Professional Education

Principles of Teaching


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1) If you are a constructivist, what assumptions about learning and learner govern your thinking?

a) For learners to learn, knowledge should be transmitted directly from teachers to learners.

b) Learners are capable of constructing meaning of what is taught to them.

c) Learners are empty receptacles waiting to be filled.

d) Teachers are the only source of knowledge.


ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: Constructivism posits that learners actively construct their own understanding and knowledge through experiences and interactions. Knowledge should not be transmitted directly, and learners are not empty receptacles. Teachers are facilitators, not the sole source of knowledge.




4) Which is being conducted when a reading teacher stays for an extra 30 minutes daily after class and teaches the slow readers how to read?

a) Enrichment session

b) Remedial session

c) Review session

d) Training session


ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: A remedial session is focused on helping students who are struggling, providing them with additional instruction and support to improve their skills.





8) Which technique in cooperative learning is used when new information is divided equally among all group members and each student teaches his or her portion to the other group members?

a) round table

b) think-pair-share

c) round robin

d) jigsaw


ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: The jigsaw technique involves dividing new information among group members, each teaching their portion to others, fostering collaboration and ensuring comprehensive understanding. Round table, think-pair-share, and round robin do not emphasize equal information sharing.

9) The success of the discovery approach entails following certain principles. Such principles are as follows except one. Which of this?

a) Learning through self-discovery is enhanced by individualized and small group explanations.

b) Children discover relationships and make generalizations in their own individual ways.

c) Methods used by children in learning through self-discovery should not be likened to the ways in whi

d) Children learn as a result of their observations and the experiences they undergo.


ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: The correct answer is c] Methods used by children in learning through self-discovery should not be likened to the ways in which scientists think, work, and organize knowledge because the discovery approach does parallel scientific methods. Individual and small group work, personal generalization methods, and learning through observation are all central to discovery learning.


11) 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


ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: Confirming, revising, or rejecting an earlier assumption about a topic is not the primary purpose of filling out the K and W columns of a K-W-L chart. These columns are designed to set a purpose for reading and activate prior knowledge. The L column is where confirmation, revision, or rejection occurs after reading.





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