Curriculum Development Part 1

1. Which is NOT a provision for the development of each learner in a good curriculum?
a. Extensive arrangements are made for the educational diagnosis of individual
learners.
b. Self-directed, independent study is encouraged wherever possible and advisable.
c. Self-motivation and self-evaluation are stimulated and emphasized throughout the
learning opportunities of the school.
d. The program provides a wide range of opportunities for individuals with same
abilities, needs and interests.
Answer: D

2. Teacher Lily would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum

because she believes that all subjects in this type of curriculum are geared towards
the hollistic development of the learner. Is her belief about the subject-
centeredcurriculum true?
a. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum focuses on the learners needs,
interests and abilities.
b. No, because it is the experience-centered curriculum that emphasizes the
teaching of facts and knowledge for future use.
c. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum involves cooperative control.
d. No, because it is the experience centered and not the subject-centered curriculum
that emphasizes integration of habits and skills in learning the knowledge component
of subject areas.
Answer: D

3. In the elementary level, English literature and Social studies relate well. While
history is being studied, different literary pieces during the historical period is being
studied as well. What curriculum design is shown here?
a. Separate subject design
b. Correlation design
c. Discipline design
d. Broad field design
Answer: C

4. This phase of curriculum development involves decisions, among other things, on

grade placement and sequencing of content. Which phase is this?
a. Curriculum planning
b. Curriculum evaluation
c. Curriculum organization
d. Curriculum implementation
Answer: C
5. One example of this design of subject-centered curriculum is that which shows
social studies being combined with geography, civics, culture and history to
comprises subject area. Which design is this?
a. Correlated
b. Broadfields
c. Separate Subject
d. Core
Answer: B

6. Ms. Ortiz, as Science teacher tries to enrich the content of her lesson by
identifying related concepts in Math. What pattern of organizing subjects did Ms.
Ortiz consider?
a. Broadfield
b. Correlated
c. Core
d. Separate Subject
Answer: B

7. Which design is easy to deliver because complementary books and materials are
commercially available?
a. Experience centered design
b. Problem design
c. Process design
d. Subject centered design
Answer: D
8. What refers to the matching between curriculum and test to be used to assess the
learners?
a. Alignment
b. Auditing
c. Articulation
d. Delivery
Answer: A

9. Ms. Mateo, a History teacher considers the element of time in arranging content of
her lessons in World History. What way of establishing sequence is given emphasis
by Ms. Mateo?
a. Simple to complex
b. Part to whole
c. Concrete to abstract
d. Chronological
Answer: D

10. Mr. Rivera, a new teacher believes that education is a process of development
and is life itself; therefore, experience related to the child's need and interest should
be given primary consideration. What educational philosophy is being exhibited by
Mr. Rivera?
a. Idealism
b. Reconstructionism
c. Progressivism
d. Realism
Answer: C

11. A stakeholder in curriculum development, Mr. Cruz, a district supervisor and a

member of the school board has one of the following primary roles.
a. Support and participate in parent-school organization activities.
b. Authorize school expenditures for curriculum development, implementation and
evaluation
c. Enact legislation to effect curriculum improvement.
d. Recommend changes in curriculum.
Answer: D

12. The schools in the first District plan to adopt the reading program used in the
third district. What level of curriculum improvement is used?
a. Variation
b. Value orientation
c. Substitution
d. Restructuring
Answer: C

13. Mr. Bernardo, a curriculum consultant on Economics insists that in selecting the
curriculum content, it is better that throughout the high school years, economic
geography concepts be used to recur and be repeated with depth for effective
learning. What criterion in content selection is shown here?
a. Validity
b. Continuity
c. Significance
d. Learnability
Answer: B

14. The Filipino learners envisioned by the Department of Education (DepEd) in the
light of K-12 Curriculum is
a. Technologically literate or logistically developed Filipino
b. Functionally literate or logistically developed Filipino
c. Scientifically Advanced and Values Oriented Filipino
d. National Oriented and Internationally Competitive Filipinos
Answer: B

15. Teacher Dominguito believes that a new respect for the child is fundamental in
curriculum. Thus, all activities in the classroom are geared towards the development
of the child - the center of the educative process. To which approach in curriculum
does Teacher Dominguito adhere?
a. Learner-centered
b. Subject-centered
c. Problem-centered
d. Pragmatic
Answer: A

16. Mrs. Manuel, the Principal of Bagong Barrio Elementary School invited the Brgy.
Captain in the school to solicit inputs for a new curriculum in Social Science which
highlights indigenous knowledge in the community. What is shown in this situation?
a. Community members as supporters of curriculum
b. Community members as curriculum resources
c. Community members as managers of curriculum
d. Community members as beneficiaries of curriculum
Answer: B

17. Teacher Bert puts emphasis on the immediate felt interests and needs of his
students and not on the anticipated needs and interests. What type of curriculum
does teacher Bert adheres?
a. Subject-centered
b. Learner-centered
c. Experience-centered
d. Culture-based
Answer: C

18. What type of curriculum divides the school day into different periods such as
language arts, social studies, science and health, arithmetic, etc.?
a. Correlated
b. Broad fields
c. Integrated
d. Separate Subject
Answer: D

19. Which curriculum design element is taking place when Eduardo, a 4th year
student can connect the lessons he learned in a subject area to a related content in
another subject area?
a. Articulation
b. Balance
c. Continuity
d. Integration
Answer: D

20. The following curricular changes took place in what particular period? Restore
Grade VII, double-single session was abolished and more textbooks were written by
Filipino authors.
a. American Period
b. Philippine Republic
c. Japanese Occupation
d. New Society
Answer: B

21. This concept includes the sub-processes of curriculum planning, organization,

implementation and evaluation. Which concept is this?
a. Curriculum development
b. Curriculum assessment
c. Curriculum management
d. Curriculum and instruction
Answer: A

22. If curriculum is the "means", what is the "end"?

a. Strategies
b. Instruction
c. Technique
d. Approaches
Answer: B

23. The curriculum used during the period in Philippine history terminated the use of
English as a medium of instruction, What period is this?
a. American
b. Spanish
c. Commonwealth
d. Japanese
Answer: D

24. Which of the following statements about the concept of curriculum is NOT quite
acceptable?
a. It refers to all experiences that both the school and the teacher provide the
students with.
b. It is the set of acquired knowledge, habits and skills
c. It consists of everything that goes within the school.
d. It is a planned action for instruction
Answer: C

25. What process is being undertaken by curriculum developers when they enrich or
modify certain aspects of a particular program without changing its fundamental
conceptions?
a. Curriculum improvement
b. Curriculum change
c. Curriculum design
d. Curriculum implementation
Answer: A