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1) Why should teachers provide positive feedback and realistic praise?

a) To motivate the students to study

b) So the students will know what to do

c) To be liked and loved by the students

d) So the students will praise him/her

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: Providing positive feedback and realistic praise primarily helps students understand what they are doing correctly and encourages them to continue those behaviors. It offers guidance and clear expectations, critical for effective learning. While motivation and fostering a positive relationship are also benefits, enabling students to know what to do through clear feedback is the foremost reason, making this the correct answer.

2) Mrs. Manuel, the Principal of Bagong Barrio Elementary School invited the Brgy. Captain in the school to solicit inputs for a new curriculum in Social Science which highlights indigenous knowledge in the community. What is shown in this situation?

a) Community members as supporters of curriculum

b) Community members as curriculum resources

c) Community members as managers of curriculum

d) Community members as beneficiaries of curriculum

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: In this scenario, the community members, represented by the Brgy. Captain, are acting as curriculum resources. They provide valuable input and knowledge that can enhance the curriculum by incorporating indigenous knowledge and community-specific information. While the community can support, manage, and benefit from the curriculum, their role here as resources is prominent, making it the correct answer.

3) In what strands of the four pillars of education imply a shift from skill to competence, or a mix of higher-order skills specific to each individual?

a) Learning to Know

b) Learning to Do

c) Learning to Live Together

d) Learning to Be

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: The correct answer is b] Learning to Do. This pillar emphasizes developing not just skills but competencies, which include higher-order abilities specific to individual needs and contexts.


4) Which curriculum design element is taking place when Eduardo, a 4th year student can connect the lessons he learned in a subject area to a related content in another subject area?

a) Articulation

b) Balance

c) Continuity

d) Integration

ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: Integration in curriculum design occurs when a student like Eduardo can connect lessons from one subject area to related content in another. This interconnection fosters a deeper understanding and reflects a holistic approach to learning. Articulation ensures logical progression between levels, balance ensures a proportionate approach to content, and continuity involves repetitive learning with increasing complexity. Thus, integration is the correct answer.

5) A stakeholder in curriculum development, Mr. Cruz, a district supervisor and a member of the school board has one of the following primary roles.

a) Support and participate in parent-school organization activities.

b) Authorize school expenditures for curriculum development, implementation and evaluation

c) Enact legislation to effect curriculum improvement.

d) Recommend changes in curriculum.

ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: As a district supervisor and school board member, Mr. Cruz's primary role in curriculum development involves recommending changes in the curriculum. This role involves oversight, evaluation, and making informed suggestions for improvements to ensure the curriculum meets educational standards and students' needs. Supporting parent-school activities, authorizing expenditures, and enacting legislation are essential roles but fall under different stakeholders' responsibilities. Therefore, recommending curriculum changes is the correct answer.

6) When a teacher asks the consistency of a material taken from the internet with other available materials, he/she is concerned with its?

a) relevance

b) accuracy

c) coverage

d) currency

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: The correct answer is b] accuracy. Checking the consistency of material involves verifying its accuracy by comparing it with other reliable sources. Relevance (option a) refers to how pertinent the information is to the topic, coverage (option c) deals with the extent of information provided, and currency (option d) refers to how up-to-date the information is.

7) This phase of curriculum development involves decisions, among other things, on grade placement and sequencing of content. Which phase is this?

a) Curriculum planning

b) Curriculum evaluation

c) Curriculum organization

d) Curriculum implementation

ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: Curriculum organization involves crucial decisions about how content is sequenced and at what grade it is taught. This phase ensures logical, coherent progression of material, catering to students' developmental stages. Curriculum planning deals with initial framework design, evaluation checks effectiveness, and implementation concerns the actual delivery of the curriculum. Hence, curriculum organization is the correct answer.


8) If curriculum is the "means", what is the "end"?

a) Strategies

b) Instruction

c) Technique

d) Approaches

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: If the curriculum is considered the "means" to organize and deliver education, then instruction is the "end" goal where these plans and designs are put into action. Instruction is the tangible, interactive process of teaching and learning. Strategies, techniques, and approaches are methods used within both curriculum and instruction but are not the ultimate goal. Therefore, instruction is the correct answer.

9) What pillar of education of J. Delors (UNESCO) focuses on voc-tech relevant to people-centered human development?

a) Learning to Know

b) Learning to Do

c) Learning to Live Together

d) Learning to Be

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: The correct answer is b] Learning to Do. This pillar focuses on practical and technical education tailored to personal and community development needs.

10) What is the performance of a student in the National Achievement Test (NAT) if he obtained/got a stanine score of 5?

a) Between average and above average

b) Between average and below average

c) Below average

d) Average

ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: The correct answer is d] Average. A stanine score of 5 represents average performance, standing in the middle of the 1 to 9 stanine scale, where 1 is the lowest and 9 is the highest. Options a, b, and c are incorrect descriptors for this stanine score.

11) What do we call the allocation of content to a definite grade capable of learning?

a) Time allotment

b) Grade placement

c) Grade level

d) Maturity level

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: Grade placement refers to assigning specific content to a particular grade level where students are developmentally ready and capable of learning it. Time allotment concerns scheduling within the school day, grade level refers to the year or level in school, and maturity level indicates the developmental stage of students. Thus, grade placement is the correct answer.

12) Mr. Cartilla developed an Achievement Test in Math for her grade three pupils. Before she finalized the test she examined carefully if the test items were constructed based on the competencies that have to be tested. What test of validity was she trying to establish?

a) Content-validity

b) Concurrent validity

c) Predictive validity

d) Construct validity

ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: Content-validity (a) ensures that the test items representatively cover the material and competencies that need to be measured. Concurrent validity (b) involves comparison with an established test, while predictive validity (c) predicts future performance. Construct validity (d) verifies that a test measures the theoretical construct it claims to measure.

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