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Chapter 8: Principles in InterviewingDiscussant
P R O F E S S I O N A L
EDUCATION 1
C A R L E. B A L I T A
R e v i e w C e n t e r
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1. As a parent and at the same time a teacher, which of the following will you to do to show your cooperation to a PTA project in your school to be financed with the proceeds of the sales of the school canteen where food prices are a little bit higher?
a. Bring food for you and your children, but always
make it a point to buy in the school
canteen.
b. Buy all your food in the school canteen but
request for a discount
c. Bring food enough for you and your children but
do not eat in the canteen
d. Buy all your food from the school canteen even if
you cannot afford to do everyday
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1. As a parent and at the same time a teacher, which of the following will you to do to show your cooperation to a PTA project in your school to be financed with the proceeds of the sales of the school canteen where food prices are a little bit higher?
a. Bring food for you and your children, but always
make it a point to buy in the school
canteen.
b. Buy all your food in the school canteen but
request for a discount
c. Bring food enough for you and your children but
do not eat in the canteen
d. Buy all your food from the school canteen even if
you cannot afford to do everyday
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2. How can you help a habitual borrower of money get rid of his habit?
a. Let him do something for you in return
for the money you lent him
b. Direct him to others
c. Do not lend him money anymore
d. Ask for a collateral for the cash he is
loaning
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2. How can you help a habitual borrower of money get rid of his habit?
a. Let him do something for you in return
for the money you lent him
b. Direct him to others
c. Do not lend him money anymore
d. Ask for a collateral for the cash he is
loaning
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3. Periodic checks on student seatwork with a smile and pat on the shoulder effectively reinforce good study habits is an example of _____.
a. Discrimination reinforcement
b. Variable-ratio schedule
c. Continuous reinforcement
Discrimination Reinforcement
In a discrimination learning task the learner is required to respond differentially to different stimuli.
Variable-Ratio Schedule
It is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses.
Continuous Reinforcement
The desired behavior is reinforced every single time it occurs. Once the response is firmly attached with the behavior, reinforcement is usually switched to a partial reinforcement schedule.
Fixed Interval and Variable-Interval Schedule
The periodic checks on student seatwork with a smile and pat on the shoulder effectively reinforce good study habits.
Q3
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3. Periodic checks on student seatwork with a smile and pat on the shoulder effectively reinforce good study habits is an example of _____.
a. Discrimination reinforcement
b. Variable-ratio schedule
c. Continuous reinforcement
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4. A student strives to work at a given task because of a need. Which of the following situations can make a student strive to meet his needs?
a. Minimize the unpleasant consequences of
student involvement
final decisions in the classroom
c. Use unfamiliar materials as examples in
order to initially arouse their curiosity
d. Ask pupils to submit test questions or
reactions from which you can select topics.
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4. A student strives to work at a given task because of a need. Which of the following situations can make a student strive to meet his needs?
a. Minimize the unpleasant consequences of
student involvement
final decisions in the classroom
c. Use unfamiliar materials as examples in
order to initially arouse their curiosity
d. Ask pupils to submit test questions or
reactions from which you can select topics.
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5. The singing of the National anthem in schools is an offshoot of the philosophy of _______.
a. Nationalism
b. Pragmatism
c. Naturalism
d. Socialism
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Pragmatism is a straightforward practical way of thinking about things or dealing with theories and principles.
Naturalism is a movement or a school advocating factual or realistic description of life, including its less pleasant aspects.
Socialism is a political system or theory in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people and operated according to equity and fairness rather than market principles.
Nationalism is devotion to a nation and its interests, often associated with a belief that one country is superior to all others. Q5
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5. The singing of the National anthem in schools is an offshoot of the philosophy of _______.
a. Nationalism
b. Pragmatism
c. Naturalism
d. Socialism
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6. The environment in order to facilitate learning must be interactive. Which of the following best typifies this kind of environment?
a. The child goes out and discovers for himself
some rocks or fossils.
b. The child listens to a lecture on fossils given
by the teacher
in his science textbook
fossils on the blackboard
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6. The environment in order to facilitate learning must be interactive. Which of the following best typifies this kind of environment?
a. The child goes out and discovers for himself
some rocks or fossils.
b. The child listens to a lecture on fossils given
by the teacher
in his science textbook
fossils on the blackboard
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7. Social development means the acquisition of the ability to behave in accordance with ______.
a. Social expectation
b. Stereotypes behavior
c. Social insight
d. Universal norms
Universal Norm
It is a universally accepted group-held belief about how members should behave in a given context.
Stereotyped Behavior
In psychiatry, it is a persistent mechanical repetition of speech or movement, sometimes occurring as a symptom of schizophrenia, autism or other mental disorder.
Social Insight
It refers to the ability to see clearly and intuitively the nature of complex social situation
Social Expectation
It refers to the standard of conduct or performance expected from somebody.
Q7
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7. Social development means the acquisition of the ability to behave in accordance with ______.
a. Social expectation
b. Stereotypes behavior
c. Social insight
d. Universal norms
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8. How does an adolescent, who combines ability to use deductive and inductive reasoning in constructing realistic rules that he can respect and live by, perceive his environment?
a. He views the world from his own perspective
b. He interprets events from a limited views
c. He does events apart from himself and other
people
eyes of other people
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Inductive Reasoning
> generalizing to produce a universal claim or principle from observed instances.
Deductive Reasoning
> forming of conclusions by applying the rules of logic to a premise
Q8
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8. How does an adolescent, who combines ability to use deductive and inductive reasoning in constructing realistic rules that he can respect and live by, perceive his environment?
a. He views the world from his own perspective
b. He interprets events from a limited views
c. He does events apart from himself and other
people
eyes of other people
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9. Who introduced the technique of using drawing of a man as a measure of intelligence?
a. Aristotle
b. Herbert
c. Goodenough
d. Binet
Florence Goodenough
> developed the Draw-A-Person Test which is a psychological projective personality or cognitive test that uses a drawing of a man used to evaluate children and adolescents.
Dr. Dale B. Harris later revised and extended the test and it is now known as the Goodenough–Harris Drawing Test.
Q9
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9. Who introduced the technique of using drawing of a man as a measure of intelligence?
a. Aristotle
b. Herbert
c. Goodenough
d. Binet
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10. Which Republic Act provides government assistance to students and teachers in private education?
a. RA 7784
b. RA 6728
c. RA 7836
d. RA 6675
Teachers in Private Education”
Establishing Centers of Excellence, Creating Teacher Education Council for the Purpose, Appropriating Funds, & for other Purposes”
R.A. 7836 – “Philippine Teachers Professionalization
Act of 1994”
Q10
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10. Which Republic Act provides government assistance to students and teachers in private education?
a. RA 7784
b. RA 6728
c. RA 7836
d. RA 6675
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11. The authoritarian setting in the Filipino home is reinforced by a classroom teacher who _____.
a. encourage pupils to ask questions
b. prescribes what pupils should do
c. is open to suggestions
d. ask open ended questions
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11. The authoritarian setting in the Filipino home is reinforced by a classroom teacher who _____.
a. encourage pupils to ask questions
b. prescribes what pupils should do
c. is open to suggestions
d. ask open ended questions
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12. Who among the following believes that learning requires disciplined attention, regular homework, and respect for legitimate authority?
a. Essentialist
b. Perennialist
c. Progressivist
d. Reconstructionist
> stresses active experimentation.
2. Existentialism
> Students should take responsibility for their own actions and shape their own destiny.
3. Essentialism
4.Reconstructionism
5. Perennialism
> believes that when students are immersed in the study of profound and enduring ideas, they will appreciate learning for its own sake and become true intellectuals.
Q 12
12. Who among the following believes that learning requires disciplined attention, regular homework, and respect for legitimate authority?
a. Essentialist
b. Perennialist
c. Progressivist
d. Reconstructionist
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13. The Constitutional provision on language has the following aims EXCEPT ______.
a. To make the regional dialect as auxiliary
media of instructions in regional school
b. To maintain English as a second language
c. To make Filipino the sole medium of
instruction
and medium of instruction &
Bilingual Education Policy of 1987
>“Bilingual Education Policy of 1987” in the Philippines is defined operationally as the separate use of Filipino and English as the media of instruction in specific subject areas.” As embodied in the DECS Order, Filipino shall be used as medium of instruction in social studies/social sciences, music, arts, physical education, home economics, practical arts and character education. English, on the other hand is allocated to science, mathematics, and technology subjects.
Q13
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Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education
 
In the K-12 Curriculum, mother tongue-based multi-lingual education (MTB-MLE) is used for instruction in Kinder to Grade 3 classes.
Q13
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13. The Constitutional provision on language has the following aims EXCEPT ______.
a. To make the regional dialect as auxiliary
media of instructions in regional school
b. To maintain English as a second language
c. To make Filipino the sole medium of
instruction
and medium of instruction &
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14. The tendency to emphasize so much on school beautification to the detriment of pupils performance illustrates the _____.
a. Filipino’s lack of seriousness
b. Filipino’s lack of reflection
C. Filipino’s sense of humor
d. Filipino’s love for “porma”
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14. The tendency to emphasize so much on school beautification to the detriment of pupils performance illustrates the _____.
a. Filipino’s lack of seriousness
b. Filipino’s lack of reflection
C. Filipino’s sense of humor
d. Filipino’s love for “porma”
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a. Child has opportunity to express
his/her opinion
the misdeed
rules
a. Child has opportunity to express
his/her opinion
the misdeed
rules
d. Child obeys blindly
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16. Who among the following stressed the processes of experience and problem solving?
a. Dewey
b. Aristotle
c. Hegel
d. Plato
G.W.F. Hegel
> Hegelianism is Hegel’s philosophy which can be summed up by the dictum “The rational alone is real” which means all realities are capable of being expressed in rational categories.
Aristotle
> He started out as great advocate of Platonism, but later on he shifted to empiricism which refers to the philosophical belief that “all people’s concepts, ideas or thoughts and all of their knowledge were ultimately based on perception.
Plato
> He was a proponent of the theory “Platonism” that both physical objects and instances of qualities are recognizable because of their common relationship to an abstract form or idea.
Q16
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16. Who among the following stressed the processes of experience and problem solving?
a. Dewey
b. Aristotle
c. Hegel
d. Plato
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17. Which of the following reasons for measuring student achievement is NOT valid?
a. To prepare feedback on the effectiveness of
the learning process
of competence in a subject area
c. To discourage students from cheating during
test and getting high scores
d. To motivate students to learn and master the
materials they think will be covered by the
achievement test.
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17. Which of the following reasons for measuring student achievement is NOT valid?
a. To prepare feedback on the effectiveness of
the learning process
of competence in a subject area
c. To discourage students from cheating during
test and getting high scores
d. To motivate students to learn and master the
materials they think will be covered by the
achievement test.
b. Give up easily
c. Rarely complete tasks
about quality of work
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18. Which characterizes the
perfectionist type of students?
b. Give up easily
c. Rarely complete tasks
about quality of work
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19. When a school decides to work on a thematic curriculum which should be out of the picture?
a. Peer collaboration
Thematic Curriculum
>refers to a curriculum which many of its areas are connected together and integrated with a theme.
It is based on the idea that knowledge acquisition is efficient among students when they learn in a coherent and holistic way and when they can associate whatever they learn to their surrounding and real life experiences.
Q19
Holistic (Holism)
>is characterized by the view that a whole system of beliefs must be analyzed rather than simply its individual components.
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19. When a school decides to work on a thematic curriculum which should be out of the picture?
a. Peer collaboration
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20. A teacher wants to teach his pupils the technique on reading for information. Which technique should be used?
a. Text structure
b. Prior knowledge
c. Story map
SQRRR (SQ3R)
> stands for survey, question, read, recite and review. It is a reading comprehension method introduced by Francis P. Robinson in his 1946 book entitled “Effective Study.”
Text Structure
> Most expository text are structured to facilitate the study process for the readers. They contain structural elements such as description of a topic, sequence of ideas, comparison and contrast of events, objects, etc., cause and effect relationship, problem and solution.
Q20
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20. A teacher wants to teach his pupils the technique on reading for information. Which technique should be used?
a. Text structure
b. Prior knowledge
c. Story map
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21. In instructional planning, which among these three: unit plan, course plan, lesson plan is most specific?
a. Course plan
b. Lesson plan
c. Unit plan
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21. In instructional planning, which among these three: unit plan, course plan, lesson plan is most specific?
a. Course plan
b. Lesson plan
c. Unit plan
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22. The use of drills in the classroom is rooted on Thorndike’s law of _____.
a. Readiness
b. Exercise
c. Effect
d. Belongingness
1. Law of Readiness
Students learn best when they are physically, mentally, and emotionally ready.
Later, Thorndike added 5 more laws of learning: primacy, recency, intensity, freedom and requirement.
Q22
2. Law of Exercise
It states that the meaningful things most often repeated are best remembered. This is the basis of classroom drills and practice.
2. Law of Effect
It states that the learning is strengthened when accompanied by a pleasant or satisfying feelings, and that the learning is weakened when associated with an unpleasant feeling.
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22. The use of drills in the classroom is rooted on Thorndike’s law of _____.
a. Readiness
b. Exercise
c. Effect
d. Belongingness
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23. Positive interdependence as an element of collaborative learning means that the students must ______.
a. Learn to depend on each other to
achieve a goal
c. Help one another in the individual test
for everyone to pass
d. Be grouped heterogeneously
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Cooperative Learning
>requires students to work in groups to complete the tasks collectively toward academic goals.
Five (5) essential elements:
4. Social skills
5. Group processing
Positive Interdependence
> indicates that each group member’s effort is required and indispensable for group success. Each group member has a unique contribution to make.
Q23
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23. Positive interdependence as an element of collaborative learning means that the students must ______.
a. Learn to depend on each other to
achieve a goal
c. Help one another in the individual test
for everyone to pass
d. Be grouped heterogeneously
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24. Which of the following measures should a teacher do to a principal whom she would like to file a case of sexual harassment without violating the relationship of the teacher to her superiors?
a. Present the case before the competent
authority & prepare to prove the charge
b. Write an anonymous letter to a higher school
official to denounce the superior
c. Call a parent-teacher meeting and denounce
the superior
to hold a demonstration to oust the superior
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24. Which of the following measures should a teacher do to a principal whom she would like to file a case of sexual harassment without violating the relationship of the teacher to her superiors?
a. Present the case before the competent
authority & prepare to prove the charge
b. Write an anonymous letter to a higher school
official to denounce the superior
c. Call a parent-teacher meeting and denounce
the superior
to hold a demonstration to oust the superior
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25. Which of the situations illustrates the duty of a new teacher to the state ____.
a. Take a long vacation which she firmly believed she
deserves after four years of diligent study before
taking the examination for teachers.
b. Apply for teaching job where eligibility is not required
to gain teaching experience before taking the
teachers board examination.
c. Prepare for the wedding she and her boyfriend have
long planned to be able to raise a family with
children which they plan to rear as good citizens of
our country
d. Take the licensure examination for teacher and an oath
to do her best to help carry out the policies of the state
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25. Which of the situations illustrates the duty of a new teacher to the state ____.
a. Take a long vacation which she firmly believed she
deserves after four years of diligent study before
taking the examination for teachers.
b. Apply for teaching job where eligibility is not required
to gain teaching experience before taking the
teachers board examination.
c. Prepare for the wedding she and her boyfriend have
long planned to be able to raise a family with
children which they plan to rear as good citizens of
our country
d. Take the licensure examination for teacher and an oath
to do her best to help carry out the policies of the state
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26. Parents are up in arms on the telephone bills that pay for sex calls. What is the solution to this problem?
a. The telephone company is to blame for
this
teeth
modern
discuss this openly
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26. Parents are up in arms on the telephone bills that pay for sex calls. What is the solution to this problem?
a. The telephone company is to blame for
this
teeth
modern
discuss this openly
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27. Cooperatives are encouraged in as many groups as possible. What agency controls the different cooperatives?
a. Security and Exchange Commission b. Department of Local Government
c. Commission on Audit
d. Bureau of Cooperative
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27. Cooperatives are encouraged in as many groups as possible. What agency controls the different cooperatives?
a. Security and Exchange Commission b. Department of Local Government
c. Commission on Audit
d. Bureau of Cooperative
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28. Society and media know drinking starts off drug addiction. What should be discussed in schools?
a. Drug addiction has been traced to
drinking wine
c. TV ads show drinking is a source of
fellowship
d. High taxes on liquor will be a deterrent to
eventual drug use
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28. Society and media know drinking starts off drug addiction. What should be discussed in schools?
a. Drug addiction has been traced to
drinking wine
c. TV ads show drinking is a source of
fellowship
d. High taxes on liquor will be a deterrent to
eventual drug use
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29. Cooperatives have been branched out to consumers cooperative. Schools have included the concepts of cooperatives. Where is it practiced?
a. School book stores
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29. Cooperatives have been branched out to consumers cooperative. Schools have included the concepts of cooperatives. Where is it practiced?
a. School book stores
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30. A student collapsed in her social studies class. It was found out that she did not eat her lunch. What principle is shown in the situation?
a. Psychological need
b. Physiological need
by Abraham Maslow Q30
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The physiological needs include the needs for oxygen, water, protein, salt, sugar, calcium, and other minerals and vitamins.  Also, there’s the needs to be active, to rest, to sleep, to get rid of wastes (CO2, sweat, urine, and feces), to avoid pain, and to have sex. 
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30. A student collapsed in her social studies class. It was found out that she did not eat her lunch. What principle is shown in the situation?
a. Psychological need
b. Physiological need
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31. The main function of a philosophy of education is to ______.
a. Aid the learner to build his own personal
philosophy
c. Provide the academic background
prerequisite to learning
which education is to strive
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31. The main function of a philosophy of education is to ______.
a. Aid the learner to build his own personal
philosophy
c. Provide the academic background
prerequisite to learning
which education is to strive
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32. Which technique enables a teacher to identify and eventually assist students with interpersonal difficulties?
a. Anecdotal record
b. Personal inventory
c. Cumulative record
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Anecdotal record consists of or based on secondhand accounts rather than firsthand knowledge or experience or scientific investigation.
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Cumulative record refers to record that is the result of successive or continuous addition of data or information.
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Personal inventory refers to a record that relates to the parts of somebody's life that are private.
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A sociogram is a graphic representation of social links that a person has. It is a graph drawing that plots the structure of interpersonal relations in a group situation.
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32. Which technique enables a teacher to identify and eventually assist students with interpersonal difficulties?
a. Anecdotal record
b. Personal inventory
c. Cumulative record
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33. Teachers and students can participate in these levels of computer use. Give the order of computer use from simplest to complex?
a. Computer competency, computer literacy,
competency expertise
computer competency
computer literacy
computer expertise
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Literacy refers to knowledge in a subject or area of activity.
Competency refers to an ability to do something, especially measured against a standard.
Expertise refers to the skill, knowledge, or opinion possessed by an expert.
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33. Teachers and students can participate in these levels of computer use. Give the order of computer use from simplest to complex?
a. Computer competency, computer literacy,
competency expertise
computer competency
computer literacy
computer expertise
34. Which one is considered the “Brain” of the microcomputer?
a. CPU
b. Software
34. Which one is considered the “Brain” of the microcomputer?
a. CPU
b. Software
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35. A group activity wherein one group representative presents the output to the bigger group rather than individual pupils presenting the output is known as ____.
a. Consensus decision
b. Composite report
c. Jury trial
Consensus Decision
> is a decision made after all the aspects of an issue, both positive and negative, have been reviewed or discussed to the extent that everyone openly understands, supports, and participates in the decision.
Composite Report
Q35
Agenda
>a formal list of things to be done in a specific order, especially a list of things to be discussed at a meeting.
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35. A group activity wherein one group representative presents the output to the bigger group rather than individual pupils presenting the output is known as ____.
a. Consensus decision
b. Composite report
c. Jury trial
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36. In the formulation of classroom regulations, which of the following should a teacher refrain from doing?
a. State classroom regulation as clearly as
possible
classroom regulation
and fairly
regulations as possible
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36. In the formulation of classroom regulations, which of the following should a teacher refrain from doing?
a. State classroom regulation as clearly as
possible
classroom regulation
and fairly
regulations as possible
that _____.
b. 50% of the scores obtained is zero
c. More than 50% of the score
obtained is zero
obtained is zero
that _____.
b. 50% of the scores obtained is zero
c. More than 50% of the score
obtained is zero
obtained is zero
a. Paper-and-pencil test in vocabulary
b. Oral performance to assess student’s
spoken communication skills
skill in the use of scientific methods
d. Artistic production for music or art
subject
a. Paper-and-pencil test in vocabulary
b. Oral performance to assess student’s
spoken communication skills
skill in the use of scientific methods
d. Artistic production for music or art
subject
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39. In what period of a child is physical growth fastest?
a. Prenatal period
b. Early adolescence
c. Early childhood
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39. In what period of a child is physical growth fastest?
a. Prenatal period
b. Early adolescence
c. Early childhood
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40. How does fear affect the voluntariness of an act?
a. Makes the act involuntary
b. No effect at all
c. Increases voluntariness
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Voluntary means arising, acting, or resulting from somebody's own choice or decision rather than because of external pressure or force.
Involuntary is caused by force, or using force to make somebody do something.
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It would seem that fear causes involuntariness simply. For just as violence regards that which is contrary to the will at the time, so fear regards a future evil which is offensive to the will. But violence causes involuntariness simply. Therefore, fear too causes involuntariness simply.
The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas
Aquinas
40. How does fear affect the voluntariness of an act?
a. Makes the act involuntary
b. No effect at all
c. Increases voluntariness