CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LET REVIEWER FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 LET Flashcards
1
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Run a course/ race in Latin is _______.
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CURRERE
2
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Father of Perennialism
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THOMAS AQUINAS
3
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- This concept includes the sub-processes of curriculum planning, organization, implementation and evaluation. Which concept is this?
a. Curriculum development
b. Curriculum assessment
c. Curriculum management
d. Curriculum and instruction
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a. Curriculum development
4
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- The establishment of the School of the Future (SOF) introduces improvement and reform in education to respond to both human and social needs. What philosophy is related to it?
a. Epistemology (nature of knowledge)
b. Social reconstructionism (social problems)
c. Pragmatism (change/practical)
d. Idealism (mind)
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b. Social reconstructionism (social problems)
5
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- Every curriculum has this dimension. This is both unplanned and implicit but its instructional effects are often evident in the students’ behavior, values and dispositions. This dimension is referred to as
a. Societal curriculum
b. Instructional curriculum
c. Institutional curriculum
d. Hidden curriculum
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d. Hidden curriculum
6
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- Mrs. Cahayagan often make use of experiental rather than the rote method in teaching; she is, thus, observed to provide “custom-made” activities for her pupils. The curriculum pattern she apparently follows is that of
a. Activity-based
b. Child-centered
c. Problem based
d. Life-functions-focused
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b. Child-centered
7
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- He believed that curriculum includes all experiences children have under the guidance of teachers in which a subject matter is developed around social functions and learners’ interest.
a. William Kilpatrick (project method)
b. Hollis Caswell
c. Harold Rugg (whole child)
d. Werret Charters (subject matter)
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b. Hollis Caswell
8
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- Teacher Claire claims: “If I have to give reinforcement, it has to be given immediately after the response.” Which theory supports Teacher Claire?
a. Operant conditioning Theory
b. Social Cognitive Theory
c. Cognitive Theory
d. Humanist Theory
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a. Operant conditioning Theory
9
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- Teacher Shane wants to determine immediately the learning difficulties of her students. Which of the following do you expect her to undertake?
a. Require her students to prepare a portfolio
b. Administer an achievement test
c. Administer a diagnostic test
d. Interview her students directly
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c. Administer a diagnostic test
10
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- The theme of Vygotsky’s socio-cultural 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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b. Scaffolding
11
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- The following are characteristics of a child-friendly school except for ____.
a. Exclusive
b. Child-centered
c. Gender-sensitive
d. Non-discriminating
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a. Exclusive
12
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- Teacher Betty discovered that her pupils are weak in comprehension. To further determine in which particular skills her pupils are weak which test should Teacher Betty give?
a. Aptitude Test
b. Placement test
c. Diagnostic test
d. Standardized test
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c. Diagnostic test
13
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- 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 12 examinees
d. The correct answer that was chosen by 5 examinees
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b. The option that was chosen by 2 examinees
14
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- Among the following curriculum stakeholders, who has the most responsibility in curriculum implementation?
a. Learners
b. School heads
c. Teachers
d. Parents
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c. Teachers
15
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- Sheena has an American suitor, but she is afraid about what American culture looks like. She has ____.
a. Xenophobia
b. Practicality
c. Culture Shock
d. Xenocentrism
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a. Xenophobia
