LET Reviewer - Early Childhood Education - Set 2

Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) Reviewer

Early Childhood Education - Set 2

1. Which of the following is NOT a common method of teaching comprehension?

a)  Summarizing

b)  Question asking

c)  Graphic organizers

d)  Phonics drills

2. The stories about Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Pecos Bill are all exaggerated accounts of individuals with superhuman strength. What type of literature are these works?

a)  Fables

b)  Fairytales

c)  Tall tales

d)  Myths

3. __________ are usually stories about animals with human features that often teach a lesson.

a)  Fables

b)  Fairytales

c)  Tall tales

d)  Myths

4. __________ are stories about events from the earliest times.

a)  Fables

b)  Fairytales

c)  Tall tales

d)  Myths

5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a fable?

a)  Teaches a moral

b)  Considered to be true

c)  Reveals human foibles

d)  Have animal characters that act like humans

6. An adolescent has not yet mastered spelling. What would be the best way for a teacher to address this?

a)  Provide the student with extra instruction on spelling rules

b)  Ensure that the student fully understands all the exceptions to rules

c)  Encourage the student to master the use of a dictionary and thesaurus

d)  Focus on teaching spelling and grammar in isolation

7. Which of the following strategies encourages print awareness in classrooms?

a)  Word walls

b)  Using big books to read to students

c)  Using highlighters to locate upper case letters

d)  All of the above

8. What is the foundation of math skills and topics?

a)  Addition

b)  Number sense

c)  Place value

d)  Computation skills

9. What is the main purpose of having kindergarten students count by twos?

a)  To hear a rhythm

b)  To recognize patterns in numbers

c)  To practice addition

d)  To become familiar with equations

10. Which would be a way for early childhood students to learn about basic geometric concepts?

a)  Using a ruler

b)  Rote counting

c)  Working with tangrams

d)  Create an A-B color pattern

11. __________ or puzzle pieces, are excellent manipulatives for children to use to explore geometric shapes and relationships. They allow students to transform shapes through flips and rotations as well as to take them apart and put them together in different formations.

a)  Ruler

b)  Abacus

c)  Tangrams

d)  A-B Color Pattern

12. Dr. Escoto, the school physician conducted a physical examination in Ms. Manuel's class. What concept best describes the quantitative increase observed by Dr. Escoto among learners in terms of height and weight?

a)  Development

b)  Growth

c)  Learning

d)  Maturation

13. Which situation best illustrates the concept of growth?

a)  A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two months.

b)  A high school student gets a score of 85 in mental ability test.

c)  An education student has gained knowledge on approaches and strategies in teaching different subjects

d)  An elementary grader has learned to play piano.

14. Which statements below best describes development?

a)  A high school student's height increased by 5'2" to 5'4"

b)  A high school student's change in weight from 110 lbs. to 125 lbs.

c)  A student had learned to operate the computer

d)  A student's enlargement of hips

15. What concept can best describes Francisco's ability to walk without a support at age of 12 months because of the "internal ripening" that occured in his muscles, bones and nervous system development?

a)  Development

b)  Growth

c)  Learning

d)  Maturation

16. Teacher Jesus in now 69 years old has been observing changes in himself such as the aging process. Which term refers to the development change in the individual?

a)  Development

b)  Growth

c)  Learning

d)  Maturation

17. Manuel, a five-year old boy can hold his pen and write his name with his right hand. Which term describes Manuel's action/ behavior?

a)  Development

b)  Growth

c)  Learning

d)  Maturation

18. Which of the following theory can help Miss Samson determine the readiness of her learners by administering a readiness test?

a)  Conditioning Theories

b)  Cognitive Development Theory

c)  Maturation Theory

d)  Ethological Theory

19. Mr. Francisco was very much worried about the thumb sucking of his son. A friend of him says that certain behavior among infants. Who presented that notion that certain behavior like thumb-sucking is normal behavior?

a)  Sigmund Freud

b)  Erick Ericson

c)  John Bowlly

d)  Urie Bronfrenbenner

20. A newborn infant move his whole body at one time, instead of moving a part of it. Which of the following principles is illustrated by his behavior?

a)  Development proceeds from specific to general.

b)  Development proceeds from general to specific.

c)  Development follows an orderly pattern.

d)  Development follows a general pattern.

21. Train up a child in the way he should be; when he grows up, he will not depart from it. Which principle supports this?

a)  Development is determined by his heredity

b)  Development is determined by the environment

c)  Early development is more critical than the late development

d)  Early development is less critical than late development.

22. Which state of the psycho-sexual theory does young boys experience rivalry with their father for their mother's attention and affection?

a)  Oral

b)  Anal

c)  Phallic

d)  Latency

23. Angela focuses her attention on the school work and vigorous play that consume most of her physical energy. Which stage of psychosexual theory illustrates her behavior?

a)  Oral

b)  Anal

c)  Phallic

d)  Latency

24. Which of the following is likely to be developed if infants are shown genuine affection?

a)  Trust

b)  Autonomy

c)  Initiative

d)  Industry

25. Christian develops an integral and coherent sense of self. He seeks answers to the question. "Who am I"? Which of the following is Christian likely to develop?

a)  Initiative

b)  Identity and Role Confusion

c)  Intimacy

d)  Autonomy

26. Ms. Reyes uses images and language to represent and understand her various lessons to preschool learners. What stage in the cognitive theory of development explains this?

a)  Sensorimotor

b)  Preoperational

c)  Concrete operation

d)  Formal operation

27. Connie develops concepts necessary for everyday living, builds healthy attitudes towards oneself, and achieve personal independence. These are among the attributes of an individual in what particular stage?

a)  Infancy and early childhood

b)  Middle childhood

c)  Adolescence

d)  Early adulthood

28. Some children are more active than others, as everyone knows-extremely highlevels of activity or hyperactivity are considered problematic. How may a teacher help a child who is hyperactive?

a)  Make him the leader of the class

b)  Transfer him to another class

c)  Give him challenging activities that are appropriate to his ability level and interests.

d)  Allow him to spend longer at the playground until he gets tired.

29. Tessa gets jealous whenever she sees her father showing love and affection to her mother. Which of the following is she showing according to Freud?

a)  Complex

b)  Phallic

c)  Electra Complex

d)  Oedipus Complex

30. In Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, which of the following statements would illustrate Edward who is 11 years old?

a)  Able to see relationships and to reason in the abstract.

b)  Unable to breakdown a whole into separate parts.

c)  Differentiates goals and goal-directed activities.

d)  Experiments with methods to reach goals.

ANSWER:

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. D

5. B

6. C

7. D

8. B

9. B

10. C

11. C

12. B

13. A

14. C

15. D

16. D

17. A

18. C

19. A

20. B

21. B

22. C

23. D

24. A

25. B

26. B

27. B

28. C

29. C

30. A

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