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Final Examination
FACILITATING LEARNING
A.Y. 2018-2019; 1ST SEMESTER
Name: Date:
Course: Score:

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each question carefully and choose the best answer. Write the letter of the
correct answer on the blank. (10 points)

_____ 1. This refers to a higher order thinking skill which involves active awareness and control over the
cognitive processes engaged in learning.
a. Creativity c. Metacognition
b. Cognition d. Problem Solving

_____ 2. Which of the following promotes learning at the maximum?

a. Learning exercises are focused on the right side of the brain.
b. Learning exercises involve both sides of the brain.
c. Learning exercises are focused on cognitive objectives.
d. Learning exercises are focused on the left side of the brain.

_____ 3. What is the main role of the teacher?

a. Model c. Facilitator of student learning
b. Classroom manager d. Counselor

_____ 4. It is a process that involves change in behavior resulting from experience:

a. Learning c. Teaching
b. Thinking d. Reading

_____ 5. Which is/are evidence/s of a conducive learning environment?

I. Students make mistakes and ask for assistance
II. Students participate fully in the learning process
III. Students are encouraged to ask and answer questions
IV. Students attempt new approaches
a. II and III c. II and IV
b. I, II, III and IV d. III and IV

_____ 6. Which features of learning environment support meaningful learning and assessment?
I. Attention to development
II. Authentic performance
III. Active in-depth learning
IV. Homogenous grouping
V. Appreciation for diversity
a. I, III, IV, V c. I, II, IV
b. I, II, III, V d. II, III, IV

_____ 7. Which of the following develops critical thinking skill among the students?
a. Asking low level questions
b. A willingness to suspend judgement until sufficient evidence is presented
c. Asking convergent questions
d. Blind obedience to authority

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8273 Dr. A. Santos Avenue, Sucat Road, Parañaque City
Tel. No: 820-4276/ Telefax: 829-8615
College of Education

_____ 8. The teacher always checks on entry knowledge and skills before she proceeds to her new
lesson. On which principle is the teacher’s practice grounded?
a. Effective teaching proceeds from the concrete to the abstract.
b. Attention is essential for learning.
c. Learning increases when the lesson is relevant.
d. New learning builds on previous learning.

_____ 9. It involves understanding of the external world through the use of senses and muscles.
a. Cognitive learning c. Psychomotor learning
b. Affective learning d. All of the above

_____ 10. It includes everything from simple associations between stimuli and responses or association
learning to the development of complex insights as in problem solving:
a. Cognitive learning c. Psychomotor learning
b. Affective learning d. All of the above

_____ 11. Bruner’s theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages.
Applying Bruner’s theory, how should the teacher teach?
a. Begin with the concrete c. Be interactive in approach
b. Begin with the abstract d. Do direct instruction

_____ 12. These theories emphasize the establishment and strengthening of relationships between the
stimulus (S) and response (R):
a. Behavioral or Association Learning Theories
b. Cognitive-Field Theories
c. Blooms Taxonomy
d. None of the above

_____ 13. Which is/are the basic assumption/s of behaviorists?

I. The mind of a newborn child is a blank slate.
II. All behaviors are determined by environmental events
III. The child has a certain degree of freedom not to allow himself to be shaped by his
environment
a. III only c. I and III
b. I and II d. II only

_____ 14. Watson applied classical conditioning in his experiments and the results showed that behavior is
learned through stimulus-response associations, specifically the development of emotional responses
to certain stimuli. This helps us in ______.
a. Interpreting reflexes as emotions
b. Understanding fears, phobias and love
c. Connecting observable behavior to stimulus
d. Understanding the role of overt behavior

_____ 15. What is the basis of modern education?

a. The nature of the learner c. The learning situation
b. The learning process d. All of the above

_____ 16. The following are principles of Classical Conditioning except:

a. Continuous recovery c. Excitation
b. Extinction d. Stimulus generalization

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_____ 17. In which stage of learning does learning of involuntary responses occur and is similar to
classical conditioning?
a. Stimulus-response learning c. Principle learning
b. Signal learning d. Concept learning

_____ 18. If a student has been attacked by a large, brown dog, the student may not only fear brown dogs
but also other large dogs. Which conditioning process is exemplified in the scenario?
a. Discrimination c. Acquisition
b. Extinction d. Generalization

_____ 19. Edward Lee Thorndike is remembered for what theory of learning?
a. Behavioral Theory c. Cognitive Theory
b. Connectionism Theory d. Morality Theory

_____ 20. It is a response attached to a stimulus through the stimulus occurring just prior to the response
so that the recurrence of the stimulus will evoke or cause the response:
a. Feedback c. Metacognition
b. Adhesive Principle d. Cohesive Principle

_____ 21. The best example of Operant Conditioning among the following is:
a. Connecting facts and concepts
b. Fostering a conducive learning environment
c. Using reinforcement
d. Using a manipulative device

_____ 22. In a treatment for alcoholism, Hannah was made to drink an alcoholic beverage and then made
to ingest Antabuse, a drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the sight and smell
of alcohol and stopped drinking alcohol. This is an example of which theory?
a. Operant conditioning c. Associative Learning
b. Social Learning Theory d. Attribution Theory

_____ 23. Which teaching activity is founded on Bandura’s social learning theory?
a. Modeling c. Questioning
b. Lecturing d. Inductive reasoning

_____ 24. Based on Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, children often imitate those who:
I. Have substantial influence over their lives
II. Belong to their peer group
III. Belong to other races
IV. Are successful and seem admired
a. I and IV c. I and II
b. II and IV d. IV only

_____ 25. A child who has had a painful experience at the dentist’s office may become fearful at the mere
sight of the dentist’s office. This can be best explained by which theory?
a. Theory of Generalization c. Operant Conditioning
b. Classical Conditioning d. Attribution Theory

_____ 26. This law states that when a person is prepared to respond or act, the result is satisfying:
a. Law of Exercise c. Law of Effect
b. Law of Readiness d. Law of Recency

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Tel. No: 820-4276/ Telefax: 829-8615
College of Education

_____ 27. What does Gagne’s Hierarchical Theory propose for effective instruction?
a. Sequence instruction
b. Reward good behavior
c. Be concerned with the socio-emotional climate in the classroom
d. Teaching beginning with the concrete.

_____ 28. According to Tolman’s Theory on Purposive behaviorism, earning is goal-directed. What is its
implication to teaching?
a. Set as many objectives as you can
b. Stick to your lesson objective/s no matter what happens
c. Evaluate lessons based on your objective
d. Make the objective/s of your lesson clear and specific

_____ 29. Contemporary methods of instruction are based on Dewey’s philosophy that education is:
a. Preparation of life
b. Mastery of subject matter and mental discipline
c. Life, growth and continuous reconstruction of experience
d. Formation of habits

_____ 30. The view that cognitive growth is not an additive process but rather a continuous reconstruction
of existing cognitive structure is attributed to:
a. Kohlberg c. Rousseau
b. Freud d. Piaget

_____ 31. When a person’s moral choices are determined by the direct consequences of action, he is
most likely in the stage of:
a. Pre-conventional c. Concrete operational
b. Conventional d. Post-conventional

_____ 32. It is the highest level of individual need in the Hierarchy of Needs Theory:
a. Physiological c. Love and Belongingness
b. Self-actualization d. Esteem

_____ 33. Which educational issue can be clarified by understanding Maslow’s Needs Theory?
a. Sex education issues in school
b. Delinquency in the public schools
c. The effects of different classroom structures
d. The effect of poverty on academic achievement

_____ 34. According to Glasser’s Control Theory, behavior is inspired by what satisfies a person’s want at
any given time. What then must a teacher do to motivate students to learn?
a. Make schoolwork relevant to student’s basic human needs
b. Avoid giving assignments
c. Make teaching-learning interactive
d. Organize a curriculum in a spiral manner

_____ 35. Research suggests that people tend to attribute their successes to internal causes and their
failures to external causes. Based on this finding, what should be taught to the students for them to be
genuinely motivated to succeed?
a. Make them realize that both success and failure are more a function of internal causes.
b. Tell them that the research finding when applied will make them genuinely motivated.
c. Convince them that genuine motivation is the only factor that matters for a person to succeed.
d. Make them realize that failure is a part of life.

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_____ 36. This theory states that an attitude of determination is the foundation for motivated behavior:
a. Whiting and Child Behavior Theory
b. Self-efficacy Theory
c. Solomon’s Opponent Process Theory
d. Self-determination Theory

_____ 37. What is/are more likely to happen when a student gets intrinsically motivated?
I. Tackles assigned task willingly
II. Eager to learn classroom material
III. Engaged in meaningful learning
a. I, II and III c. I and II
b. I and III d. II and III

_____ 38. Interpret learning as the organization or reorganization of the subject’s perceptual system into
meaningful patterns:
a. Cognitive Field Theories c. Wolfgang and Kohler Theory
b. Gestalt Laws d. Maslow’s Theory

_____ 39. Specific factors influencing differences among learners: Age differences and personal
adjustment, sex differences and ______.
a. Mental abilities c. Family and community background
b. Material possession d. Personal interest

_____ 40. Who among the following claimed that children are natural learners and therefore must be
taught in natural settings?
a. Montessori c. Piaget
b. Kohlberg d. Froebel

_____ 41. According to Ausubel, one of the ways to strengthen the student’s cognitive structure is by using
an instructional tool called:
a. Cross-referencing c. Advance organizer
b. Spiral approach d. Narrative

_____ 42. The teacher bridges the student’s present skill and the desired level with a technique advised by
Vygotsky as:
a. Motivation c. Scaffolding
b. Inspiration d. Acquisition device

_____ 43. Vygotsky’s idea of scaffolding is best applied in which situation?

a. Give the learner a task that challenge her ability
b. From the start, leave the learner to herself because she has the power for self-learning
c. Don’t spoil the learner by doing what she ought to do
d. Give the learner the necessary assistance until she can be on her own

_____ 44. 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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Tel. No: 820-4276/ Telefax: 829-8615
College of Education

_____ 45. The processes of problem solving and learning are highly unique and individual. This principle
means ______.
a. Students can adapt alternative problem solving models
b. Students can modify their own personal styles
c. Each student becomes aware of how learning styles can be changed
d. Each student has his/her own distinctive style of learning and solving problems

_____ 46. Angeli has inherent skills in taking care of plants. It is highly possible that she has _______
intelligence.
a. Naturalistic intelligence c. Spatial intelligence
b. Intrapersonal intelligence d. Existential intelligence

_____ 47. These learners are the visualizers. They spend most of the day daydreaming, watching movies
and staying as far away from reality as possible:
a. Linguistic c. Logical
b. Musical d. Spatial

_____ 48. Research found out that children learn visual discrimination tasks more rapidly if they talk to
themselves. This shows that _____.
a. Visual discrimination may be learned without vocalization
b. Vocalization does not enhance visual discrimination
c. Vocalization assists visual discrimination
d. Visual discrimination cannot be learned without vocalization

_____ 49. Student participation will most likely happen when:

a. Feeling or emotions are not permitted in the discussion.
b. The group leader allows quiet members to remain quiet.
c. The teacher models good listening habits.
d. Repeat direction over and over until everyone listens.

_____ 50. A common complaint of teachers about students is this: “You give them assignment, the
following day they come without any. You teach them this today, ask them tomorrow and they don’t
know. It is as if there is nothing that you taught them at all.” Based on the theory of information
processing, what must teachers do to counteract student’s forgetting?
I. Punish every child who can’t give correct answers to questions
II. Work for meaningful learning by connecting lessons to what pupils know
III. Reward every child who remembers past lessons.
a. III only
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. II only