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WorksheetsDomain 3-Onboarding Session 1 & 2 Combined
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
In a meeting with your School Governing Council, you are asked which DepEd issuance explicitly guides teachers to adapt the curriculum to local contexts while maintaining national standards; you recall from the session that this policy legitimizes contextualization, localization, and indigenization as core practices to make lessons meaningful yet standards-aligned. Which policy best fits this description?
DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2017
DepEd Order No. 32, s. 2015
DepEd Order No. 35, s. 2016
DepEd Order No. 32, s. 2019
When briefing new department heads on legal bases for curriculum flexibility, you emphasize that one national law formally supports localized implementation and school-level adaptations while keeping competencies intact; this law anchors your alignment and contextualization initiatives described in the session. Which law is it?
RA 9155 (Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001)
RA 10533 (Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013)
RA 10687 (UniFAST Act)
RA 10157 (Kindergarten Education Act)
Reviewing the Science maps, you notice Grade 4 ends with life cycle basics while Grade 5 begins with ecosystem interactions, showing a planned increase in complexity across grade levels; you want to label this correctly in your plan. What type of alignment is primarily demonstrated?
Horizontal alignment
Diagonal alignment
Vertical alignment
Spiral concentration
In a same-grade coordination meeting, different Grade 7 sections agree on the same learning standards, comparable assessments, and pacing for the quarter to maintain consistency; in your report you must name this correctly. What is this called?
Vertical alignment
Horizontal alignment
Curricular indigenization
Standards moderation
During a LAC session, a teacher explains she is relating competencies to the local setting, language, and everyday practices of learners to make content relevant, meaningful, and useful; you affirm this term as defined in the session. What is the practice called?
Contextualization
Modularization
Remediation
Acceleration
A Grade 5 Math teacher uses jeepneys, tricycles, and market stalls to illustrate ratios that learners observe daily without altering the standard's intent; you classify this degree of contextualization as emphasized in the session. Which is it?
Localization
Indigenization
Globalization
Standardization
In Social Studies, a teacher draws on ancestral farming practices and traditional governance stories to deepen understanding of civic concepts while honoring community heritage; this application matches which degree of contextualization?
Localization
Indigenization
Internationalization
Instrumentalization
While finalizing a school memo, you need to name the principle that focuses on using local resources, culture, and knowledge to make lessons relatable, thereby strengthening community connection; the session identified it among the key principles. Which principle is it?
Learner-Centered Approach
Local Relevance
Integration of Indigenous Knowledge
Alignment with Standards
Your improvement plan lists several actions to help teachers contextualize effectively this semester: organizing LAC/INSET on contextualized lesson planning, providing exemplar materials, and forging partnerships with local industries for lesson cases; taken together, these represent which composite strategy set?
Only resource provision
Only teacher training
Only industry linkages
Professional development, resources, and partnerships
When presenting RA 9155's implications, you highlight two provisions from the session: that schools are empowered to decide what is best for learners and that programs should reflect community values and aspirations; which statement below best captures this orientation?
Strict centralization of all curriculum decisions
Local initiative and school empowerment for quality
Exclusive reliance on national textbooks
Removal of community voice in curriculum
In an orientation for new teachers, you explain that DepEd's mission commits to quality, equitable, and culture-based education; this mission reinforces contextualization discussed in the session. Which connection is most accurate?
Culture-based implies discarding standards
Culture-based supports making standards meaningful locally
Culture-based replaces performance assessment
Culture-based ends vertical progression
To clarify alignment types, you provide two contrasting examples: "same-grade sections coordinating standards and assessments" and "skills building progressively from one grade to the next"; which pairing correctly matches the terms?
Horizontal then Vertical
Vertical then Horizontal
Indigenization then Localization
Localization then Indigenization
As you roll out career awareness in elementary and secondary, you note from the session that early integration builds aspiration while JHS and SHS deepen pathway decisions (e.g., SHS tracks, work immersion); which statement best reflects this continuum?
Career awareness should begin only in SHS
Career awareness belongs only to guidance counselors
Early awareness with progressive deepening through SHS
Career topics distract from academic standards
When calibrating lesson examples, you remind teachers that contextualization must still meet the competency; which guidance from the session best expresses the balance?
Replace standards with local stories
Fit local examples to the standard's intent
Prioritize local practice over accuracy
Allow any example if students enjoy it
Several teachers present highly creative local lessons, but their objectives and assessments are not explicitly tied to the competency codes; based on the session's warnings, what is the most critical risk if you approve these as-is?
Lessons become too entertaining
Required competencies may be compromised or unmeasured
Parent complaints will automatically rise
Scheduling will be harder
Your curriculum review aims to avoid needless repetition and ensure increasing rigor across grades while sustaining coherence within grades; according to the session, which combined alignment addresses both aims?
Only horizontal alignment
Only vertical alignment
Horizontal and vertical alignment together
Neither is necessary if textbooks are uniform
In Math, teachers use local market pricing for percentages and introduce simple profit analysis to show links to entrepreneurship; which two session emphases are they integrating?
Global benchmarks and testing efficiency
Local relevance and career awareness
Standards alignment and textbook fidelity
Vertical alignment and summative testing
You are advising a team to include indigenous water management practices in Science while meeting inquiry and evidence standards; what rationale from the session best supports this integration?
It fosters cultural pride and relevance without sacrificing competencies
It is a substitute for experiments
It reduces preparation time
It avoids assessments entirely
A grade-level team proposes an action plan to improve contextualization using LACs, paired lesson studies, and classroom coaching; which DepEd mechanism cited in the session most directly legitimizes school-based professional learning of this kind?
DO 35, s. 2016 on LACs
DO 42, s. 2017 on PPST
RA 10687 on student loans
RA 9155 on governance only
During planning, you compare localization and indigenization to ensure teachers choose appropriate examples; which distinction reflects the session's framing?
Localization = adapt to local community context; Indigenization = integrate indigenous systems/traditions
Localization = integrate traditions; Indigenization = adapt to community context
Both are identical in scope and intent
Both require discarding standards
As you document outcomes of horizontal/vertical alignment and contextualization, which combined benefit statement most closely aligns with the session's "why"?
More worksheets and faster grading
Progressive skill development, reduced duplication, and meaningful relevance
Fewer assessments and simpler objectives
Eliminating cross-curricular links
In your SIP, you must justify career awareness as part of day-to-day instruction rather than a one-off fair; what argument from the session is most compelling for school heads?
Career awareness is optional if grades are high
Integrating real-world applications builds skills for future pathways and inspires learners
Career awareness belongs only to SHS tracks
It should replace core subjects in exam weeks
You are tasked to institutionalize contextualization schoolwide with limited funds; drawing on the session, which bundled strategy would create durable practice rather than one-off activities?
Annual inspirational talk by an industry guest
LAC cycles on contextualization, shared exemplar bank, and scheduled coaching with observation follow-through
Replace standards with local topics
Single seminar then teacher autonomy without monitoring
For a Grade 6 unit on percentages, you want to infuse career awareness using authentic tasks from the local economy; which lesson framing best fits the session's approach?
Random percentage drills
Market-pricing and profit computation scenarios from nearby small businesses
Foreign currency conversions only
Pure test-taking strategies
To monitor implementation quality, you need a tool that captures standards alignment, local relevance, and assessment match in observed lessons; what instrument from the session is most appropriate?
General staff attendance sheet
Classroom observation checklist aligned with standards and contextualization indicators
Random student interviews
Annual report narrative
You plan a cross-grade initiative to strengthen concept progression in Science while keeping same-grade coherence; which operational move best enacts the alignment principles from the session?
Independent section planning without coordination
Vertical articulation meetings plus same-grade common assessments
Increase summative tests only
Use more textbooks from different publishers
As principal of a coastal school, you aim to embed ecosystem content with career insights; which design choice best operationalizes the session's guidance?
Invite a marine biologist and integrate aquaculture roles within an ecosystems inquiry
Show a generic science video with no local tie
Focus only on definitions of biomes
Delay career topics to SHS
You want to reduce dropout risk in an at-risk barangay by making learning feel purposeful; according to the session, which logic most directly supports this strategy?
More subjects increase persistence
Contextualization and career-connected tasks heighten relevance and engagement
More penalties for absences improve morale
Eliminate projects to save time
A teacher proposes using traditional weaving patterns to explain ratios and geometric symmetry while ensuring the exact competencies are met; which leadership response best reflects the session's stance?
Decline because tradition is not scientific
Approve with checks that assess
symmetry while ensuring the exact competencies are met; which leadership response best reflects the session's stance?
Decline because tradition is not scientific
Approve with checks that assessments evidence the targeted standards
Approve only if textbooks include weaving
Require abandoning local examples in exams
To sustain gains, you plan to embed contextualization in policy and practice; which school-level package best secures longevity per the session?
Add a line in the school memo and stop there
Incorporate in AIP, set LAC calendar, develop exemplar repository, and conduct regular monitoring/mentoring
Do ad hoc showcases when visitors come
Leave it to individual teacher preference
In a pedagogy orientation, you are asked for a concise definition that goes beyond content to the 'how' and 'why' of teaching, including principles and strategies that make learning effective and efficient; which statement aligns with the session's framing?
Pedagogy equals the list of curriculum competencies
Pedagogy is the principles and strategies that guide teaching and learning
Pedagogy is the seating chart strategy
Pedagogy is the quarterly exam blueprint
After an observation, a teacher asks what STAR stands for because you referenced it while scheduling the post-conference; according to the session, which sequence is correct?
Strategy-Task-Analysis-Review
Situation-Task-Action-Result
Standards-Task-Action-Reflection
Setting-Technique-Assessment-Report
In a Grade 4 Math class, learners manipulate local objects and connect new ideas to prior understanding through hands-on tasks while the teacher facilitates meaning-making; which approach is at work?
Constructivist
Collaborative
Reflective
Integrative
You observe groups using Think-Pair-Share and Jigsaw to co-construct solutions to a common problem, with roles and peer explanations visible throughout; which approach is this?
Inquiry-Based
Explicit Instruction
Collaborative
Differentiated
A teacher begins a lesson with a puzzling real-life scenario, prompts student questions, and guides investigation toward evidence-backed explanations; what approach is illustrated?
Reflective
Inquiry-Based
Integrative
Constructivist
At the end of a lesson, students write learning journals analyzing what worked for them and how they will improve next time; which approach is applied?
Reflective
Collaborative
Integrative
Direct Instruction
In an interdisciplinary project, learners use Mathematics and Science concepts together to address a local environmental issue, making connections across subjects; which approach is this?
Constructivist
Integrative
Remedial
Behaviorist
When orienting observers, you emphasize that the observation cycle (pre-conference, observation, post-conference) must be non-threatening and growth-oriented; in the session, what is the primary purpose of technical assistance?
Identify staff for sanctions
Foster growth, solve problems, and promote continuous improvement
Pre-approve ratings
Replace formal evaluation
You are compiling a quick guide to collaborative techniques from the session (e.g., Online-collaborative learning, Jigsaw, Think-Pair-Share, Peer Teaching) and need to title the section accurately; which label fits best?
Reflective strategies
Collaborative strategies
Summative strategies
Behaviorist strategies
In a short PD segment, you summarize three hallmark features of the Constructivist approach from the session: active participation, critical thinking, and connection to prior knowledge; which option matches that set?
Lecture dominance, drill, and recall
Active participation, critical thinking, prior knowledge
Seatwork, silence, and grading
Formula delivery, note copying, timed tests
You coach an observer to structure feedback clearly by covering the specific event, the responsibility, what was done, and the outcome/lesson; which model are you using?
SBI (Situation-Behavior-Impact)
GROW (Goal-Reality-Options-Way Forward)
STAR (Situation-Task-Action-Result)
4Cs (Clarity-Care-Candor-Confirm)
Planning an FGD with teachers about assessment, you list the steps: define the objective, prepare 3-5 key questions, facilitate an open but guided discussion, and summarize findings into action points; what process is this?
Coaching cycle
Focus Group Discussion
Faculty assembly
Peer observation
Preparing a quick briefing for facilitators, you note key roles: create a warm environment, stimulate conversation, remain objective, listen actively, check understanding, and manage time; these responsibilities belong to whom?
FGD facilitator
Division evaluator
Parent representative
Student leader
Your mentoring primer highlights three core functions from the session: sharing professional wisdom, supporting mentees to set career goals, and offering encouragement; under which umbrella do these functions fall?
Coaching
Mentoring
Monitoring
Accrediting
A Science team blends inquiry-based tasks with collaborative structures so students question, investigate, and jointly build explanations; according to the session, why is this pairing especially powerful?
It replaces assessment completely
It strengthens critical thinking and teamwork toward deeper understanding
It minimizes teacher planning time
It ensures uniform answers
Before an observation, you hold a pre-conference to confirm objectives, review the DLL, and align activities and assessment with standards; drawing on the session, what is the best explanation for this step?
It pre-finalizes ratings
It clarifies expectations and ensures lesson alignment for a fair, growth-focused observation
It reduces the need for a post-conference
It documents attendance only
How do reflective practices (e.g., journals, debriefs) complement constructivist classrooms, based on the session's framing of learning?
They discourage metacognition
They help learners analyze experiences and consolidate new understanding
They replace formative checks
They increase seatwork only
Why is the STAR model preferable to generic praise/criticism during post-observation feedback, considering the session's emphasis on actionable growth?
It yields shorter meetings
It structures feedback around concrete events, roles, actions, and results to surface next steps
It avoids discussing outcomes
It focuses on personality traits
A novice teacher needs immediate improvement in questioning techniques before the next observation, while a second-year teacher seeks long-term career guidance; according to the session, which support pairing fits best?
Mentoring for questioning; coaching for career
Coaching for questioning; mentoring for career
Both mentoring
Both coaching
You argue for collaborative learning in your school's pedagogy policy because it supports 21st-century outcomes; which rationale aligns with the session?
It promotes competition and isolation
It develops communication, collaboration, and problem-solving
It simplifies grading only
It ensures faster lectures
You plan to use FGD findings to refine observation tools and PD focus; how does FGD contribute to school improvement per the session?
It provides anonymous complaints
It surfaces collective insights and co-creates action points in a supportive setting
It replaces classroom observation
It finalizes teacher ratings
You are designing a schoolwide PD plan to strengthen pedagogical mastery; which combination, grounded in the session, is most likely to shift practice at scale?
One-off lectures with no follow-up
LAC cycles on five approaches, peer coaching with observation-feedback, and exemplar sharing
Monthly memos on deadlines
Extra summative tests each quarter
A Grade 8 class struggles with engagement in Science; applying Constructivist principles from the session, which redesign will likely help most?
More note-copying on definitions
Local hands-on investigations that connect new ideas to prior knowledge
Longer teacher talk segments
Increased seatwork worksheets
You want to embed the Reflective approach in daily routines; which strategy best operationalizes this across the school year?
Optional reflection at semester's end
Teacher reflective journals after lessons, discussed in LACs with actionable next steps
Replace post-conferences with emails
Reflect only during inspections
To convert feedback into real improvement, you intend to align the post-conference to follow-up coaching; which process, as taught in the session, is most reliable?
Provide generic comments and move on
Use STAR, co-create targets, and schedule coaching/mentoring check-ins with evidence review
Skip documentation to save time
Delay support until year-end
You are introducing inquiry-based learning in Math; which launch activity reflects the approach from the session?
Memorize theorems first, then apply later
Explore patterns to generate conjectures before formalizing rules collectively
Drill exercises without context
Show worked solutions only
A newly hired teacher needs both short-term performance guidance and longer-term professional growth; how can you combine support modes per the session's distinctions?
Schedule mentoring only
Provide short-term coaching on specific classroom skills and long-term mentoring for career development
Offer a single observation
Assign self-study without interaction
You aim to amplify integrative learning; which initiative best embodies the session's guidance?
Strictly separate subjects to avoid confusion
Interdisciplinary projects applying concepts from multiple learning areas to solve authentic local problems
Add more timed quizzes
Remove project work entirely
To cultivate a durable, schoolwide culture of constructive feedback, you plan policy and practice changes; which package aligns most closely with the session's recommendations?
Encourage informal chats only
Train observers on STAR, formalize the observation cycle, embed feedback in policy, and monitor through regular reviews and coaching
Do surprise visits without conferences
Use ratings without evidence
