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PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES OF

TEACHING
1. Ms. Moster was having discipline problem
with her English class. What questioning
technique should she consider to sustain her
students’ attention?
A. ask low level thinking questions
B. ask difficult questions
C. ask varied questions
D. ask stimulating questions
2. Teacher Abby is partial to experiential or
learner-centered teaching. Which of the
following strategies will she at least engage
in?
A. deductive discovery
B. problem solving
C. lecture-discussion
D. laboratory
3. Choose two questions that could
promote development of critical
thinking.
A. those that ask for factual information
B. those that call for application
C. those that require description
D. those that require use of a rule
4. What lesson would be very useful in
mastering science and mathematical facts,
social science concepts, oral spelling skill
and vocabulary development?
A. development
B. review
C. drill
D. appreciation
5. Which strategy provides the learners
with more information rather than
application?
A. deduction
B. induction
C. drill
D. appreciation
6. Teacher Justin often use the Inquiry
approach in science teaching. What would
be the emphasis in this approach?
A. verbal interaction with classmate
B. verbal interaction with teacher
C. pupils manipulation of several materials
D. testing tentative solutions to a problem
7. Which type of lesson requires
viewing old facts and concepts in a
new setting?
A. development
B. review
C. drill
D. supervised study
8. A teaching approach that brings the learners
to continuously learn from their experiences
through analysis of their own actions, decisions,
and beliefs in the light of alternative hypothesis
is referred to as ____________.
A. creative teaching
B. reflective teaching
C. problem solving
D. experiential teaching
9. An act which involves activities
armed at affecting learning is
___________.
A. modelling
B. discussing
C. teaching
D. explaining
10. Which teacher’s statement
illustrates reduction technique of
questioning?
A. Another, Paulo?
B. What is conservation?
C. Well, do you think they’re the same?
D. What can you say about his?
11. Which objective could be taught
best using the inquiry method?
A. to interpret the first stanza of the poem
B. to illustrate how magnet is being used
C. to distinguish living from non-living things
D. to summarize the story
12. The closure of a lesson is as important
as “set induction”. Which of the following
statement would be an effective way of
closing a lesson?
A. It’s already time. See you tomorrow.
B. There’s the bell, Good bye!
C. Time is over. Get ready.
D. Before we end, state our science concept again.
13. In which of the following classroom
activities would process approach be
appropriate?
A. When the learners observe and take down observations
of samples.
B. When the class closes a lesson with learned concept
C. When the teacher asks the class to enumerate the
processes used
D. When the teacher introduces the new lesson.
14. Ms. Kris, an Araling Panlipunan teacher
begins her lesson with the identification of a
problem to let the students gain some control
of the learning situation. What exploratory
method of teaching is used?
A. project
B. inquiry
C. inductive
D. discovery
15. Ms. Jocson often teaches content-
oriented subject matter n a traditional way.
Which of these strategies does she
therefore often uses?
A. expository
B. exploratory
C. inductive
D. problem solving
16. In her THE class, Ms. Jane provides her
students enough practice often showing and
explaining formal and informal settings.
What method could she have used?
A. deductive discovery
B. metacognitive
C. demonstration
D. lecture-discussion
17. Teacher Cholly has been teaching Social
Studies with the intent of providing the students
with more knowledge and information even with
less student participation, but a lot of content be
converted in a short period of time. What method
is applied?
A. inquiry
B. lecture
C. indirect
D. explanatory
18. To make sure of a 100% student
participation, Teacher Andrew grouped this class
into several small groups to make them talk
about family practices during All Saints’ Day.
What discussion technique is shown?
A. panel
B. debate
C. symposium
D. buzzing
19. The class is divided into two opposing teams
on a topic discussing the effects of technology.
One team makes the positive stand. Where the
other one deals on the negative effects. What
discussion technique is this?
A. interview
B. debate
C. forum
D. buzzing
20. Which step of the lesson would ask
for a conclusion or generalization from
the students after a lesson has been
taught?
A. applications
B. evaluation
C. synthesis
D. comprehension
21. Which of the following
theories supports John Dewey’s
“learning by doing”?
A. constructivism
B. metacognition
C. experiential
D. concept teaching
22. Students expect to get the latest and most
reliable information from an expert, their
teacher, about a certain topic. For this
purpose, which would be the best strategy
that a teacher must use?
A. interview
B. field trip
C. lecture
D. demonstration
23. Which method would promote rapport,
respect for other’s viewpoints, submission
to majority’s choice and concern for
individual differences?
A. group discussion
B. laboratory method
C. peer mediated
D. problem solving method
24. Which method involves having the students
engaged in meaningful experiences that
effectively results to the development of higher-
level thinking and scientific process skills?
A. inquiry method
B. project method
C. concept learning
D. problem solving method
25. Which of the following principles of
effective instruction concerns the proper
ordering of learning tasks?
A. Principle of Context
B. Principle of Focus
C. Principle of Individualization
D. Principle of Sequence
26. To determine whether or not her students
gained mastery of learning, Mrs. Sanchez
gave a long test after finishing several
lessons in a unit on matter. What kind of
evaluation did she give?
A. summative evaluation
B. formative evaluation
C. pre assessment
D. diagnostic evaluation
27. All of the following items, EXCEPT ONE,
are questions to consider in selecting
instructional material
Which is the exception?
A. Is it up-to-date?
B. Does it match the instructional objectives?
C. Is it durable and audible?
D. Is it suited to the levels of the students?
28. Which of the following is the aim
of Classroom Management?
A. Minimize Classroom Noise
B. Increase occurrence of discipline
problems
C. Maximize the use of classroom time for
productive activities
D. Decrease time spent on tasks
29. When Mr. Garcia tells his class what the
objective of the present lesson is, what type
of learning activities is he using?
A. developmental
B. introductory
C. evaluation
D. closure
30. Mrs. Blanco prepared an instructional material
that she thinks can be used for several types of
learners and for different purposes. The principle
she considered here is that of _________.
A. meaningfulness
B. breadth
C. cost
D. authenticity
31. A non-traditional teacher, Mr. Alba like to
use control and discipline in his class not
necessarily to eliminate misbehaviors but, as
classroom management emphasizes, to
A. make the students “prim and proper” at all times
B. help them obey all school rules and regulations
C. reduce the frequency of occurrence of
inappropriate behaviors
D. increase quality of learning
32. Mrs. Adante often scolds students who commit
mistakes even in front of the other members of
the class. What basic principle in discipline is she
going against?
A. students must be helped to recognize their
misbehavior
B. respect pupil dignity
C. private correction is better than public correction
D. the response to misbehavior must be consistent
and fair
33. Because Amulfo is seriously ill and has to stay
at home, his teacher prepared a learning kit
containing activities that cover all lessons his
classmates are also having in school. What mode of
instructional delivery is used in this situation?
A. Informal Education
B. Distance Education
C. Non-formal Education
D. Mastery Learning
34. Mr. Baja provides lesson activities for
each of the different groups of learners in his
class. What basic principle in selecting
learning activities does he employ?
A. Learning activities should consider the laws of
learning.
B. Learning activities have to be interactive.
C. Learning activities must suit the subject matter.
D. Learning activities must be multi-level and varied.
35. The items that follow state the reason
for using instructional materials and/or
tools, EXCEPT ONE. Which is the exception?
A. Make instruction effective at less cost.
B. Increase student interest for learning.
C. Provide entertainment to students.
D. Present abstract ideas in more concrete terms.
36. Mrs. Tinio wants to use more concrete things
that are the equivalent of real objects for her
grade 1 class. Their lesson is about animals and
their kids. However, she cannot possibly take the
class out since no prior arrangement has been
done for this. What is the closest possible type of
instructional materials can she use instead?
A. audio tapes B. graphics
C. photographic prints D. radio
37. Ms. Cabral wants to know what knowledge
and skills her students already have about
the Philippines during the American period.
What kind of evaluation instrument would
she possibly use?
A. formative evaluation
B. pre assessment
C. Summative evaluation
D. achievement test
38. This type of classroom management
involves attention to that which creates
the best use of available space. Which
type is it?
A. time management
B. routines and procedures
C. discipline
D. physical environment
39. What routinary activity would
be best to use to start the class?
A. ringing the bell
B. greeting each other
C. making students line up
D. asking the students to clean the room
40. If a pupil asks permission to go to the
restroom while the class is going on, which
may be done to avoid class disruption?
A. Stop the lesson and let all the students go
to the rest room.
B. Stop the lesson and let the pupil go.
C. Tell the pupil to sit down instead.
D. Simply nod while continuing the lesson.
41. After presenting the lesson to the
class, what could be the logical step to
take to develop a lesson well?
A. provide concluding activities
B. evaluate the learning gained
C. provide further input
D. engage students in doing relevant
activities
42. One of the following items is NOT
among the considerations that a teacher
should make in the presentation of a new
lesson. Which is it?
A. the relation of the new information to previous
learning
B. information regarding the lesson objective
C. high involvement of students
D. logical organization and a smooth transition
43. Time management is one important
aspect of classroom management. Which of
the following teacher behaviors is part of
time management?
A. maintaining group alertness
B. creating orderly movement
C. checking attendance
D. keeping pupils attention during instruction
44. Which behavior is NOT an acceptable
routine procedure when distributing list of
activities that students need to do?
A. Give the activity cards one by one.
B. Have the pupils come to you one by one.
C. Ask a leader to distribute them.
D. Give the cards to the first pupil in each row
with the instruction to him/her to “Get one and
pass the others.”

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