LET Reviewer: Professional Education Part 1

4.    To determine her students’ level of moral development,

1.    With R.A. 9155, to which body were all the functions, Teacher Evangeline presents to her class a morally ambiguous
programs, and activities of the Department of Education related situation and asks them what they would do in such a situation.
to Sports competition transferred? On whose theory is Teacher Evangeline’s technique based?

a.    Technical Education Services Department Authority a.    Bruner                    

b.    Philippine Sports Commission b.    Kohlberg 
c.     National Commission for Culture and the Arts c.     Freud        
d.    Commission on Higher Education d.    Piaget

2.    Parenting style influences children’s development. Read the 5.    According to R.A. 9155, which among the following is
following parent’s remarks for their children then, answer the considered the “heart of the formal education system”?
question.
Parent C – Tells her child: “You should do it my way or else. a.    The pupil                
There is no discussion.” b.    The teacher                      
Parent D – Tells her husband: “It is 10:00 PM, do you know c.     The classroom
where your child is?” d.    The school
Parent E – Tells her child: “You know, you should have not
done that. Let’s talk about it so you can handle the situation 6.    You arrange the rows of blocks in such a way that a row of 5
better next time.” blocks is longer than a row of 7 blocks. If you ask which row has
Parent F – Tells her child: “You may do what you want. We will more, Grade 1 pupils will say that it is the row that makes the
always be here for you, no matter what you do.” longer line. Based on Piaget’s cognitive development theory,
Which Parenting style is Authoritarian? what problem is illustrated?

a.    Assimilation problem
a.    D                   b. F             c. E            d. C b.    Accommodation problem
c.    Conservation problem
3.    Two identical beakers A and B are presented to the child. d.    Egocentrism problem
Teacher Sonny pours the liquid from B to C which is taller and
thinner than A and B but has equal capacity with B. The teacher 7.    According to R.A. 9155, a school head has two roles, namely
asks if the beakers A and C have the same amount of liquid. administrative manager and ____.
The child says “NO” and points to C as the beaker that has 8.     
more liquid. In which cognitive developmental stage is the child? a.    Health officer
b.    Instructional leader
a.    Sensorimotor stage c.     Facilitator
b.    Concrete operational stage d.    Guidance counselor
c.    Pre-operational stage
d.    Formal Operational stage
9.    After reading and paraphrasing Robert Frost’s Stopping by the
Woods on Snowy Evening, Teacher Marko asked the class to 13.  When small children call all animals “dogs”, what process is
share any insight derived from the poem. In which domain in illustrated, based on Piaget’s cognitive development theory?
Bloom’s taxonomy of objectives is the term paraphrase?
a.    Assimilation                    c. Reversion
a.    Analysis                            c. Comprehension b.    Conservation                     d. Accommodation
b.    Application                                    d. Synthesis
14.  Based on Bandura’s theory, which conditions must be present
10.  Which characterizes a constructivist teaching-learning for a student to learn from a model?
process?
               I.      Attention          III. Motor reproduction
a.    Conceptual interrelatedness                II. Retention        IV. Motivation
b.    Multiple perspectives
c.     Authentic assessment a.    I and II                               c. I, II, III and IV
d.    Passive acceptance of information b.    I, II and III                         d. III and IV

11.  On what theory is the sequencing of instruction anchored?

15.  According to Tolman’s theory on purposive behaviorism,
a.    Gagne’s hierarchical theory learning is goal-directed. What is its implication to teaching? 
b.    B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning theory
c.     Bandura’s social learning theory a. Evaluate lessons based on your objective/s
d.    Thorndike’s law of effect b. Set as many objectives as you can
c. Stick to your objectives/s no matter what happens
12.  A common complaint of teachers about pupils is this: “You give d. Make the objective/s of your lesson clear and specific
them assignment, the following day they come without any. You
teach them this today, asks them tomorrow and they don’t 16.  Which is the ideal stage of moral development? Stage of
know. It is as if there is nothing that you taught them at all.” _____.
Based on the theory of information processing, what must
teachers do to counteract pupil’s forgetting? a.    Social contrac
b. Universal ethical principle
I.      Punish every child who can’t give correct answers to c. Law and order
questions. d. Good boy/good girl
II.    Work for meaningful learning by connecting lesson to what
pupils know. 17.  Cristina’s family had a family picture when she was not yet
III.   Reward every child who remembers past lessons. born. Unable to see herself in the family picture, she cried
despite her mother’s explanation that she was not yet born
a.    III only                               c. II and III when the family picture was taken. What does Cristina’s
b.    I and III                  d. II only behavior show?
Limited social cognition
  Egocentrism
Semi-logical reasoning 22.  Sassi, a Grade I pupil is asked, “Why do you pray everyday?”
Rigidity of thought Sassi answered, “Mommy said so.” Based on Kohlberg’s theory,
in which moral development stage is Sassi?
18.  To help a student learn to the optimum, Vygotsky advises us to
bridge the student’s present skill level and the desired skill level a.    Pre-convention level
by ______. b.    Conventional level
c.     In between conventional and post-conventional levels
a.    Challenging                 c. Inspiring d.    In between pre- and post-conventional levels
b.    Scaffolding                d. Motivating
23.  Teacher Fatima tells her students: “You must be honest at all
19.  Based on Piaget’s theory, what should a teacher provide in the times not only because you are afraid of the punishment but
formal operational stage? more because you yourselves are convinced of the value of
honesty.” Based on Kohlberg’s theory, which level of moral
a.     Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with development does the teacher want her students to reach?
b.    Games and other physical activities to develop motor skills
c.    Activities for hypothesis formulation a.    Conventional level
d.    Learning activities that involve problems of classification and b.    Between conventional and post-conventional levels
ordering c.     Between pre-conventional and post-conventional levels
d.    Post-conventional level
20.  “Do not cheat. Cheating does not pay. If you do, you cheat
yourself” says the voiceless voice from within you. In the context 24.  Why is babyhood referred to as a “critical period” in personality
of Freud’s theory, which is/are at work? development? Because:

a.    Id                                             c. Ego a.    At this time the baby is exposed to many physical and
b.    Id and Superego                     d. Superego psychological hazards
b.    Changes in the personality pattern take place
21.  Here are comments from School Head Carmen regarding her c.    At this time the foundations are laid upon which the adult
observations on teacher’s practice in lesson planning: personality structure will be built
The words “identify,” “tell” and “enumerate” are overused. Many d.    The brain grows and develops at such an accelerated rate
times they make use of non-behavioral terms. Often their lesson during babyhood
objectives do not include value formation and inculcation.
What can be inferred from the School Head’s comments 25.  It is good to give students creative learning tasks because
regarding teacher formulated lesson objectives? ______.

a.    Often lesson objectives are in the low level a.    Development is affected by cultural changes
b.    Very often lesson objectives are in the cognitive domain b.    The development of individuals is unique
c.     Quite often lesson objectives describe teacher’s behavior c.     Development is the individual’s choice
d.    Often lesson objectives are in the psychomotor domain d.    Development is aided by stimulation
 a.    Why is the paragraph a good one? Prove
26.  According to Havighurst’s development tasks, reaching and b.    Is the paragraph a good one? Why or Why not?
maintaining satisfactory performance in one’s occupational c.     If you asked to evaluate something, what do you do? Evaluate
career is supposed to have been attained during ____. the paragraph?
d.    What are the qualities of a good paragraph? Does the
a.    Middle age and Early adulthood paragraph have these qualities?
b.    Middle age
c.     Old age 31.  Which one is in support of greater interaction?
d.    Early adulthood
a.    Probing
27.  Student Deina says: “I have to go to school on time. This is b.    Repeating the question
what the rule says.” In what level of moral development is the c.     Not allowing a student to complete a response
student? d.    Selecting the same student respondents

a.    Pre-conventional 32.  With this specific objective, to reduce fractions to their lowest

b.    Post-conventional terms, this is how the teacher developed the lesson.
c.    Conventional
d.    Cannot be specifically determined Step 1 – Teacher stated the rule on how to reduce fractions to
their lowest term
28.  In planning for instruction, can a teacher begin with Step 2 – Teacher wrote   2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6
assessment?                                    4    6    8   10   12
and showed how to reduce them to   1  
a.    No, it may discourage and scare the learners                                                    2
b.    Yes, determine entry knowledge or skill Step 3 – Teacher wrote  3 ,  6 ,  4  and
c.     Yes, to make the class pay attention                                   9    9   12
d.    No, assessment is only at the end of a lesson showed how to reduce them to their lowest term.
Step 4 – Teacher gave this written exercise to the class.
29.  Which among the following is closest to the real human Reduce the following fractions to their
digestive system for study in the classroom? lowest terms:  3 ,  7 ,  5 ,  8 ,  5 ,  4
               12  14   10  16  15    6                                                     
a.    Drawing of the human digestive system on the board                                      
b.    Model of the human digestive system Did the lesson begin with concrete experience then developed
c.     The human digestive system projected on an OHP into the abstract?
d.    Drawing of the human digestive system on a page of a
textbook
a.    No
30.  Here is a question: “Is the paragraph a good one?” Evaluate. If b.    Yes, a little
broken down to simplify, which is the best simplification? c.     Yes, by way of the examples given by the teacher
d.    Yes, the pupils were involved in arriving at the rule on reducing b.    Study the least learned competencies in the National
fractions to their lowest terms Achievement Test
c.     Analyze my students’ grades last year
33.  I want to compare two concepts. Which technique is most d.    Interview a sample of my students
appropriate?
38.  What characterizes genuine change? Change in _____.
a.    Attribute wheel
b.    K-W-L techniques a.    Appearance                c. Substance
c.    Venn diagram b.    Form                            d. Physical attribute
d.    Spider web organizer
39.  In which strategy, can students acquire information from
34.  Which activity should a teacher have more for his students if he various perspectives, and led to reflective thinking and group
wants them to develop logical-mathematical thinking? consensus?

a.    Focus group discussion a.    Debate

b.    Problem solving b.    Small group discussion
c.     Games c.     Panel discussion
d.    Small group discussion d.    Symposium

35.  I want to use a pre-teaching strategy that will immediately 40.  At the end of my lesson on the role of a teacher in learning, I
engage my students in the content and will enable me to get an asked the class: “In what way is a teacher an enzyme?”  With
insight into how students think and feel about the topic. Which is this question, it engaged the class in _______.
most appropriate?
a.    Allegorical thinking
a.    K-W-L chart               c. Graphic organizer b.    Concrete thinking
b.    Story boarding            d. Document analysis c.    Metaphorical thinking
d.    Symbolical thinking
36.  For a discussion of a topic from various perspectives, it is best
to hold a ______. 41.  Which must be primarily considered in the choice of
a.    Debate                        c. Panel discussion instructional aide?
b.    Brainstorming d. Symposium
a.    Must stimulate and maintain student interest
37.  After establishing my learning objectives, what should I do to b.    Must be updated and relevant to Filipino setting
find out what my students already know and what they do not c.    Must be suited to the lesson objective
yet know in relation to my lesson objectives in the cognitive d.    Must be new and skillfully made
domain?
42.  For lesson clarity and effective retention, which should a
a.    Give a pretest teacher observe, according to Bruner’s theory?
a.    Begin teaching at the concrete level but go beyond it by d.    Of the characters in the story, with whom do you identify
reaching the abstract yourself? 
b.    Use purely verbal symbols in teaching
c.     Start at the concrete level and end there
d.    End teaching with verbal symbols 47.  The teacher is the first audio-visual aid in the classroom. What
does this imply?
43.  Is it advisable to use realias all the time? a.    You take care that you follow the fashion or else students won’t
listen to you
a.    No, for the sake of variety of instructional materials b.    Your physical appearance and voice should be such that
b.    No, only when feasible students are helped to learn
c.     Yes, because there is no substitute for realias c.     Make good use of the radio and TV in the classroom
d.    Yes, because it is the real thing d.    Include singing in your teaching method

44.  I want my students to look at the issues on the call for 48.  I used the gumamela flower, a complete flower, to teach the
President Arroyo to step down from several perspectives. Which parts of a flower. Which method did I use?
activity is most fitting?
a.    Demonstration method
a.    Cross examination      c. Symposium b.    Type-study method
b.    Panel discussion      d. Debate c.     Drill method
d.    Laboratory method
45.  I intended to inculcate in my students the value of order and
cleanliness. I begin my lesson by asking them to share their 49.  A teacher would use a standardized test ______.
experiences about the dirtiest and the cleanest place they have
seen and how they felt about them. From there I lead them to a.    To serve as a unit test
the consequences of dirty and clean home of surroundings. In b.    To serve as a final examination
my lesson development plan, how do I proceed? c.     To engage in easy scoring
d.    To compare her students to national norms
a.    Transductively             c. Deductively
b.    Inductively                 d. Concretely 50.  Other than finding out how well the course competencies were
met, Teacher Kathy also wants to know her students’
46.  Teacher Neri wants to develop the ability of sound judgment in performance when compared with other students in the country.
his students. Which of the following questions should he ask? What is Teacher Kathy interested to do?

a.    What is the essayist saying about judging other people? a.    Formative evaluation
b.    With the elements of a good paragraph in mind, which one b.    Authentic evaluation
is best written? c.    Norm-referenced evaluation
c.     Why is there so much poverty in a country where there is d.    Criterion-referenced evaluation
plenty of natural resources? 51.  I want to help my students retain new information. Which one
will I use?
a.    Questions              c. Games
b.    Mnemonics                      d. Simulations