FIELD STUDY 1, 3, & 5

ACTIVITY MODULES

ARRIESGADO COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.

201 Bonifacio St., Tagum City
 Table of Contents
FS 1 EPISODE 1: THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT .................................... 2
FS 1 EPISODE 2: THE LEARNERS’ CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS ............................... 7
FS 1 EPISODE 3: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT & LEARNING ........................................... 8
FS 1 EPISODE 5: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND LEARNERS’ INTERACTIONS......... 9
FS 1 EPISODE 6: HOME-SCHOOL LINK ................................................................................. 10
FS 3 EPISODE 1: THE SCHOOLS LEARNING RESOURCES ................................................ 11
FS 3 EPISODE 2: BULLETIN BOARD DISPLAYS .................................................................. 13
FS 3 EPISODE 3: SLIDESHOWS ............................................................................................... 15
FS 5 EPISODE 1: ASSESSMENT FOR, AS, OF LEARNING................................................... 16
FS 5 EPISODE 2: GUIDING PRINCIPLES ................................................................................ 18
FS 5 EPISODE 3: USING DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT METHODS ....................................... 19
FS 5 EPISODE 5: TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................... 21
Bibliography ................................................................................................................................. 23

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FS 1 EPISODE 1: THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
SCHOOLS FACILITIES CHECKLIST

Familiarize yourself with the different areas and facilities of the school. If you are not observing
any school, try to remember your high school or elementary school. Check the column to
indicate their availability. Give a brief description of those that are available, and say how each
will contribute to the students’ learning and development.

Will it contribute to the students’

Facilities ✓ Description
learning and development? Explain.

Office of the
Principal

Library

Student
Wellness
Center /
Counselling
Room

Canteen /
Cafeteria

Clinic

Audio-Visual
Room /
Learning
Resource Area

Science
Laboratory

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 Gymnasium

Auditorium

Garden

Home
Economics
Room

Industrial
Workshop Area

PTA Office

Comfort Rooms

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 MY ANALYSIS

1. How do the school campus and the classroom in particular impact the learning of the
students going to school?
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2. How does this relate (refer to your answer in Item #1) to your knowledge of child and
adolescent development?
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3. How does this relate (refer to your answer in Item #1) to your knowledge in facilitating
learning?
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 MY REFLECTIONS & INSIGHTS

4. What kind of school campus is conducive to learning?

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5. What kind of classroom in conducive to learning?

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6. How can/will you accomplish your answer in Item #5?

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 MY PERSONAL ILLUSTRATION OF AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

Present an illustration in the box below showing your idea of an effective environment through
any of the following:
• A collage;
• A sketch / diagram; or,
• A photograph.

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FS 1 EPISODE 2: THE LEARNERS’ CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS
MY INSIGHTS

7. Think of a teacher you cannot forget for positive or negative reasons. How did she / he
help or not help you with your physical, emotional, social, or cognitive needs?
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8. How did it affect you?

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9. What is your favorite theory of development? How can this guide you as a future
teacher?
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FS 1 EPISODE 3: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT & LEARNING
MY REFLECTION AND INSIGHTS

10. Imagine yourself organizing your classroom in the future. What routines and procedures
would you consider to implement? Why?
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11. Should learners be involved in making the class rules? Why?

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FS 1 EPISODE 5: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND LEARNERS’ INTERACTIONS

MY ANALYSIS

12. What behaviors will help you identify the students who performed well and who did not?
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13. Recall the time when you were in the elementary or high school. Recall the performing
and non-performing students in your class. How did your teacher deal with the
differences in abilities?
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14. Was your teacher effective? Explain.

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FS 1 EPISODE 6: HOME-SCHOOL LINK
MY INSIGHTS

In the box below, make an artistic, colorful, and creative visual expression of your insights about
the influence of home and school to the learner. Then add a short explanation of your art below.

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FS 3 EPISODE 1: THE SCHOOLS LEARNING RESOURCES
MY INSIGHTS

15. What gadgets or materials do you want to use or operate in your classroom?
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16. Which of these gadgets are you already confident to use?

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17. Which of these gadgets do you feel to learn more about?

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 MY LEARNING PORTFOLIO

In the box below, paste a picture/image of a gadget or material that you want to learn more
about. Paste also an article discussing its usefulness in instruction or teaching.

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FS 3 EPISODE 2: BULLETIN BOARD DISPLAYS
MY PROPOSED BULLETIN BOARD DISPLAY

Based on what you have learned, propose your version of a display board to be used in a
classroom. Use the form below.

Theme:
Board Title:
Rationale / Purpose:

Objectives:

Best Features:

Contents:

Materials for Aesthetic Enhancement:

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 MY REFLECTIONS

18. Name at least 5 skills that a teacher should have to be able to come up with an effective
display board.
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19. Which of these skills do you already have? How do you practice these skills?
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20. Which of these skills do you still need to develop? How will you improve these skills?
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FS 3 EPISODE 3: SLIDESHOWS
MY LEARNING PORTFOLIO

In a short bond paper, print 5 full-page slides of a slideshow you have created in one of your
presentations (be it in Earning Units or in other events). Attach the printed slides in this page.
Then answer the following questions.

21. What difficulties, if any, did you encounter in making the slide presentation?
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22. How did you overcome these difficulties?

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FS 5 EPISODE 1: ASSESSMENT FOR, AS, OF LEARNING
MY REFLECTIONS

23. As a student, do you like assessment? Why or why not?

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24. What can you do, as a teacher, to eliminate the students’ fear of assessment?
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25. Do you like the idea and practice of self-assessment? Why or why not?
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 MY LEARNING PORTFOLIO

Using a graphic organizer, distinguish Assessment FOR, AS, OF learning. Use the box below.

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FS 5 EPISODE 2: GUIDING PRINCIPLES
MY LEARNING PORTFOLIO

26. Assessment should be placed on a real-world application and not out-of-context drill.
Research about GRASPS assessment technique of Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, the
proponents of Understanding by Design (UBD). Then construct a sample of GRASP in a
real-world scenario. Use the form below.

Title:
Goal:

Role:

Audience:

Situation:

Products or Performances:

Standards:

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FS 5 EPISODE 3: USING DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT METHODS
MY ANALYSIS

27. In what subjects is traditional assessment method used most?

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28. What are the traditional assessment tools / test often used by teachers?
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29. In what subjects is authentic assessment method used most?

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 MY REFLECTIONS

30. What happens when your assessment method and tool do not match with your domain of
learning or your objectives?
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FS 5 EPISODE 5: TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
MY LEARNING PORTFOLIO

Research and paste 3 different examples of Table of Specifications (TOS). Use the boxes below.

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31. Can a teacher have an assessment with content validity even without making a TOS?
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32. Explain why the use of TOS enhances the content validity of an assessment.
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 Bibliography
Corpuz, B. B. (2015). Field Study 5 Learning Assessment Strategies. Quezon City: Lorimar
Publishing, Inc.

Lucas, M. D. (2015). Field Study 1 The Learners' Development and Environment. Quezon City:
Lorimar Publishing, Inc.

Lucas, M. D. (2015). Field Study 3 Technology in the Learning Environment. Quezon City:
Lorimar Publishing, Inc.

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