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PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING 1
Prelim Examination

Name: Course and Year:

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer and write the letter that corresponds to the best answer.

1. Behavioral change often calls for giving up the old and comfortable ways of believing,
thinking, and valuing. It is not easy to discard familiar ways of doing things and incorporate new
behavior.
A. learning is sometimes a painful process
B. one of the richest resources for learning is the learner himself
C. the process of learning is emotional as well as intellectual.
D. learning is an evolutionary process.
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning.
2. Each individual has an accumulation of experiences, ideas, feelings, and attitudes which
compromise a rich vein of material for problem solving and learning. All too often this vein is
barely tapped. Situations which enable people to become open to themselves.
A. learning is sometimes a painful process
B. one of the richest resources for learning is the learner himself
C. the process of learning is emotional as well as intellectual
D. learning is an evolutionary process.
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning.
3. Learning is affected by the total state of the individual. People are feeling beings as well as
thinking beings and when their feelings and thoughts are in harmony, learning is maximized.
A. learning is sometimes a painful process
B. one of the richest resources for learning is the learner himself
C. the process of learning is emotional as well as intellectual
D. learning is an evolutionary process.
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning.
4. Behavioral change requires time and patience… implicit in all the principles and conditions of
learning. Change takes time.
A. learning is sometimes a painful process
B. one of the richest resources for learning is the learner himself
C. the process of learning is emotional as well as intellectual
D. learning is an evolutionary process.
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning.
5. “Two heads are better than one.” People enjoy functioning independently but they also
enjoy functioning interdependently.
A. learning is sometimes a painful process
B. one of the richest resources for learning is the learner himself
C. the process of learning is emotional as well as intellectual
D. learning is an evolutionary process.
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning.
6. Learning is not only a function of what a teacher does to, or says to, or provides for a learner.
More significantly, learning has to do with something which happens in the unique world of the
learner.
A. learning is an experience which occurs inside the learner and is activated by the learner
B. learning is the discovery of the personal meaning and relevance of ideas
C. learning (behavioral change) is a consequence of experience
D. the process of problem solving and learning is highly unique and individual
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning
7. Students more readily internalize and implement concepts and ideas which are relevant to
their needs and problems. Learning is a process which requires the exploration of ideas in
relation to self and community so that people can determine what their needs are, what goals
they would like to formulate.
A. learning is an experience which occurs inside the learner and is activated by the learner
B. learning is the discovery of the personal meaning and relevance of ideas
C. learning (behavioral change) is a consequence of experience
D. the process of problem solving and learning is highly unique and individual
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning
8. People become responsible when they have really assumed responsibility: they become
independent when they have experienced independent behavior; they become able when they
have experienced success.
A. learning is an experience which occurs inside the learner and is activated by the learner
B. learning is the discovery of the personal meaning and relevance of ideas
C. learning (behavioral change) is a consequence of experience
D. the process of problem solving and learning is highly unique and individual
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning
9. Each person has his own unique styles of learning and solving problems.
A. learning is an experience which occurs inside the learner and is activated by the learner
B. learning is the discovery of the personal meaning and relevance of ideas
C. learning (behavioral change) is a consequence of experience
D. the process of problem solving and learning is highly unique and individual
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning
10. Cooperative approaches are enabling. Through such approaches people learn to define
goals, to plan to interact and to try group arrangements in problem solving.
A. learning is an experience which occurs inside the learner and is activated by the learner
B. learning is the discovery of the personal meaning and relevance of ideas
C. learning (behavioral change) is a consequence of experience
D. the process of problem solving and learning is highly unique and individual
E. learning is a cooperative and collaborative process. Cooperation fosters learning

B. ESSAY
DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions below. (10 sentences) (10 points/each)

Rubrics
Grammar--------3
Content----------7
10

1. In the light of Gardner’s theory, why does Gardner claim we have been unfair to many of our
students in the past as far as teaching and testing strategies are concerned?

2. By means of a concept map, show the faculties or powers of the learner?

3. Do imperfections in the functioning of the sense organs affect learning? Explain your answer

4. If you were to give a symbol for each intelligence, what would you give? Explain your answer
(2-3 sentences/intelligence). (20 points)

“If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule- NEVER LIE TO YOURSELF”
- PAULO COELHO

Prepared by:
BRYAN JOHN V. DALUDDUNG, MST
Instructor

Checked by:

LESTER A. VIEJO
Officer-In-Charge
BTVTE, Department

Approved by:

GILBERT C. CABALZA, MSCRIM