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Thursday, January 12, 2023

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

        

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1.      Suppose that in developing a curriculum, your intention is to put a lot of importance in developing the mind and spirit of the learners. What philosophical belief will help you on this?

a.      Axiology

b.      Idealism

c.      Pragmatism

d.      Reconstructionism

 

2.      Two of the following choices NOT considered as social forces that affect the school and the curriculum, which are these?

a.      Multicultural concerns

b.      Change in gender roles

c.      Nature of knowledge

d.      Learner’s characteristics

 

3.      Two of the following choices NOT considered as social forces that affect the school and the curriculum, which are these?

a.      Multicultural concerns

b.      Change in gender roles

c.      Nature of knowledge

d.      Learner’s characteristics

 

4.      A curriculum developer decides to effect a curricular change, instead of curriculum improvement. The most probable reason for this is that the results of curriculum evaluation call for an alteration in the _________ and in the _________

a.      Set of competencies and objectives

b.      Teaching strategies to be used

c.      Time allotment of subject areas

d.      Sequence of content for a certain year/grade level

 

5.      A curriculum developer decides to effect a curricular change, instead of curriculum improvement. The most probable reason for this is that the results of curriculum evaluation call for an alteration in the _________ and in the _________

a.      Set of competencies and objectives

b.      Teaching strategies to be used

c.      Time allotment of subject areas

d.      Sequence of content for a certain year/grade level

 

6.      For the situation analysis that may be done for curriculum planning, a teacher or developer must examine TWO of the following things. These are the __________ and the ___________

a.      Abilities and educational needs of learners

b.      Way by which the curriculum is used

c.      Changing nature of the subject matter to be taught

d.      Form of the curriculum

 

7.      For the situation analysis that may be done for curriculum planning, a teacher or developer must examine TWO of the following things. These are the __________ and the ___________

a.      Abilities and educational needs of learners

b.      Way by which the curriculum is used

c.      Changing nature of the subject matter to be taught

d.      Form of the curriculum

 

 

8.      Every curriculum has this dimension. This is both unplanned and implicit but its instructional effects are often evident in the student’s behaviour, values and dispositions. This dimension is referred to as _________

a.      Societal curriculum

b.      Instructional curriculum

c.      Institutional curriculum

d.      Hidden curriculum

 

9.      Dr.Almonte , the provincial hospital director, plans to attend a school board meeting where a new high school science curriculum will be discussed. Which level of curriculum is shown in this situation?

a.      Experiential

b.      Instructional

c.      Institutional

d.      Societal

 

10.  Mrs Galang often makes use of experiential 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.      Process-oriented

d.      Life-functions-focused

 

11.  The concept includes the sub-process of curriculum planning, organization, implementation and evaluation. What concept is this?

a.      Curriculum development

b.      Curriculum assessment

c.      Curriculum management

d.      Curriculum and instruction

 

12.  If the ‘ What” in teaching refers to curriculum, the “how” of it refers to ___________

a.      Strategies

b.      Instruction

c.      Learning

d.      Approaches

 

13.  Mrs. Padilla, the principal of Casay Elementary School, opted to use the curriculum that involves the integration of Social Studies, Music, Arts, and P.E on longer time blocks. This shows that the design pattern she prefers is that of the _____________curriculum

a.      Correlated subject

b.      Core

c.      Mastery learning

d.      Broad fields

 

14.  The school has responsibility to develop, among other things, problem-solving and abstraction skills. This responsibility has something to do with _______________

a.      Intellectualism

b.      Technological changes

c.      Vocational preparation

d.      Citizenship

  

15.  The curriculum used during this period in Philippine History terminated the use of English as a medium of instruction. What period was this?

a.      American

b.      Spanish

c.      Commonwealth

d.      Japanese

 

16.  One popular conception of curriculum is that which aims to provide the learners with the needed skills in this ever-changing world. Which conception is this?

a.      Self – actualization

b.      Social relevance

c.      Cumulative tradition of organized knowledge

d.      Technology

 

17.  As a social studies teacher, you are tasked to implement the newly revised curriculum. Which two important initial action will you first take?

a.      Understand the external and the nature of change in the curriculum.

b.      Develop a unit plan for the subject

c.      Attend all orientation and/or training activities that meant to clarify and develop meaning for aspect of the revised curriculum

d.      Prepare appropriate instructional materials for the lessons during the first grading period

 

18.  As a social studies teacher, you are tasked to implement the newly revised curriculum. Which two important initial action will you first take?

a.      Understand the external and the nature of change in the curriculum.

b.      Develop a unit plan for the subject

c.      Attend all orientation and/or training activities that meant to clarify and develop meaning for aspect of the revised curriculum

d.      Prepare appropriate instructional materials for the lessons during the first grading period

 

19.  Which of the following statement about the concept of curriculum is NOT quite acceptable?

a.      It refers to all the experiences that both the school and the teacher provide the students with

b.      It is the set of acquired knowledge, habits, and skills.

c.      It consists of everything that goes within the school

d.      It is a planned action for instruction

 

20.  Which TWO statements show that the concepts of curriculum and instruction are similar?

a.      Both involve thorough planning, implementation, and evaluation processes

b.      Both refer to social and cultural changes as one of the sources of content

c.      Both are tasked to determine what method is appropriate to teach lesson

d.      Both have set of objective to attain

 

21.  Which TWO statements show that the concepts of curriculum and instruction are similar?

a.      Both involve thorough planning, implementation, and evaluation processes

b.      Both refer to social and cultural changes as one of the sources of content

c.      Both are tasked to determine what method is appropriate to teach lesson

d.      Both have set of objective to attain


22.  This phase of curriculum development involves decisions, among other things, on grade placement and sequencing of content. Which phase is this?

a.      Curriculum planning

b.      Curriculum evaluation

c.      Curriculum organization

d.      Curriculum implementation

 

23.  Which statement about the subject – centered curriculum is NOT true?

a.      There is a high level of cooperative interaction

b.      It covers much content in a short period of time

c.      The teacher has full control of the classroom activities

d.      The main task is mastery of learning

 

24.  Ryan, a grade VI pupil, remembers that he has had lessons on Philippine history since he was in grade IV this is because the design of the curriculum implemented in his school is the ______________

a.      Core curriculum

b.      Problem solving curriculum

c.      Spiral curriculum

d.      Open education curriculum

 

25.  Mrs Garcia would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum because she believes that all subjects in this type of curriculum are geared towards the holistic development of the learner. Is her belief about the centered curriculum true? Why?

a.      Yes, because the subject centered curriculum focuses on the learners needs, interests, and abilities

b.      No, because it is the experience centered curriculum that emphasize the teaching of facts and knowledge for future use

c.      Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum involves cooperative control

d.      No, because it is the experience centered and not the subject-centered curriculum that emphasizes integration of habits and skills in learning the knowledge component of a subject areas

 

26.  In curriculum planning, one of these factors is concerned with the identification of required resources and list of expenditures and revenue estimates. This factor is that of __________

a.      Goal setting

b.      Situation analysis

c.      Decisions on implementation and evaluation

d.      Budget determination

 

27.  During this particular historical period,specific subject areas in the curriculum started to be taught in Filipino while the others in English, as provided in the newly-mandated Bilingual Education Policy which period was this?

a.      Commonwealth

b.      Third Republic

c.      New society

d.      Japanese

 

28.  This type of curriculum focuses more on problem solving processes and skills and human relation than on content acquisition. Which type is this?

a.      Subject centered

b.      Society-culture-based

c.      Learner-centered

d.      None of the above


29.  While having supper, Mrs. Garcia asks her two children what they learned in the school earlier that day. Which level of curriculum  is shown in this situation?

a.      Institutional

b.      Experiential

c.      Societal

d.      Instructional

 

30.  The Baya Elementary School uses a curriculum design that recognizes the ability levels of its pupils. Thus, the content of the subject areas taught across grade levels are so organized that the simplest concepts are taken up in the early grades and the more difficult ones, in the higher levels. This shows a widening and deepening sequence of similar concepts taught through the elementary levels. Which curriculum design is this?

a.      Correlated

b.      Broad fields

c.      Spiral

d.      Core

 

31.  Mr. Cruz is interested in getting involved in a school-related functions. He asked “why should schools need a curriculum? Which curriculum foundations could give him some ideas for an answer?

a.      Socio-philosophical

b.      Psychological

c.      Historical

d.      Technological

 

32.  During the implementation phase of the curriculum, the following, except one, are factors worth considering for the effective use of the curriculum in the classroom. Which is the exception?

a.      What resources are required

b.      How curriculum is to be disseminated

c.      How teachers are to be given the necessary knowledge and skills

d.      What content items re to be included

 

33.  The San Jose District plans to adopt the reading program used in the San Agustin District. What curriculum improvement level does this show?

a.      Variation

b.      Value orientation

c.      Substitution

d.      restructuring

 

34.  Mrs. De Jesus is a member of the school District Curriculum Evaluation team that tries to assess the “product aspect” of the curriculum currently being used. What it means?

a.      Wise use of resources

b.      How curriculum implementers did their job

c.      How well the curriculum meet the learner’s needs

d.      Extent of curriculum implementation

 

35.  Mr. Gabriel, a curriculum consultant on economics insists that in selecting the curriculum content, it is better that throughout the high school years, economic geography concepts be used to recur and repeated with depth for effective learning. What criterion in content selection is shown here?

a.      Validity

b.      Continuity and sequence

c.      significance

d.      learnability


36.  Dr.Mansor intends to open a school with a curriculum that must be primarily experience centered. Which of the following criteria must she NOT follow to ensure that the curriculum is that which she wants?

a.      The curriculum should promote the use of active and dynamic process so that learning is improved

b.      The curriculum should be used with a high level of cooperative interaction

c.      The curriculum content should be primarily based on the learner’s  needs, ability levels and interests

d.      The curriculum should emphasize the teaching of facts and knowledge

 

37.  As stakeholder in curriculum development, Ms. Fuertes a district supervisor and a member of the school board, has one of the following primary roles. Which one is this?

a.      Support and participate in parent-school organization activities

b.      Authorize school expenditures for curriculum development, implementation and evaluation

c.      Enact legislation to effect curriculum improvement

d.      Recommend changes in the curriculum

 

38.  Which statement is true in using the non-technical approach to curriculum development?

a.      The teacher function both as a curriculum developer and implementor

b.      The processes used in curriculum development are rational and systematic

c.      The teachers rarely participate in the development of curricula

d.      Curriculum functions are separate but related to instructional functions

 

39.  Atty. Robredo is involved in curriculum development. Her conception of curriculum strongly leans on its being a cognitive process. Which of the following statement specifically reflects this conception she holds?

a.      Curriculum aims to make learning efficient and systematic

b.      Curriculum develops skills in analysing, deducing and speculating

c.      The content of the curriculum is sourced from different academic disciplines

d.      The curriculum largely considers the full development of the learners

 

40.  What refers to the authenticity of the content selected by the curriculum developers?

a.      Feasibility

b.      Learnability

c.      Significance

d.      Validity

 

41.  Which is NOT a description of the experience centered curriculum?

a.      Emphasis is on the total growth and development of the learners

b.      Controlled and cooperatively directed by learners, teachers, and parent

c.      Education is a means to develop socially creative individual

d.      Emphasis upon facts and knowledge for future use

 

42.  Ms. Mateo a science teacher tries to enrich in the content of her lesson by identifying related concepts in Math. What pattern of organizing content/subject matter did she consider?

a.      Broadfield

b.      Correlated

c.      Core

d.      Separate subject


43.  Which curriculum design element is taking place when Noel, a senior high school student, can connect the lessons he learned in a subject area to a related content in another subject area?

a.      Articulation

b.      Balance

c.      Continuity

d.      Integration

 

44.  Which educational philosophy focuses on the role of curriculum as a member in remaking society and rebuilding culture?

a.      Perennialism

b.      Progressivism

c.      Existentialism

d.      Reconstructionism

 

45.  What process is being undertaken by curriculum developers when they enrich, or modify certain aspects ofa particular program without changing its fundamental conceptions?

a.      Curriculum improvement

b.      Curriculum change

c.      Curriculum design

d.      Curriculum implementation

 

46.  Which curriculum development phase focuses on attention of a curriculum’s basic structure and design?

a.      Curriculum change

b.      Curriculum implementation

c.      Curriculum improvement

d.      Curriculum evaluation

 

47.  As a member of the curriculum committee, your chief concern is to give the child freedom to choose what to learn and believe, as you allow them to set their own identities and standards. What philosophy will you consider?

a.      Existentialism

b.      Realism

c.      Idealism

d.      None of the above

 

48.  What process of curriculum development is being undertaken by the developers when they try to obtain relevant and significant information to be able to judge the worth of an educational program, its product, procedures and objectives?

a.      Curriculum planning

b.      Curriculum designing

c.      Curriculum organization

d.      Curriculum evaluation

 

49.  Proponents of the technical scientific approach of curriculum development believe that curriculum is a means and _______________is the end.

a.      Technique

b.      Instruction

c.      Learning

d.      Strategy

 

50.  One example of this design of subject centered curriculum is that which shows social studies being combined with geography, civics and culture, and history to comprise one subject area. Which design is this?

a.      Correlated

b.      Broadfields

c.      Fused

d.      Core

 

51.  The government prescribed a higher percentage on the administration of educational institution to the Filipino citizens in order to:

a.      Minimize the unemployment problem

b.      Produce globally competitive graduates

c.      Protect the right of the citizens

d.      Ensure the teaching of Filipino

 

52.  Free public elementary and secondary education is in line with the government’s effort to address educational problems of

a.      Relevance and quality

b.      Access and equity

c.      Effectiveness and efficiency

d.      Productivity

 

53.  Which of the following abilities is stressed by humanistic education?

a.      Enjoy the great works of man such as the classics

b.      Learn the different philosophy “know thyself”

c.      Make man distinctly civilized, educated and refined

d.      Develop man into a thinking individual

 

54.  Parents negatively react on play in children’s curriculum. A teacher who knows the importance of play would tell the parents that?

a.      Playing is important in the child’s cognitive development

b.      Playing is a good form of exercises

c.      Playing makes learning a pleasurable experience

d.      Playing is a stage of child’s development

 

55.  What is the main concern of the spiralling of a curriculum?

a.      Curriculum renewal and revision

b.      Horizontal articulation among the subjects in a grade level

c.      Vertical articulation of a given subject across grade level

d.      Incorporating governmental thrusts and societal concerns

 

56.  The construction of the curriculum in a modern school be

a.      Planned by the principal, supervisors and superintendent and teachers

b.      Decided by the Deped and followed by all schools in the country

c.      Planned cooperatively by experienced persons and students

d.      Built based on books available in school

 

57.  When will the K to 12 programs be implemented?

a.      s/y 2011 – 2012

b.      s/y 2012 – 2013

c.       s/y 2014 – 2015

d.      s/y 2010 – 2011

 

58.  The first batch of high school students to go through K to 12 will graduate in _______

a.      March 2015

b.      March 2016

c.       March 2017

d.      March 2018

 

59.  In what school year the grade 11 will be introduced?

a.      2016 – 2017

b.      2017 – 2018

c.       2018 – 2019

d.      2020 – 2021

 

60.  The following are some features of K to 12 curriculum EXCEPT:

a.      The K to 12 curriculum is decongested

b.      The K to 12 curriculum is seamless

c.       The K to 12 curriculum is relevant and responsive

d.      The K to 12 curriculum is teacher-centered

 

61.  When the K to 12 curriculum is learner centered?

a.      It focuses on the optimum development of the Filipino child

b.      It responds to the needs of the community

c.       It focuses on understanding for mastery

d.      It uses integrative, inquiry-based and constructive approaches to develop the competencies of learners.

 

62.  When the K to 12 programs is enriched?

a.      It focuses on the optimum development of the Filipino child

b.      It responds to the needs of the community

c.       It focuses on understanding for mastery

d.      It uses integrative, inquiry-based and constructive approaches to develop the competencies of learners.

 

63.  When the K to 12 programs is relevant and responsive?

a.      Learning will be systematically matched with labor market requirements.

b.      It focuses on the optimum development of the Filipino child

c.       It responds to the needs of the community

d.      It focuses on understanding for mastery

 

64.     According to SEAMEO INNOTECH many Filipino students failed to master the competencies skills necessary for productive life because of the following factors EXCEPT:

a.      Limited period of time

b.      Fragmented content

c.       Disintegrated content

d.      Teachers factor

 

65.     When the K to 12 curriculums is decongested?

a.      It focuses on understanding for mastery and has removed the unnecessary repeated competencies

b.      It focuses on the optimum development of the Filipino child

c.       It responds to the needs of the community

d.      It uses integrative, inquiry-based and constructive approaches to develop the competencies of learners.

 

66.  The following are the benefits of K to 12 curriculum for Filipino learners and their families EXCEPT one:

a.      Have more time to master the desired learning competencies

b.      They will be given opportunity to learn beyond academic through a career pathways program

c.       Graduates will not only gain a high school diploma but they will acquire certificate of competencies

d.      Families can’t afford education as the cost of the additional two years in high school.

 

 

67.     The K to 12 will contribute to economic growth bringing progress to society and to the nation. Research studies show that:

I.     Each additional year bring 10% increase in wage earning

II.   Longer time spent in education increase likelihood of employment

III. An additional year increases the average 40 year growth rate in Gross Domestic product by about 0.37 percentage points

IV. A year of schooling typically shows a 25- 30 % rate of return

A.      I and II only

B.      II, III and IV only

C.      I, II, and III only

D.     I, II, III, and IV

 

68.     Why the K to 12 Program is being designed and implemented?

a.      To overcome the inherent limitation of ten year basic education

b.      Learning and quantity of education will improved

c.       Filipino students learn better

d.      Degrees of Filipino are recognized as widely as possible

e.      All of the above

 

69.     The Filipino graduates under K to 12 basic curriculum envisioned to :

I.        Possess sufficient mastery of basic competencies

II.      Be emotionally developed and competent to live a meaningful life

III.    Be socially aware, pro-active, and involved in public and civic affairs

IV.    Be adequately prepared for the world of work or entrepreneurship

a.      I, II, and III only

b.      II, III and IV only

c.       III and IV only

d.      I, II, III, and IV

 

70.     The Filipino graduates under K to 12 basic curriculum program are characterized as graduates who:

I.        Possess healthy mind and body

II.      Have a solid moral and spiritual grounding

III.    Appreciate and care for humanity, the world, and environment

IV.    Are proud to be a Filipino

a.      IV only

b.      I, II, and III only

c.       II, III, and IV only

d.      I, II, III and IV

 

71.     K to 12 basic curriculum is carried out under the principles of:

a.      Inclusive education

b.      Learner’s growth and development

c.       Teaching and learning

d.      Assessment

e.      All of the above

 

72.     The K to 12 basic Education Curriculum is outcome-based as it prepares learners for:

a.         Higher education

b.         Middle level skills

c.          Employment

d.         All of the above

 

73.     In what school year was the universal kindergarten implemented?

a.      s/y 2011 – 2012

b.      s/y 2012 – 2013

c.       s/y 2013 – 2014

d.      s/y 2014 – 2015

 

74.        the medium of instruction should be used from kindergarten to grade III

a.      mother tongue

b.      Filipino

c.       English

d.      Bilingual

 

75.        In what grade level the bridging or transition to Filipino and English as language of instruction will be introduced?

a.      Kindergarten

b.      Grade I

c.       Grade II

d.      Grade III

 

76.  A Philippine innovation in the delivery of educational services to children with special needs is the SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTER. The following are its characteristics EXCEPT one:

a.         It is a school-within –a – school concept administered by a principal and operated according to the rules and regulations that governs a regular school

b.         It is staffed by trained SPED teachers for the gifted and for children with disabilities

c.          It is a school-within-a-school concept that provides a range of educational services that promote mainstreaming or integration towards full inclusion

d.         SPED Canter as a resources centre for inclusive education and

Multi-grade teaching

 

77.  Basic principles of multi-grade teaching includes the following, EXCEPT one:

a.         The implementation of the school curriculum must taken into consideration the varied abilities, levels and interests within a particular group

b.         The value of any educational program will be judged according to how well it is able to achieve the goals of the program-whether the children actually learn what they are expected to learn and how well they have learned

c.          Inter-aging or the combination of children of different ages is more respectful of individual needs of learners and reflects real-life

d.         The role of the teachers in a classroom involves setting up and managing a learning environment that will be conducive for homogenous groupings

 

78.  Which of the following best describes a multi-grade class?

a.         A class with two grade levels within one classroom with one teacher

b.         Multi-level classes

c.          A class with two to three grade levels with one teacher for an entire school year

d.         A class involving different children of different ages with different

Skills and abilities

 

79.  Which of the following are the Millennium Development Goals of the Philippine Government?

I.      Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

II. Achieve universal primary education

III.    Reduce child mortality

IV.   Combat HIV AIDS, Malaria and other diseases

 

a.         I and II

b.         I, II, and IV

c.          II and III

d.         I, II, III, and IV

 

 

 

80.  Which of the following principles recognizes that every unit in the education bureaucracy has a particular role, task and responsibility inherent in the office and for which it is principally accountable for outcomes?

a.         School-Based Management

b.         Shared Governance

c.          Accountability and Transparency

d.         AURA ( authority, responsibility, and accountability)

 

81.  “The curriculum is a total learning experience for an individual”. This point of view is considered to be of

a.      Traditionalist

b.      Progressivist

c.       Materialist

d.      Cognitivist

 

82.  The grassroot approach insists that teachers who teach or implement the curriculum should participate in developing it . this is based on the

a.      Ralp Tyler Model

b.      Sigmund Freud Model

c.       Hilda Taba Model

d.      Allan Glatthon Model

 

83.  When the curriculum includes materials resources that would help in the implementation of the written curriculum such as textbooks, computers, audio-visual materials, laboratory equipment, playground, zoos and other facilities, this curriculum could be categorized as

a.      Taught curriculum

b.      Assessed curriculum

c.       Learned curriculum

d.      Supported curriculum

 

84.  Which psychological foundation explains that the curriculum should be organized so students experience success in master the subject matter?

a.      Behaviourism

b.      Psychoanalysis

c.       Humanism

d.      Gestalt

 

85.  A teacher Pia that her pupils realize the “wholeness” of the problem. With this premise, the teacher is manifesting which psychological principle?

a.      Cognitivism

b.      Gestalt

c.       Humanistic

d.      Existentialist

 

86.  Which among the following is NOT a component of the curriculum?

a.      Curriculum aims, goals, and objectives

b.      Curriculum content or subject matter

c.       Curriculum existence

d.      Curriculum evaluation

 

87.  Which of the following when partnered with the different instructional strategies and methods would comprise the core of the curriculum?

a.      Curriculum aims and goals

b.      Curriculum experience

c.       Curriculum evalution

d.      Curriculum design

 

 

88.  The program that gives access to every Filipino the access to early childhood education is

a.      Universal kindergarten

b.      Bantay bata

c.       Generic Elementary Education

d.      Vocational School Program

 

89.  Which program address the learner and learning Process?

a.      Program for Decentralized Educational Development

b.      The Basic Education Curriculum

c.       Secondary Education Development Program

d.      Both b and c

 

 

Curriculum Development

 

1.       B

2.       A

3.       B

4.       A

5.       D

6.       A

7.       C

8.       D

9.       C

10.   A

11.   A

12.   B

13.   A

14.   B

15.   D

16.   B

17.   A

18.   C

19.   B

20.   A

21.   D

22.   C

23.   A

24.   A

25.   D

26.   D

27.   C

28.   B

29.   B

30.   C

31.   A

32.   B

33.   C

34.   B

35.   B

36.   D

37.   D

38.   A

39.   B

40.   C

41.   D

42.   B

43.   D

44.   D

45.   A

46.   C

47.   A

48.   D

49.50.   C 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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