.

D. the devotees of St. Thomas Aquinas who came to evangelize

4. Which test item is in the highest level of Bloom's taxonomy of objectives?

A. Explain how a tree functions in relation to the ecosystem.

B. Explain how trees receive nutrients.

C. Rate three different methods of controlling tree growth.

D. Write a paragraph that observes coherence, unity, and variety.

5. Which among the indicators could be most useful for assessing the quality of schooling?

A. participation rate

B. cohort survival rate

C. net enrollment rate

D. drop-out rate

6. After reading and paraphrasing R. Frost's Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Teacher M asked the class to share any insight derived from this poem. On which assumption about the learner is Teacher M's act of asking the class to share their insight based?

A. Learners are producers of knowledge, not only passive recipients of information.

B. Learners are meant to interact with one another.

C. Learners are like empty receptacles waiting to be filled up.

D. Learners have multiple intelligence and varied learning styles

7. You are convinced that whenever a student performs the desired behavior, provide reinforcement and soon the student learns to perform the behavior on her own. On which principle is your conviction based?

A. cognitivism

B. behaviorism

C. constructivism

D. environmentalism

8. Student M obtained an NSAT percentile rank of 80. This indicates that _____.

A. he surpassed in performance 80% of her fellow examinees

B. he got a score of 80

C. he surpassed in performance 20% of her fellow examinees

D. he answered 80 items correctly

9. Which one can help students develop the habit of critical thinking?

A. Asking low-level questions

B. A willingness to suspend judgment until sufficient evidence is represented

C. Asking convergent questions

D. Blind obedience to authority

10. Which apply/applies to extrinsically motivated learners?

I. Tend to process information superficially

II. Tend to be content with meeting minimum requirements

III. Achieve at a high level

A. I and II

B. II only

C. I and III

D. I only

11. To determine your pupil's entry knowledge and skills, which should you employ?

A. interview

B. focus group discussion

C. post-test

D. pre-test

12. As provided in the Republic Act #4670, every teacher shall enjoy equitable safeguards at each stage of any disciplinary procedures and shall the following except:

A. the right to be informed in writing, of the charges

B. the right to full access to the evidence in the case

C. the right to appeal to clearly designated authorities.

D. All of these

13. Which are the most important concerns about the use of ICT in instruction?

I. Developing appropriate curriculum materials that allow students to construct meaning and develop knowledge through the use of ICT

II. Devising strategies to meaningfully integrate technology into the curriculum

III. Using pedagogical skills related to technology

IV. Providing teachers with skills for using software applications

A. I and III

B. II and III

C. III and IV

D. I, II, III, and IV

14. Keeping track of assessment results from one periodic rating to the next is useful in contributing to the development of a _____.

A. regional plan

B. annual implementation plan

C. school improvement plan

D. division plan

15. Ask to do a learning task, Joe hesitates and says "Mahirap. Ayaw ko. 'Di ko kaya!" (It's difficult. I don't like it. I can't do it.) To which problem does the case of the student allude?

I. Unmotivated students

II. Uncaring teachers

III. Extremely difficult learning tasks

IV. Incompetent teachers

A. I and III

B. I and II

C. II and III

D. I, II, and III

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LET REVIEWER - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - E

 Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Choose E if you think that there is no correct answer.

1. Filipinization is violated if _____.

A. an educational institution is owned by a corporation of which 40% of the capital is owned by Filipino Citizens

B. an educational institution owned by a religious order

C. an American serving as president of the educational institution

D. an educational institution owned by a charitable institution

2. The teacher’s first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the ______.

A. choice of the students

B. availability of the media

C. objectives of the lesson

D. technique to be used

3. Researchers found that when a child is engaged in a learning experience, a number of areas of the brain are simultaneously activated. What is an application of this in the teaching-learning process?

I. Make use of field trips, guest speakers

II. Do multicultural units of study

III. Stick to the "left brain and right brain" approach

A. II only

B. I only

C. I and III

D. I and II

4. The observable manifestation of a student's feelings, thoughts, or attitudes is summed up as behavior. Every high school teacher is expected to contribute to the assessment of the student's behavior but the grade is reflected in _____.

A. Good Manners and Right Conduct

B. Values Education

C. co-curricular activities

D. curricular activities

5. Which of the following is NOT an example of a teacher’s nonverbal communication?

A. eye contact

B. gestures

C. pauses

D. voice

6. Which of the following assessment tools would you recommend if one should adhere to the constructivist theory of learning?

I. Constructed response test

II. Performance test

III. Checklist of a motor screening test

IV. Observation test 

A. I and II

B. II and III

C. I, II, and III

D. I, II, and IV

7. "Vox Populi Est Suprema Lex" is a Latin expression that means what?

A. The Supreme Being is God

B. No one is above the law

C. The voice of the people is the supreme law

D. it is the popular choice

8. Faith, hope, and love are values now and forever whether they will be valued by people or not. Upon what philosophy is this anchored?

A. Idealism

B. Existentialism

C. Realism

D. Pragmatism

9. Watson applied classical conditioning in his experiments and the results showed that behavior is learned through stimulus-response associations, specifically the development of emotional responses to certain stimuli. This helps us in _____.

A. interpreting reflexes as emotions

B. understanding fears, phobias, and love

C. connecting observable behavior to stimulus

D. understanding the role of overt behavior

10. What is the primary fundamental question in examining a curriculum?

A. What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?

B. What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?

C. How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?

D. How can we determine whether these purposes are attained or not?

11. You would like to assess students' ability to write a portfolio. What type of test will determine their ability to organize ideas and think critically?

A. long test

B. essay test

C. formative test

D. summative test

12. What is an alternative assessment tool for teaching and learning consisting of a collection of work/artifacts finished or in-progress accomplished by the targeted clientele?

A. rubric

B. achievement test

C. evaluation instrument

D. portfolio

13. The norms in a school culture are centered on the _____.

A. learner

B. teacher

C. principal

D. supervisor

14. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions, as indirect instruction is for _____.

A. hypotheses, verified data, and conclusions

B. concepts, patterns, and abstractions

C. concepts, processes, and generalizations

D. guesses, data, and conclusions

15. The theme of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasizes the role of appropriate assistance given by the teacher to accomplish a task. Such help enables the child to move from the zone of actual development to a zone of proximal development. Such assistance is termed _____.

A. competency technique

B. scaffolding

C. active participation

D. collaboration

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LET REVIEWER - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - D

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Choose E if you think that there is no correct answer.

1. At the end of the periodical examination, Teacher R administered a summative test in Filipino. After scoring the test papers she assigned grades to each test score such as 95, 90, 85, 80, etc. What process did Teacher R use?

A. Ranking
B. Computation
C. Measurement
D. Evaluation

2. The result of the item analysis showed that item no. 4 has a discrimination index of 0.67. What characteristics could be true about this item?

A. Difficult

B. Valid

C. Easy

D. Average

3. When curriculum content is fairly distributed in each area of discipline, this means that the curriculum is _____.

A. sequenced

B. balanced

C. integrated

D. continued

4. Principal A wants her teachers to be constructivist in their teaching orientation. On which assumption/s is the principal's action anchored?

I. Students learn by personally constructing the meaning of what is taught.

II. Students construct and reconstruct meanings based on experiences.

III. Students derive meaning from the meaning that the teacher gives.

A. I and III

B. I only

C. I and II

D. II only

5. In a multiple-choice test item with four options and out of 50 examinees, which was the least effective distracter?

A. the option that was chosen by 13 examinees

B. the option that was chosen by 2 examinees

C. the option that was chosen by 30 examinees

D. the correct answer that was chosen by 5 examinees

6. Which software can you predict changes in the weather patterns and or trends in the population of endangered species?

A. word processing

B. spreadsheet

C. desktop publishing

D. database

7. A mother gives her son his favorite snack every time the boy cleans up his room. Afterward, the boy cleans his room every day in anticipation of the snack. Which theory explains this?

A. operant conditioning

B. social learning theory

C. associative learning

D. Pavlovian conditioning

8. Which of the following is NOT a guidance role of the classroom teacher?

A. Psychological Test Administrator

B. Listener¬Adviser

C. Human Potential Discoverer

D. Total Development Facilitator

9. A child was punished for cheating in an exam. For sure the child won't cheat again in a short span of time, but this does not guarantee that the child won’t cheat ever again. Based on Thorndike’s theory on punishment and learning, this shows that _____.

A. punishment strengthens a response

B. punishment doesn’t remove a response

C. punishment removes response

D. punishment weakens a response

10. At the preoperational stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory, the child can see only his point of view and assumes that everyone also has the same view as his. What is this tendency called?

A. transductive reasoning

B. animism

C. egocentrism

D. conservatism

11. The test in English and Mathematics showed poor results in comprehension and problem-solving questions. How may the data be used for better learners' performance?

A. Use context clues in vocabulary building.

B. Give more exercises/situations on comprehension questions.

C. Determine weakness in grammatical structures.

D. Involve parents in guiding learners' developing good study habits.

12. Which is a valid assessment tool if you want to find out how well your students can speak extemporaneously?

A. performance test in extemporaneous speaking

B. written quiz on how to deliver an extemporaneous speech

C. display of speeches delivered

D. writing speeches

13. Which must be present for self-evaluation to succeed?

A. consensus between teacher and student regarding evaluation results

B. teacher's approval of self-evaluation results

C. teacher's monitoring of self-evaluation process

D. student's intrinsic motivation to learn

14. Here is a score distribution: 98, 93, 93, 93, 90, 88, 87, 85, 85, 85, 70, 51, 34, 34, 34, 20, 18, 15, 12, 9, 8, 6, 3, 1. Which is the range?

A. 93

B. 85

C. 97

D. between 51 and 34

15. With which goals of educational institutions as provided for by the Constitution is the development of work skills aligned?

A. To develop moral character

B. To teach the duties of citizenship

C. To inculcate love of country

D. To develop vocational efficiency

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