This document contains a 25-question LET reviewer on curriculum development. The questions cover topics such as curriculum designs, philosophies, stakeholders, processes, and periods in Philippine history. Key concepts addressed include subject-centered vs experience-centered curriculum, curriculum planning and organization, and curriculum improvement vs change.

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LET Reviewer Professional Education Prof. Ed.:
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.
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-centered curriculum
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
13. Mr. Bernardo, a curriculum consultant on
Economics insists that in selecting the curriculum
content, it is better that throughout the high school

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
22. If curriculum is the "means", what is the "end"?
a. Strategies
b. Instruction
c. Technique
d. Approaches
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
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
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
Answers: 1D 2D 3C 4C 5B 6B 7D 8A 9D 10C 11D 12C
13B 14B 15A 16B 17C 18D 19D 20B 21A 22B 23D
24C 25A