QUICK CHECK

How is DepEd improving the K to 12 Program under the MATATAG Curriculum?

• By adding more learning areas

• By changing learning areas from 5 to 7

• By reducing learning areas from 7 to 5

• By removing all learning areas

How does the MATATAG Curriculum make learning more holistic for students?

• By focusing only on academic subjects

• By removing values education from the curriculum

• By balancing knowledge and skills with values development

• By giving more tests and homework

Which of the following best describes how the MATATAG Curriculum supports deeper learning?

• By focusing only on memorization of facts

• By starting instruction from advanced topics to challenge learners

• By emphasizing essential knowledge, building on prior learning, and encouraging critical and reflective thinking

• By avoiding learner errors to speed up the learning process

Why is attention to meaning important in student learning?

• It helps students memorize more facts quickly

• It ensures students are given tasks that match their favorite subjects

• It keeps students focused only on what is easy for them

• It ensures instructional time is meaningful and aligned with students' needs and abilities

Why is it important to prompt students to connect new lessons to their prior knowledge?

• So students can rely only on what they already know

• Because students learn best when they memorize new facts without context

• Because activating prior knowledge helps students make sense of new information

• So teachers can avoid teaching new concepts

Why is it important to prompt effortful thinking in students?

• So students can finish their work faster

• Because it helps students store learning more durably and understand both current and future concepts

• To give students a break from difficult thinking tasks

• Because effortful thinking makes learning more entertaining

Why is it important to use both examples and non-examples when teaching students?

• To make lessons more entertaining

• To help students memorize definitions more quickly

• To support the development of accurate and nuanced mental models (schema) that build on prior knowledge

• To give students more activities to complete

Why is it important to develop a curriculum map before classes start?

• To keep students busy with extra activities

• To ensure teachers have a clear roadmap for teaching and learning activities throughout the academic year

• To allow teachers to change their plans as they go along

• To avoid using any assessments in class

What is the purpose of the Grade Level Exit Assessment?

• To test only the content taught in the final grading period

• To identify if learners are ready to move on to the next grade level by assessing competencies from all grading periods

• To evaluate how much students enjoy their classes

• To determine the topics to teach in the next school year

How do teachers "unpack" a curriculum or lesson plan effectively?

• By ignoring unclear terms and skipping over difficult topics

• By aligning with learning goals, clarifying unclear terms, identifying missing elements, and prioritizing key concepts

• By focusing only on the most advanced topics

• By rushing through all the content to cover everything