King’s College of the Philippines

Bambang Campus
Prof Ed Examination

Name: ________________________ Date: ____________

Course&Yr: ____________

I. Multiple Choice: Encircle the best answer.

1. Teacher A, a Values Education teacher emphasizes ethics in almost all her lessons. Which of the
following emphasizes the same?

a. Liberal Education
b. Moral Education
c. Religious Training
d. Social Education

2. Which reform in the Philippine Educational System advocates the use of English and Filipino as
media of instruction in specific learning areas?

a. Alternative Learning
b. Bilingual Education
c. K-12 Program
d. Multilingual Education

3. Activities planned by school clubs/ organizations show school-community connection geared

towards society’s needs. What philosophy is related to this?

a. Existentialism
b. Progressivism
c. Realism
d. Social reconstructionism

4. What philosophy is related to the practice of schools acting as laboratory for teaching reforms and
experimentation?

a. Essentialism
b. Existentialism
c. Progressivism
d. Social Reconstructionism

5. Which of the following situations presents a value conflict?

a. The teacher and his students have class standing as their priorities.
b. The teacher and the administrator follow a set of criteria in giving grades.
c. The teacher has students whose parents want their children to obtain higher grades than what they
are capable of getting.
d. The teacher sets high expectations for intelligent students such as getting higher grades.

6. Which situation shows that a sense of nationhood is exemplified?

a. The class conducted a debate using Filipino as medium

b. The class is required to watch the TV sitcom of Oprah to improve their English communication
skills.
c. The class opted to make a choral rendition of the theme song of a foreign movie.
d. When Teacher Chris asked her Grade 2 students in what country they wish to live, most of them
chose United States.
7. A teacher who believes in the progressivist theory of education would embrace certain reforms on
methodology. Which reform would be consistent with this theory?

a. Active participation of teachers

b. Formal instructional pattern
c. Strict external discipline
d. Teacher domination of class activities

8. What philosophy of education advocates that the curriculum should only include universal and
unchanging truths?

a. Essentialism
b. Idealism
c. Perennialism
d. Pragmatism

9. Which of the following is not a function of the school?

a. Changing cultural practices

b. Development of attitudes and skills
c. Reproduction of species
d. Socialization among children

10. Which move liberalized access to education during Spanish period?

a. The education of illiterate parents

b. The establishment of at least one primary school for boys and girls in each municipality
c. The hiring of tribal tutors to teach children
d. The provision of vocational training for school age children

11. Which of the following is the chief aim of Spanish education?

a. Conformity and militarism

b. Perpetuation of culture
c. Propagation of the Catholic religion
d. Utilitarianism and conformity

12. Which of the following is the aim of our education during the Commonwealth period?

a. Designed after Japanese education

b. Patterned after the American curriculum
c. Predominantly religious
d. Purely nationalistic and democratic

13. Which of the following is not a reason why the basic education curriculum has been restructured?

a. To become globally competitive during this industrial age

b. To be relevant and responsive to a rapidly changing world
c. To empower the Filipino learners for self- development throughout their life.
d. To help raise the achievement level of students

14. Which philosophy of education influence the singing of the National Anthem in schools?
a. Nationalism
b. Naturalism
c. Pragmatism
d. Socialism

15. Who among the following believes that learning requires disciplined attention, regular homework,
and respect for legitimate authority?

a. Essentialist
b. Progressivist
c. Realist
d. Reconstructionist

16. Which of the following is the main function of the philosophy of education?

a. Reconsider existing educational goals in the light of society’s needs

b. Provide the academic background prerequisite to learning
c. Define the goals and set the direction for which education is to strive
d. Aid the learner to build his own personal philosophy

17. Homeroom advisers always emphasize the importance of cleanliness of the body. Children are
taught how to wash their hands before and after eating. What is this practice called?

a. Folkway
b. Laws
c. Mores
d. Social norm

18. Which curricular move served to strengthen spiritual and ethical values?

a. Integration of creative thinking in all subject

b. Introduction of Values education as a separate subject area
c. Reducing the number of subject areas into skill subject
d. Re-introducing science as a subject in Grade 1

19. The greatest happiness lies in the contemplative use of mind, said Plato. Which of the following
activities adheres to this?

a. Cooperative learning
b. Instrospection
c. Role Playing
d. Social Interaction

20. Your teacher is of the opinion that the word and everything in it are ever changing and so teaches
you the skill to cope with the changes. Which in his governing philosophy?

a. Experimentalism
b. Existentialism
c. Idealism
d. Realism

21. Teacher Myra says: “If it is billiard that brings students out of the classroom, let us bring it into the
classroom. Perhaps, I can use it to teach Math”. To which philosophy does teacher Myra adheres to?

a. Essentialism
b. Idealism
c. Progressivism
d. Reconstructionism

22. Which of the following should be done to build a sense of pride among Filipino youth?

a. Replace the study of folklores and myths with technical subjects

b. Re-study our history and stress on our achievements as people
c. Re-study our history from the perspective of our colonizers
d. Set aside the study of local history

23. A teacher who subscribes to the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience
study should follow learning in her teaching. Which of the following does she do to support her belief?

a. Encouraging learners to memorize factual knowledge

b. Equipping learners with the basic abilities and skills
c. Providing learners opportunities to apply theories and principles
d. Requiring learners full master of the lesson.

24. Which philosophy influenced the cultivation of reflective and meditative skills in teaching?
a. Confucianism
b. Existentialism
c. Taoism
d. Zen Buddhism

25. Which of the following situation manifests a balance between teachers responsibility and
accountability?

a. She entertains her students with personal stories until the end of the period.
b. She spends most of the time on the latest gossips in showbiz.
c. She teaches as much as she could for duration of the period.
d. She teaches as well as entertains the students with per personal stories.

26. Mrs. Manuel believes in the power of environment print to develop the pupils' sight word
recognition, print orientation, and even comprehension in a meaningful way. Which of the following
materials is NOT an example of environmental print?

a. Old boxes of powdered milk

b. Chocolate bar wrappers
c. Car stickers
d. Big books

27. Ms. Custodio teaches preschool. She is preparing to employ a shared book experience activity for
her kindergartens. Which of the following materials should Ms. Custodio probably need?

a. Flash cards
b. Big books
c. Basal texts
d. Word lists

28. Ms. Adona asks her pupil to point to the first word that should be read in the big book. Then, she
asks the pupil to point to the last word to be read. Which of the following assessment measures does
Ms. Adona employ in this situation?

a. Assessment of Reading Comprehension

b. Assessment of Spelling Ability
c. Concepts about Print Test
d. Vocabulary Test

29. Ms. Padilla is a Grade 1 Teacher who is concerned with building letters into words and words into
sentences. She uses flashcards so the pupils can sound out syllables and words correctly. What
reading model is reflected in Ms. Padilla's instruction?

a. Bottom-up model
b. Top-Down model
c. Interactive model
d. Schema model

30. Ms. Torres believes that her pupils need direct sensory contact and physical manipulation in the
classroom so that they learn easily and recall input effortlessly. What is the grade level of Ms. Torres'
class?

a. Pre-school
b. Primary
c. Intermediate
d. High School
31. Mr. Morauda is a Grade 1 Teacher who plans reading instruction as part of the language block.
He provides varied reading experiences that involve children sitting quietly, silently reading library
books or making a book based on their own experiences. What theoretical model of reading does Mr.
Morauda show?

a. Bottom-up model
b. Top-Down model
c. Interactive model
d. Schema model

32. One Grade 3 teacher of English to multilingual learners has just finished reading a story aloud to
the class. Which of the following is the best post-reading activity for the learners?

a. Provide students with a guide for reader-text interactions.

b. Have students write about what they have read.
c. Give them comprehension questions
d. Let them rest for a while

33. Mr. German is a teacher handling English for a culturally-diverse class. He would regularly read
aloud to his pupils, would provide time for free silent reading, recreational reading, and would lend
them magazines and newspapers. What factor in reading does Mr. German want to cultivate among
his pupils?

a. Emotional/social development
b. Physical development
c. Interest in reading
d. Intelligence

34. Mr. Arce is a new Grade 1 teacher who is unsure whether the pupils are ready for beginning
reading instruction. What must he observe before he begins his lessons?

a. The pupils are emotionally prepared for social interaction and competition.
b. The pupils have achieved unity of their capabilities with their interests.
c. The learners can respond to simple questions and instructions.
d. The learners show desire to learn in class.

35. Teacher Millicent knows well that the text or the print material is one factor that affects reading.
So she tries to match the text with the ease or difficulty of students' comprehension based on the
style of writing. What text factor does Teacher Millicent consider in the choice of reading materials for
her class?

a. Organization
b. Format
c. Readability
d. Content

36. Ms. Morallos teaches her Grade 6 class how to write a summary of an expository text. In her
discussion, she explains what it is, models it through think aloud, and informs her pupils when and
how this skill learned in the classroom can be used even during their own free silent reading. She
provides them with guided and independent practice before she conducts an evaluation. What
approach to teaching is reflected in Ms. Morallos' practice?

a. Indirect instruction
b. Explicit instruction
c. Intrinsic instruction
d. Independent instruction

37. ReQuest is a strategy used to develop learners' ability in asking significant questions. The teacher
needs to model questioning skills and let the pupils practice the same until the learners are ready to
use the skill automatically. What is the best reason for teaching the learners this skill?
a. Learners become purposive when they set their own questions while reading.
b. Teachers become confused by the questions asked by the learners.
c. Teachers find time to review the questions of the learners.
d. Learners feel important when they make questions.

38. Mr. Gutierrez is planning to have a list of 200 words in Science for the school's vocabulary
development program. After going through all the books used by his fourth grade pupils, he is still in
the dark as to what words need to be included in his list. Which of the following criteria should NOT
be the basis of Mr. Gutierrez for word selection?

a. High frequency words

b. Content area words
c. High utility words
d. Difficult words

39. Mr. Malaya is teaching a 3rd year high school class in world history. The students need note
taking, outlining and study skills. If he wants to help the students learn these strategies, which of the
following skills should he model to them first?

a. Getting main idea

b. Sequencing events
c. Reciprocal teaching
d. Rhetorical patterns of expository texts

40. Which of the following beliefs is consistent with the bottom-up perspective in reading?

a. A reader could read a text when he/she uses his prior knowledge to make sense of the text.
b. A reader could read a text when he/she selects only the meaningful segments in the text
c. A reader could read a text when he/she relates the text to other texts previously read
d. A reader could read a text when he/she can translate the visual symbols to their aural equivalent

41. Which of the following reading skills or strategies utilizes a bottom-up procedure in dealing with
unfamiliar words?

a. Inferencing
b. Structural analysis
c. Predicting outcomes
d. Using contextual clues

42. Before a reader could read the WORD, he/she must learn to read the WORLD first. What does
this imply?

a. Students or readers must know the names of the letter first before they will know what the word
means.
b. Readers must know the sounds of the letters first before they will know what the word means.
c. Words are only representations of the concepts that the child or reader knows before encountering
the print.
d. The text supplies the readers with the necessary knowledge they need to make sense of the print.

43. Mr. Velasquez explicitly teaches his students the rhetorical patterns of an informational text taken
from a science textbook. Which of the following does the teacher want to develop in the reader?

a. Print skill
b. Content schemata
c. Formal schemata
d. Vocabulary knowledge

44. Ms. Rebolledos uses the timeline as a graphic organizer to teach the readers to understand a
given expository text. Which of the following organizational structures might be the one used in the
exposition of the text's information?

a. Cause and effect

b. Comparison and contrast
c. Enumeration-description
d. Sequential or chronological

45. Which of the following is the BEST reason why regression is a good metacognitive reading
technique?

a. Readers use it to search for keywords in a text

b. Readers use it to read a passage all over again
c. Readers use it to highlight important lines in the text for retrieval purposes.
d. Readers use it to monitor comprehension when text seems not to make sense

46. Edward is reading a book and he needs to know the meaning of the word "obliterate". However,
the passage does not give enough clues for him to figure out what the word means. He decided to
use his pocket dictionary so he would know what the word means. Which of the following strategies
should he use so that he would know the meaning of the unfamiliar word?

a. Scanning
b. Skimming
c. Close reading
d. Careful slow reading

47. Ms. Sigua entered the classroom and posted images that she has taken from the story she is
about to tell the students. Before she started telling the story to the class, she grouped the students
and asked them to make a story out of the pictures posted on the board. Which of the following
approaches reflects the practice of the teacher?

a. Explicit Phonics
b. Basal Approach
c. Embedded Phonics
d. Language Experience Approach

48. Mrs. Dizon entered the classroom and showed a list of word families like cat, mat, fat, rat, pat and
bat. What approach is described in this situation?

a. Whole-language approach
b. Language experience approach
c. Literature-based approach
d. Phonics approach

49. Mr. Palo distributed a K-W-L chart to his students so they could fill up the K and W columns.
Which of the following reasons DOES NOT justify such activity?

a. Setting a purpose for reading

b. Activating prior knowledge
c. Confirming, revising or rejecting an earlier assumption about a topic
d. Sharing assumptions related to the topic of the text to be read

50. Mr. Lilang wants to develop creative thinking in his students even before he asks his students to
silently read the short story for the day's reading lesson. Which of the following activities should he
provide the students so he could achieve his aim?

a. Unlocking of vocabulary words by finding their meaning in the dictionary

b. Asking the students to write story impressions out of the posted pictures of scenes taken from the
story to be read.
c. Pronouncing five unfamiliar vocabulary words that will be encountered in the story
d. Asking the students to list down certain experiences they had, which may be related to the main
character in the story to be read

II. Identification: Identify the Proponents on the given theories.

___________1. Father of modern psychology.

___________2. Father of psychoanalysis, and psychosexual theory.
___________3. Father of education and pedagogy.
___________4. Classical conditioning.
___________5. Operant conditioning.
___________6. Meaningful learning.
___________7. Discovery learning, spiral curriculum.
___________8. Social cognitive learning theory.
___________9. Law of readiness and exercises.
___________10. Life space content.
___________11. Problem-solving by insight, insightful learning.
___________12. Ecological theory.
___________13. Gender schema theory.
___________14. Theory of multiple intelligence.
___________15. Social domain theory.
___________16. Moral development theory.
___________17. Triathlon theory intelligence.
___________18. Psychosocial development theory.
___________19. Transfer of learning, kindergarten preparation of children.
___________20. Creative problem solving.
___________21. Linguistic acquisition theory.
___________22. Cognitive learning theory.
___________23. Behavioral theory.
___________24 Purpose behaviorism.
___________25. Attribution theory.
___________26. Emotional intelligence.
___________27. Structuralism psychology.
___________28. The sequence of instruction.
___________29. Hierarchy of needs, motivation theory.
___________30. Bloom's cognitive taxonomy.

III. Enumiration: List down the Hierarchy of needs of Abraham Maslow and the examples. (30 points)