Professional Education LET Reviewer

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(PROF.ED) - 50 items :-)
1. Mrs. Lim wants to generate as many ideas as she can as the class is about to embark on a community outreach program. Which of the following will she employ
A. Simulation C. Brainwashing
B. Brainstorming <3 <3 <3 D. Role playing
2. The lesson is on the pros and cons of capital punishment. Mr. Milan wants to do high level thinking and to develop a view of capital punishment from different perspectives. Which technique will be most appropriate?
A. Role playing C. Lecture
B. Simulation D. Panel Discussion <3 <3 <3
3. To teach democratic process to the pupils, Biag Elementary School decided that the election of class officers shall be patterned after the local selection. There were qualifications set for candidates, limited period for campaign and rules for posting campaign materials, etc.
Which of the following did the school use
A. Role playing C. Symposium
B. Simulation <3 <3 <3 D. Philips 66
4. Miss Lee's objective is to focus students' attention on quickly create interest in a problem or concept. She should make use of _____.
A. tutorial group C. task group <3 <3 <3
B. Philips 66 D. panel discussion
5. Here is a test item: From the data presented in the table, form generalizations that are supported by the data. Under what type of question does the item fall?
A. Synthesis <3 <3 <3 C. Evaluative
B. Convergent D. Application
6. The improvement of basic education should be the top of the priority
of the Philippine government or refute this position.
Under what type of question does this item fall ?
A. Convergent C. Low level
B. Evaluative D. Analysis <3 <3 <3
7. Read then following teacher-student interaction.
Teacher: Why is the process called photosynthesis?
Student: I don't know
Which questioning technique should the teacher use?
A. Prompting <3 <3 <3 C. Clarification
B. Multiple response D. Concept review
8. Which order follows the basic rule in framing interaction ?
A. Call on a student, pause, ask the question
B. Ask the question, call on a student, pause
C. Ask the question, pause, call on a students <3 <3 <3
D. Call on a student, ask the question, pause
9. To nurture creativity of learners, the teacher should be ___.
A. an all-powerful authority
B. a repository knowledge with the "right answer"
C. single-minded
D. flexible in terms of time, pace materials, techniques <3 <3 <3
10. You want to teach facts and rules. Which one will you make use of?
A. Direct instruction <3 <3 <3
B. Self-directed learning
C. Indirect instruction
D. Collaborative model
11. Teacher Ben, an experienced teacher, does daily review of past lesson. Why?
A. To provide his pupils with a sense of wholeness
and continuity.<3 <3 <3
B. To determine who among his pupils are studying
C. To reflect on how he presented the previous lesson
D. To introduce a new lesson
12. Teacher Alvin wants to reach the class the rules in playing basketball. Which method is most appropriate?
A. Direct Instruction <3 <3 <3
B. Problem Solving
C. Discovery
D. Inductive reasoning
13. You want to teach concepts, patterns, and abstractions. Which method is most appropriate?
A. Deductive method C. Direct instruction
B. Problem solving D. Indirect instruction <3 <3 <3
14. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect instruction is for_______.
A. concepts, patterns and abstractions ♥ ♥ ♥
B. rules, concepts, processes
C. guesses, data and conclusions
D. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions
15. You want to have a small group discussion in your class. Which topics ______.
A. where a high degree of consensus among students does not yet exist ♥ ♥ ♥
B. where a high degree of consensus among students already exists
C. that are formally structured by texts
D. that are factual
16. Which holds TRUE of competency-based instruction?
I. Criterion-referenced
II. Norm-referenced
A. I only ♥ ♥ ♥ C. I and II
B. II only D. Partly I, partly II
17. You combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single concept for interdisciplinary teaching. Which strategy did you use?
A. Problem-centered learning
B. Reading-writing activity
C. Thematic instruction ♥ ♥ ♥
D. Unit method
18. When you teach, you often engage yourself in brainstorming. Which do you avoid?
A. Selectivity involve pupils ♥ ♥ ♥
B. Break down barriers
C. Generate many ideas
D. Increase creativity
19. Teacher Beda is the teacher of English as a Second language. She uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences, dialogues, dictation and writing exercises in teaching a lesson about grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a valid conclusion?
A. The teacher is teaching in a variety of ways because not all students learn in the same manner ♥ ♥ ♥
B. The teacher wants to make her teaching easier by having less talk
C. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing skills.
D. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierarchy of cognitive learning
20. Teacher Marion developed a card in which pupils in which pupils matched different fractions. The shapes contained within each card were the same while the number of parts shaded was differents. Which concept/process was taught by this activity?
A. Equivalent fractions ♥ ♥ ♥
B. Proper and improper fractions
C. Sequencing fractions
D. Converting fractions
21. Teacher Elena discussed how electricity flow through wires and what generates the electric charge. Then she gave the students wires, bulbs, switches, and dry cells and told the class to create a circuit that will increase the brightness of each bulb. Which one best describes the approach used?
A. It was constructivist.
B. It used taxonomy of basic thinking skills.
C. It is used cooperative learning
D. It help students apply scientific method. ♥ ♥ ♥
22. Teacher Nelia teaches a lesson in which students must recognize that 1/4 is the same as 0.25. They use this relationship to determine that 0.15 and 0.20 are slightly less than 1/4.
Which of the following concept/s is/are being taught?
A. Numeration skills for decimals and relationships between fractions and decimals
B. Numeration skills
C. Relationship between fractions and decimals ♥ ♥ ♥
D. Place value of decimals
23. Having a mock presidential election, complete with debates, discussion of issues and voting, teaches students _____.
A. the decision-making process ♥ ♥ ♥
B. the skill to win debates
C. the art of winning in an election
D. the skill of persuade
24. What should a teacher do for students in her/his class who are not on an expected grade level?
A. Give them materials on their level and let them work at a pace that is reasonable for them, trying to bring them up to a grade level. ♥ ♥ ♥
B. Give them the same work as the other students, not much, so that they won't feel embarrassed.
C. Give them the same work as the other students because they will absorb as much as they are capable of.
D. Push them to perform in order to attain desired grade level.
25. You have presented a lesson on animal protective coloration. At the end, you ask if there are any questions. There are none. You can take this to mean ____.
A. your students are not interested in the lesson
B. you need to determine if the students understood everything you presented
C. you need to ask specific questions to elicit responses ♥ ♥ ♥
D. your students did not understand what you were talking about
26. What is the best way to develop math concepts?
A. Learning math as applied to situations,such as its being a tool of science
B. Solving problems by looking for correct answers
C. Solving problems using memorized formula
D. Solving problems by applying learned formulas
27. Which is/are effective method/s in teaching students' critical reading skills?
A. Interpret editorials and read and interpret three different movie reviews
B. Read and interpret there different movie reviews
C. Interpret editorials about a particular subject from three different newspaper
D. Evaluate the consistency of ideas expressed in an editorial ♥ ♥ ♥
28. Teacher Bong likes to concretize the abstract concept of an atom. He came up with a concrete presentation of the atom by using wires and plastic balls. How would you classify Teachers Bong's visual aid?
A. Model ♥ ♥ ♥ C. Replica
B. Realia D. Chart
29. Teacher Rodel likes to show how the launching of spaceship takes place. Of the following materials available, which is most fit?
A. Mock-up ♥ ♥ ♥ C. Replica
B. Model D. Realia
30. You want your students to master the concept of social justice. Which series of activities will be most effective?
A. Pretest- Teaching-Posttest - Re-teaching for unlearned concepts - Posttest ♥ ♥ ♥
B. Teaching- Posttest
C. Pretest - Teaching - Posttest
D. Review- Pretest- Teaching- Posttest
31. Teacher Henry gave his first-grade class a page with a story in which pictures take the place of some words. Which method did he use?
A. The rebus method ♥ ♥ ♥
B. The whole language approach
C. The Spaulding method
D. The language experience approach
32. In your attempt to develop creative thinking skills, you want to test fluency of ideas. Which activity will be most appropriate?
A. List animals covered with hair in 1 minute. ♥ ♥ ♥
B. Compare Pictures 1 and 2. Where there are the differences?
C. Solve this puzzles
D. Solve this math problem
33. Promoting purposive study among learners is accomplished in the two of these indicators.
I. Know different teaching approaches
II. Recognizes the need for specific learning processes
III. Cultivates good study habits
IV. Takes extra time to help students in learning tasks.
A. II and III ♥ ♥ ♥ C. I and II
B. I and IV D. III and IV
34. The collaborative approach includes the majors behaviors of listening, clarify, presenting, problem-solving, and _____.
A. negotiating C. feedbacking ♥ ♥ ♥
B. evaluating D. assessing
35. Which is an important factor in differential instructional process?
A. Error analysis
B. Entry level indicators ♥ ♥ ♥
C. Student-led conferences
D. Record keeping performance assessments
36. Which is the BEST way to determine if a student has master of the subject matter in the beginning of the school year?
I. Administer a diagnostic test
II. Examine his portfolio assessment
III. Interview the former teacher
IV. Examine his grades
A. I and IV C. III and IV
B. II and III D. I and II ♥ ♥ ♥
37. Which of these is NOT indicator of supportive learning environment?
A. High drop out rates ♥ ♥ ♥
B. Warm and friendly atmosphere
C. Students take personal responsibility for their learning and behavior
D. Increase in student bonding to school
38. The incorporation of the content materials in language lessons is called _____.
A. Problem-solving instruction
B. Content-based instruction
C. Integration approach ♥ ♥ ♥
D. Thematic approach
39. Which of these are crucial skills for effective teaching?
I. Creation of new instructional materials
II. Classroom management
III. High order thinking skills
IV. Art of questioning
A. I,II,III and IV ♥ ♥ ♥
B. II and IV
C. I and III
D. I and IV
40. Which is in accordance with the "withitness" principle of classroom management of Kounin?
A. Student is with his teacher en everything he teaches.
B. Teacher is fully aware of what is happening in
his classroom ♥ ♥ ♥
C. Students agree to disagree in class discussions.
D. Both parents and teachers are involved in the education of children.
41. Which practice helps the teacher maximize time for instruction?
A. Employ a reactive approach to discipline.
B. Maximize discipline time
C. Avoid classroom routine; they make your students robots
D. Minimize discipline time ♥ ♥ ♥
42. Which is sound classroom management practice?
A. Be reactive in approach
B. Occupy students with extemely difficult task
C. Be preventive in approach ♥ ♥ ♥
D. Give students very easy task to lighten their load
43. A sound device for classroom managers is "Nip the problem in the bud." What does this mean?
A. Assume a reactive posture in classroom management.
B. Be proactive in management approach. ♥ ♥ ♥
C. Reinforce positive behavior
D. Treat minor disturbance calmly.
44. Which seating arrangement has been proven to be effective for learning?
A. Flexible to suit varied activities ♥ ♥ ♥
B. Fixed arrangement to maximize instructional time
C. A combination of fixed and flexible arrangement
D. Any set arrangement to suit varied learning styles
Read the following then answer questions #45 - #49
Miss Mabuhay involves her sixth graders in the establishment of classroom rules and procedures. During class meetings, students can raise issues about the rules and even about the consequences and rewards related to those rules. But Miss Mabuhay is also very clear that some issues are not up for discussion. "This is one, Miss Mabuhay gets to decide on her own", she states when appropriate. Very early in the year, the students know there is no point arguing when she makes this declaration.
45. Which describes her classroom management approach?
I. Assertive II. Laissez Faire III. Consultative
A. I and III ♥ ♥ ♥ C. I only
B. II and III D. II only
46. Is it sound for Miss Mabuhay to state clearly before her class that there are some issues which are not up for discussion?
A. Yes, provided the class is informed at an appropriate time.♥ ♥ ♥
B. Yes, provided the class agrees.
C. No, it is undemocratic
D. No, it projects the teachers as a domineering figure.
47. On which principle is her class involvement in the establishment of rule based?
I. Principle of rule ownership level of those concerned
II. Principle of appropriate level of teacher dominance
III. Principle of subsidiarity
A. I, II and III C. I and II ♥ ♥ ♥
B. I and III D. II and III
48. To be effective, which is the best time to discuss rules, procedures, rewards and consequences based on Miss Mabuhay's experience?
A. The first days of the school year. ♥ ♥ ♥
B. The middle part of the school year
C. As the needs arises
D. Integrated in the teaching of the subjects
49. On which belief in class discipline is Miss Mabuhay's classroom management anchored?
A. It is a shared responsibility of teacher and students. ♥ ♥ ♥
B. It is the sole responsibility of teacher
C. It is the ultimate responsibility of students
D. It is achieved only when teacher dominates the classroom
79. For metacognitive functions, which will work best?
A. Reflecting ♥ ♥ ♥ C. Role-playing
B. Conferencing D. Inductive Reasoning