THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS

When is teaching-learning said to be metacognitive?

• When teacher makes students reflect on their learning.

• When teacher requires students to speak the language on their learning.

• When learners ask questions about the lesson

• When learners work together

Which has no place in metacognitive teaching and learning?

• Teacher “spoonfeeds” learners.

• Students write their reflections for the day.

• Students feel free to reasonably disagree with one another including teacher.

• Students are asked to share their most significant learning for the day.

SEL can help make schools and classrooms more inclusive. What does SEL mean?

• Social and Emotional Learning

• Social Effective Learning

• Social Efficient Learning

• Social Educational Learning

Which statement on inclusive classroom is TRUE?

• Inclusive classroom is good only for elementary schools.

• Integrating social and emotional learning helps build inclusive classrooms.

• The more a school practices SEL, the less inclusive the classroom becomes.

• Inclusive classrooms don't believe in social and emotional learning

In the context of Piaget’s cognitive theory, how will a teacher explain a pre-school child’s behavior who says “gaya kahapon” (like that of yesterday) when in a restaurant the waiter asks him what he wants to order?

• Intelligence is demonstrated through the use of symbols in the pre-operational stage.

• The child is in the operational stage.

• The child is incapable of seriation at his stage.

• Egocentric thinking predominates in the pre-operational stage.

Before distribution, Kindergarten Teacher Paz divided the pineapple juice equally among 5 kids. Unfortunately, she only had 4 uniform paper cups and so for the 5th cup she made use of a taller but thinner cup the capacity of which is the same as that of the other 4. She found out that all the 5 kids preferred the taller but thinner cup. How can the kindergarten pupils’ preference for the 5th cup be explained in the context of Piaget’s theory? At the pre-operational stage, the child ________.

• does not understand that quantity is conserved even if the appearance changes

• assumes that other people see things and the world as he/she does

• thinks only of himself/herself

• is convinced that he/she is always right

The kindergarten pupil does not understand that quantity is unchanged even if the appearance changes. Which theory/ies of Piaget is/are explained?

• Egocentrism theory

• Animistic thinking theory

• Conservation theory

• A and C

Hanah, a preschooler, does not want her teddy bear to be left in the cold. Based on Piaget’s theory, which preschooler’s mode/s of thinking is/are illustrated?

• a. Animistic thinking

• b. Egocentrism

• c. Conservation

• d. A and B

Two preschoolers are arguing. Neither one understands the other’s side of the argument. Which characteristic of preschoolers is explained?

• Animistic belief

• Egocentrism

• Conservation

• Selfishness

You are trying to explain something to a child and even though it seems obvious to you, the child just doesn’t seem to understand. Or the child repeats the same mistake and you get frustrated. Based on Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory, what do these imply?

• The child is naughty.

• The child has low IQ.

• It is your fault that the child does not understand.

• The child is in a cognitive developmental stage where he/she is not yet capable of understanding what you are trying to explain.