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WorksheetsTHE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
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.
When is physical growth fastest?
Infancy
Early Childhood
Adolescence
Late adolescence
Which of the following is TRUE of cognitive development based on Piaget’s theory?
Cognitive development occurs in distinct stages.
Cognitive development is a continuous process without stages.
Children can understand abstract concepts from birth.
Language development is not related to cognitive development.
For learners in Piaget's concrete operational stage, which one should be done?
Ask learners to reason out about abstract problems.
Ask learners to reason out about materials that are physically present.
Ask learners to reason out hypothetical problems.
Ask learners to follow an argument without specific examples.
Which is a response of DepEd to the call for inclusive education?
Inclusion of identified learners with disabilities in the general basic education
Establishment of more SPED centers
Putting identified learners with disabilities in one classroom
Team teaching in every class
Based on Erikson's life-span development theory, what does generativity versus stagnation mean in middle adulthood?
contributes something good or do nothing for the next generation
discovers where he is going in life or is confused about his/her direction
develops a sense of fulfillment or despair
develops mastery of knowledge and skills or incompetence
Here is one principle for a developmentally appropriate education: Individual variation characterizes children's development. What is an implication of this to teaching-learning?
Compare learners with one another to determine who is best.
Let learners compare themselves with others to draw their best performance.
Let learners progress at their own pace without comparing them with others.
Group learners according to performance and organize a contest among the different groups in class.
Development is influenced by multiple social and cultural contexts. Which is an educational implication of this principle?
Teachers must show ethnocentric behavior.
Teachers must organize feeding program for learners in need.
Teachers must understand the effect of poverty, culture and ethnicity on learners' development.
Teachers must lower learning standards for learners from poor families.
The constructivists claim that learners are active learners, not empty minds to fill. What is a teaching-learning implication of this?
Make learners memorize what were taught for the test.
Challenge learners to collaborate with other learners.
Engage learners in drills for mastery of subject.
Learners are expected to construct meaning out of their experience.
How does proximodistal development of a child's motor skills proceed?
From the center outward
Outward toward the center
Top to bottom
From the bottom upward
Which describes cephalocaudal development?
Bottom up growth trend
Top-down growth trend
Center towards the extremities
From the sides towards the center
Why are the pencils for Grade 1 pupils much stouter than the pencils of Grade VI pupils?
Because the Grade 1 pupils are only beginning to write their names
Because the Grade VI pupils are already expert in writing
To suit the level of hand and finger muscle development of Grade 1 pupils
To distinguish the Grade 1 from the Grade VI pupils.
Based on Havighurst's developmental stages, in which stage is the student in college?
Adolescence
Early adulthood
Middle adulthood
Late adulthood
Based on Havighurst's developmental stages, in which stage is the elementary school pupil?
Early childhood
Middle childhood
Late childhood
Adolescence
Based on Havighurst's developmental stages, in which developmental stage is a seven-year-old child trying to make friends?
Adolescence
Early adulthood
Which characterizes a developmentally appropriate teaching?
Neither too difficult or stressful nor too easy and boring for the learners developmental level
Challenges learners to think beyond their developmental stage
Includes global current issues
Makes the learner research for answers/solutions
What is the nature-nurture issue in human development?
Whether development is primarily influenced by heredity or environment
Whether development is gradual or abrupt
Whether early traits persist or change throughout life
Whether personality changes as people go through the adult years
Which statement on human development is correct?
There are no connections between the developmental stages in one's life span.
Each developmental stage is independent of the other stages of human development.
There are connections between the periods/stages of the human life span.
Biological processes do not influence cognitive processes in the same way that cognitive processes do not influence biological processes.
What explains proximodistal development? The development of motor skills starts from ________.
the center of the organism then to the extremities
the head then goes down
below then goes up
sides towards the center
Based on Bandura's social learning theory, how can behaviors be learned?
I and II
I and III
II and III
I, II and III
Which describes inductive reasoning, a process which emerges in childhood?
a. "Bottom-up-processing"
b. "Top-down processing"
c. Concrete reasoning
d. Abstract reasoning
Based on Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development when the MKO (More Knowledgeable Other) scaffolds, the process moves in 4 levels. In which order should the following steps be?
II, IV, I and III
III, I, II, and IV
IV, III, III and I
I, II, IV and III
Based on Kohlberg's theory, what is the level of moral development shown when children generally do what is right in order to come up with their parents and teachers' expectations of a good child?
Conventional
Post-conventional
Formal
Pre-conventional
Well-liked children can read and respond to peers' emotions better than children who are not-well liked. Whose research application is this?
Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory
Erikson's psychosocial theory of development
Kohlberg's stages of moral dev.
Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory
What ability does a child demonstrate if he can tell that the number of elements in the group is the same regardless of how the group is arranged in space as shown in the illustrations below.
Centration
Reversibility
Conservation
Seriation
Which is the correct sequence of prenatal stages of development?
Embryo, germinal, fetus
Germinal, fetus, embryo
Germinal, embryo, fetus
Fetus, germinal, embryo
Which situation best illustrates the concept of growth?
A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two months.
A high school student gets a score of 85 in mental ability test.
An education student has gained knowledge on strategies in teaching.
An elementary grader has learned to play piano.
Which of the following shows the Conventional Level- Stage 5?
When Mika is asked why he should not hit his brother, she responds “Because Mommy says so and if I do, I will get yelled at”. Mika’s level of moral development fits with which level?
Pre-conventional
Post-conventional
Conventional
Non-conventional
Jess got perfect scores in all his quizzes. As a result, Teacher Anton told him that he will be exempted to take the major examination. This act of Teacher Anton is an example of __.
Punishment
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Primary Reinforcement
Hera was punished for cheating in an exam. For sure Hera won’t cheat again in short span of time, but this does not guarantee that Hera won’t cheat ever again. Based on Thorndike’s theory on punishment and learning, this shows that ____.
Punishment strengthens a response
Punishment removes response
Punishment doesn’t remove a response
Punishment weakens a response
Among the structures of personality, savage desires fall under what structure?
Id
Superego
Ego
Super Id
Which is an example of a child’s exosystem that does not work favorably for the child?
A child gets bullied in school.
Mother gets a job promotion and so has less time for supervision of her child’s homework.
The teacher play's favorites.
The child is asthmatic.
A Filipino Master’s degree graduate is surprised to know that he cannot proceed to the doctorate program applied for in Louvain, Belgium because of the short ten-year basic education. Based on Bronfenbrenner’s theory, to which system in the environment can this be attributed?
Mesosystem
Macrosystem
Exosystem
Chronology system
How do we identify that a certain child experience Oedipus complex?
Girls develop an unconscious sexual attraction towards her father and seen her mother as her rival.
Girls develop an unconscious sexual attraction towards her mother and seen her father as her rival.
Boys develop an unconscious sexual attraction towards his mother and seen his father as his rival.
Boys develop an unconscious sexual attraction towards his father and seen his mother as his rival.
He introduced the notion of zone of proximal development and “scaffolding”.
Watson
Piaget
Vygotsky
Kohlberg
Which of the following states that we tend to fill the gaps in figures as we perceive them?
Law of Proximity
Law of Similarity
Law of Closure
Law of Pragnans
The child can understand that 5-4=1 is the same with 4+5=1.
Seriation
Irreversibility
Reversibility
Centration
According to Erikson's psychosocial development theory, what is the primary challenge faced by adolescents?
Trust vs. Mistrust
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Which of the following best describes the concept of scaffolding in education?
Using standardized tests to measure student progress.
Encouraging competition among students to enhance learning.
Providing support to learners until they can perform tasks independently.
Grouping students by ability for all subjects.
What is the primary focus of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development?
The influence of social interactions and culture on cognitive development.
The stages of cognitive development in isolation.
The importance of individual learning experiences.
The role of genetic factors in development.
