This is the Multiple Choice Questions in Professional Education part 1 as one coverage of Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET). The exam is divided into two classifications. First is the elementary level exam which covers topics from General Education (GenEd) 40% and Professional Education (ProfEd) 60%. Secondly is the secondary level which covers GenEd 20%, ProfEd 40% and area of specialization 40%. I assume you are looking for a reviewer that will help you achieve your goal to become a professional License teacher very soon. Yes, you are in the right place to make your dream come true. Make sure to familiarize each and every questions to increase the chance of passing the Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET).
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (Elementary and Secondary) Coverage
- Teaching Profession, Social Dimensions of Education
- Principles of Teaching, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development
- Facilitating Learning, Child and Adolescent Development
- Assessment of Student Learning, Developmental Reading
- Field Study, Practice Teaching
Practice Exam Test Questions
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.
1. Teacher Kim, a Physical Education teacher wrote this objective in her lesson plan “to execute the four fundamental dance steps.” When observed by the school principal, she was showing her class the basic dance steps. Why did the teacher use a demonstration method to implement her objective?
A. It is a chance to show teacher’s expertise.
B. It is easier to imitate a teacher who shows the steps.
C. No student knows how execute the steps.
D. Class time is limited to ask student to execute.
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Option B
2. Which is a classroom application of this principle: “Students learn more effectively when they elaborate on new information.” Ask your students to _________.
A. write the principle five times
B. commit the principle to memory
C. identify an application of the principle
D. print the principle in big letters then put it in a place where you can read it time and again
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Option C
3. Mrs. Santos 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.
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Option C
II. Assessment is separate from curriculum and instruction.
III. Assessment is a basis for planning instruction.
IV. The process of learning is as important as the content of the curriculum
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. II and III
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Option C
5. Which of the following is something that should almost always be discussed with students when they are given an assignment that may be new to them?
A. What the student can expect to learn from the given assignment.
B. Whether the student will be tested on the material covered by the assignment.
C. Whether the assignment will be graded according to the same criteria as other assignments.
D. What kind of prior experience the teacher has had with the same type of assignment.
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Option A
6. Why are computers increasingly becoming pervasive in schools nowadays?
A. Anybody can operate computers without formal training.
B. Computers are the most effective educational technology.
C. Computers increase efficiency and productivity.
D. Students have access to computers in school and at home.
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Option C
7. How can a teacher make effective use of technology to improve her lessons?
A. Allow students to bring their personal tablets in school.
B. Use internet resources to research on additional inputs to improve her lessons.
C. Transfer lessons from textbooks to PowerPoint presentation.
D. Allow students to use Facebook to comment on one another’s projects.
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Option B
8. When using questions in the classroom, all of the following strategies are recommended, EXCEPT which one?
A. Asking leading questions that suggest the desired answer
B. Avoiding questions that can be answered with yes or no
C. Using fact-based questions to lead into thinking-based questions
D. Allowing plenty of time for students to think about answers
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Option A
9. How can a teacher help students with different learning and thinking styles continue to learn more effectively?
A. Allow sufficient time for processing different types of information
B. Provide a general overview of the lesson
C. Use a variety of reflection strategies
D. Use questions of all types to stimulate various levels of thinking and valuing.
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Option D
10. Which of the following is best for a teacher to do when establishing classroom rules?
A. Mention the rules once at the beginning of the school year.
B. State the rules in a forceful way to establish authority.
C. Explain why the established rules are necessary for student cooperation.
D. Create as many rules and procedures as possible to guarantee order and control.
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Option C
11. All except one of the following techniques may be used for effective classroom management. Which one?
A. Setting limits on accepted and nonaccepted action in the classroom
B. Assigning extra work to students for misbehaving in class
C. Monitoring what is happening in the classroom
D. Removing a positive stimulus for inappropriate behavior
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Option B
12. A sound advice 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
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Option B
13. Movement management is all but one of the following. Which one?
A. Pace of the lesson is modulated to keep student's attention.
B. Momentum of a lesson is consistent, monitored, and adjusted to prevent slow-downs and stoppages.
C. Teacher answers the same question multiple times.
D. Happenings and disruptions are handled smoothly.
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Option C
14. A teacher’s nonverbal coping skills in the classroom, like planned ignoring, signal interference, proximity control, and touch interference have the following advantages except one. Which one?
A. These produce the least disturbance in the classroom.
B. Other students can help the teacher discipline the problem student.
C. Off-task behavior is managed while the teaching-learning processes continues.
D. The likelihood of hostile confrontation is minimized because there is no public intervention.
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Option B
15. What mistaken goal does a student aim for when he/she expresses defiance by teasing, tmper tanrums, and low-level hostile behavior to get the teacher to argue or fight with him/her?
A. Attention getting
B. Power seeking
C. Revenge seeking
D. Withdrawal
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Option B
16. When Teacher Joanne manages time in the classroom, she does all except one of the following. Which one?
A. Establish class routines.
B. Maintain lesson momentum and avoid interruptions.
C. Set many class rules with students to prevent misbehavior.
D. Use the “overlapping” technique
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Option C
17. When does praise become INEFFECTIVE? When it _____________.
A. is given after the process is completed.
B. specifies the particulars of the accomplishment
C. attributes the student’s success to ability alone, or to factors such as luck or easy task.
D. makes the student appreciate his own task-related behavior and think about problem-solving.
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Option C
18. When curriculum content is fairly distributed in each area of discipline this means that the curriculum is __________.
A. sequenced
B. balanced
C. integrated
D. continue
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Option B
19. Which pair of the components of a lesson plan does NOT parallel curriculum components?
A. Behavioral objectives and Evaluation
B. Subject matter and Content
C. integrated
D. continue
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Option B
19. Which pair of the components of a lesson plan does NOT parallel curriculum components?
A. Behavioral objectives and Evaluation
B. Subject matter and Content
C. Teaching Methods and Instruction
D. Assessment and Evaluation
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Option A
20. The K to 12 curriculum hinges on the following ideals except one. Which one?
A. Curriculum is contextualized and global.
B. Curriculum is subject matter-centered.
C. Curriculum is inquiry-based, reflective, and collaborative.
D. Curriculum aligns with the framework of the MTB-MLE.
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Option B
22. What is referred to as Bruner’s structure for teaching that introduces the fundamental structure of all subjects in the school years, and then revisits the subjects in more and more complex forms over time?
A. Hidden curriculum
B. Assessment
C. Sustaining expectations
D. Spiral curriculum
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Option D
23. The Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) of the K + 12 curriculum is a ____ method since it starts from the known to unknown.
A. inductive
B. inductive first then deductive
C. deductive
D. deductive first then inductive
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Option A
24. Why are there more illustrations in elementary books than in the upper levels?
A. Elementary pupils are slow in the reading process.
B. High school students are more mature and imaginative.
C. Elementary pupils are less imaginative yet, they need more exposure.
D. There is no need to motivate the elementary pupils all the time.
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Option C
25. A big story breaks in your local newspaper. You want to use the headlines as an inquiry device. You might begin by ______________.
A. explaining what you believe to be the underlying causes
B. asking the class to infer connotations and denotations from the headline
C. describing the background of the story as you know it
D. showing the headline and then asking for a volunteer to read the story to the class and interpret the meaning
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Option B
26. Which is a planning tool that helps the reader analyze the story so that the questions during discussion will create a coherent framework for understanding text?
A. Story map
B. Graphic organizer
C. Semantic web
D. Tree outline
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Option A
27. Which is an effective technique in teaching children in the emergent literacy stage?
A. Imposing the use of correct spelling when writing
B. Giving of isolated word drills and memorization of rules
C. Providing activities that let then enjoy
D. Having a print-rich classroom
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Option D
28. If you use the Pygmalion effect to explain why children coming from depressed areas cannot read, to which would you attribute the poor reading performance of this particular group of children?
A. Poor expectations from depressed areas
B. Lack of motivation
C. Ineffective teaching methods
D. Lack of reading materials
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Option A
29. Multiple intelligences can be used to explain children’s reading performance. Which group tends to be good readers?
A. Linguistically intelligent group
B. Spatially intelligent group
C. Existentially intelligent group
D. Kinesthetically intelligent group
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Option A
30. With which of the following is poor reading performance associated?
I. Use of rote memorization as reading strategy
II. Relatively low self-esteem
III. Deprived home environment
A. I, II and III
B. II and III
C. I and II
D. II
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Option A
31. How can teachers encourage students to become readers?
A. By giving them plenty of reading materials
B. By exposing them to expensive and varied reading materials
C. By giving them reading materials within their level of interest
D. By giving them reading materials to supplement their knowledge in different subject areas
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Option C
32. The benefit of reading aloud is that children learn___________.
A. New vocabulary in meaningful contexts
B. To value the presence of their friends as they read together
C. To make predictions by examining pictures and listening for clues
D. To use their imaginations to explore new ideas as they listen to stories being read.
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Option D
33. What is the BEST move that teachers can do to encourage students to become good readers?
A. Give them sufficient reading materials suitable to their interest and level of development.
B. Require them to read all the books about “How to Develop Your Reading Skills”.
C. Give them reading materials to supplement their knowledge of various subjects.
D. Ask them to buy the latest books released by popular authors.
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Option A
34. John Dewey said, “An ounce of experience is better than a ton of theory.” To which does this statement point?
A. The need theory
B. The need of experience
C. The primacy of experience
D. The primacy of theory
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Option C
35. Learning is influenced by social interaction and interpersonal relations. What must a teacher do?
A. Make students work collaboratively
B. Motivate student to reflect on how they learn.
C. Make students feel good about themselves
D. Give more independent study
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Option A
36. Schools should look into every child's environmental systems in order to understand more about the characteristics of each child, and each learner. What are the important responsibilities of teachers and schools?
I. Welcome and nurture families.
II. Value work done on behalf of children at all levels.
III. Replace relationships in the home.>
A. I and III
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II
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Option D
37. Which VIOLATES this brain-based principle of teaching-learning: “Each child’s brain is unique and vastly different from one another.”
A. Employing MI teaching approaches.
B. Giving ample opportunity for a pupil to explore even if the class creates “noise”
C. Making a left-handed pupil writes with his right hand as this is better
D. Allowing open dialogue among students
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Option C
I. The less experiences a child has, the more disciplined he/she becomes.
II. The more experiences a child has, the richer his/her world becomes.
III. The more selective parents in the exposure of their child, the more challenged the child becomes.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. III only
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Option B
39. Pilar processes information linearly. Her style is a specialty of which part of the brain:
A. Global
B. Analytic
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
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Option B
40. Which of the following characterize/s a constructivist approach?
I. Teacher makes meaning
II. Less teacher talk
III. With teachers facilitating, students create knowledge
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. II and III
D. I, II, and III
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Option C
41. Applied behavior analysis is important in managing serious behavior problems. Which of the following is an example?
A. Giving constant verbal reminders.
B. Praising students who are behaving.
C. Allowing students to be busy on meaningful tasks.
D. Selecting punisher criteria for punishment and reinforcer criteria for reinforcement.
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Option D
42. The teacher notices that Student A cannot solve a problem on his own, but can when he is given calculated hints. This is an example of
A. Scaffolding
B. The zone of proximal development
C. Pre-operational thinking
D. Lateralization
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Option A
43. Teacher Arielle asks his students to see the connection of their new lesson to their own personal experiences and share the same with the class. Teacher Arielle believes in which principle of learning?
A. Learning is an active process.
B. Learning is the discovery of the personal meaning of ideas.
C. Learning begins with setting clear expectations and learning outcomes.
D. Learning is a cooperative and a collaborative process.
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Option B
44. Learning is meaningful when it is connected to students’ everyday life. What is an application of this principle in learning?
A. Teacher asks the class to show application of what they learned to their daily life.
B. Teacher makes everyday life the starter of his/her lesson.
C. Teacher narrates true-to-life stories.
D. Teacher asks students to come up with clippings of Filipino life.
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Option A
45. Teacher Myleen talked all period. She taught the class the steps in conducting a descriptive research. She also showed a poorly done research, discussed why it is poorly done and finally showed a model of a descriptive research. Was teacher Mylene’s approach learner-centered?
A. Yes, she taught for all the learners.
B. Yes, she made things easy for the learners.
C. No, she was more subject matter-centered and teacher centered.
D. No, because her subject matter was highly technical.
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Option C
46. Learning is an active process. Which one is an application of this principle?
A. Let students learn the steps in opening a computer by making them follow the steps.
B. Group students for work on project, that way project becomes less expensive.
C. Teach your content from a multidisciplinary perspective.
D. Avoid drills which are out of context.
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Option A
47. Visual imagery helps people store information in their memory more effectively. Which is one teaching implication of this principle?
A. Tell them to read more illustrated comics.
B. You will not object when your students daydream in class.
C. Instruct students to take notes while you lecture.
D. Encourage your students to imagine the characters and situations when reading a story.
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Option D
48. You will understand when a pre-school boy asserts that two rows of five coins similarly spaced have equal amounts; but when one row is spread out so that it is longer than the other, he says it has more coins. Based on Piaget’s theory, which ability does he lack?
A. Multiple classification
B. Perspective taking
C. Reversibility
D. Conservation
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Option D
49. A child asked why his cousins call his father “Uncle” instead of “Daddy”. Which characteristic was shown by the child?
A. Egocentrism
B. Conservation
C. Lack of Object Permanence
D. Centration
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Option A
50. A mother told his son that “ANIMAL” and “AMINAL” are not the same. In Piaget’s term, this process is called _______.
A. Assimilation
B. Accommodation
C. Decentration
D. Centration
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Option B