Republic of the Philippines
University of Eastern Philippines
University Town, Northern Samar
College of Arts and Communication
Social Science Department
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Midterm Examination
NAME: TEST I. =
COURSE: TEST II. =
YEAR: TEST III. =
EXAMINATION DATE: TEST IV. =
EXAMINATION ROOM: TEST V. =
PROCTOR: SCORE =
NEVER FORGET TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS
Please use blue inked pen only. Unclear answers are prohibited. Multiple answers are automatically wrong.
TEST I. Identify on each item what is being asked/define/describe. Choose your answer on the banner below. Write the complete
and correct answer on the space provided before the number of each item.
Scientific Revolution Falsification Theory Materialism Nicolaus Copernicus
Science Education Verification Theory Hedonism Charles Darwin
Basic Education Theism Stoicism Sigmund Freud
Secondary Education Humanism Homo Erectus Japanese
Tertiary Education Indigenous Technology Homo Habilis Americans Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Science Homo
Sapiens Spaniards
_________________________1. It was the golden age in the history of science when the developments in the fields of
mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.
_________________________2. His ideas and theories served as a great inspiration to examine human mind and behavior in a
more scientifically accepted way.
_________________________3. His ideas about the nature of the universe were an example of what is presently called as a
thought experiment.
_________________________4. His unorthodox way of pursuing science gave more value to evidence-based science. He provided
a different framework for doing scientific activities marked by his observation and experiment to support his theory of evolution.
_________________________5. They established schools for boys and girls and introduced the concept of subjects and disciplines
which marked the beginning of formal science and technology in the country, known now as school of science and technology.
_________________________6. They established the public education system, improved the engineering works and the health
conditions of the people. They reorganized the learning of science and introduced it in public and private schools.
_________________________7. This focuses on teaching, learning, and understanding science, and provides skills and knowledge
that are necessary for a person to live in the age of science and to develop a citizenry that will meet the goals of science in the
society _________________________8. In this stage of education, it aims to help students learn important concepts and facts that
are related to everyday life including important skills such as process skills, critical thinking skills, and life skills.
_________________________9. In this stage of education, it deals with developing students' understanding and appreciation of
science ideas and scientific works and focuses on the preparation of professionals in various science-related fields.
_________________________10. It is embedded in the daily life experiences of young children as they grow up and the lessons
they learned are intimately interwoven with their culture and the environment.
_________________________11. It is practiced by different groups of people & early civilizations and includes complex arrays of
knowledge, expertise, practices, and representations that guide societies in their enumerable interactions with the natural milieu.
_________________________12. The idea proposes that a discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of
an alternative hypothesis being accepted.
_________________________13. It asserts that as long as an ideology is not proven to be false ad can best explain a
phenomenon over alternative theories, we should accept the said ideology.
_________________________14. They have been using fire to cook, through chipping one flint over the other to produce a spark,
without realizing the laws of friction and heat.
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_________________________15. They began to sharpen stones similar to a knife and created a simple machine called wedge to
which started the Stone Age.
_________________________16. It espouses the idea that to generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be
apathetic. We should adopt the fact that some things are not within our control. The sooner we realize this, the happier we can
become _________________________17. The world, including human beings, is made up of matter. There is no need to posit
immaterial entities as sources of purpose. Only material entities matter. Material wealth is the primary source of the meaning of their
existence. _________________________18. The man is free to carve his own destiny and to legislate his own laws, free from the
shackles of a God that monitors and controls. The man is literally the captain of his own ship.
_________________________19. The end goal of life is acquiring pleasure. Life is about obtaining and indulging in pleasure
because life is limited. They do not believe in the afterlife.
_________________________20. The ultimate basis of happiness for theists is the communion with God. The world where we are
in is only just a temporary reality where we have to maneuver around while waiting for the ultimate return to the hands of God.
TEST II. Read the statements below. If you noticed that the statement is true and correct, draw a check symbol ( ) on the true
column. However, if you think that the statement is a lie and invalid, draw a wrong symbol () on the false column. Additionally,
underline the word/s that makes the statement false and write its correct word/s in the correction column.
TRUE FALSE STATEMENT CORRECTION
1. Scientists in all periods of time are driven by their curiosity, critical thinking,
and creativity to explore the physical and natural world.
2. Science provided different ancient civilizations the means to survive and
understand the natural and physical world.
3. NCRP provides funds for basic research and patents related to science and
technology.
4. PAASE has strengthen the science education in the country through the
Philippine Science High School system.
5. DOST has created various laws related to science and technology that
serves as a legal framework for science and technology in the country.
6. The growth of science and its development as a field in the country is a
hybrid of indigenous and foreign ideas.
7. Understanding science implies developing and applying science-process
skills and using science literacy in understanding the world.
8. The SSES Project continues to pursue its vision to develop Filipino science
scholars with the scientific minds and passion for excellence.
9. PSHSS aims to develop Filipino children equipped with scientific and
technological knowledge, skills and values.
10. MSHS is a product of a dream to establish a special science school for
talented students in science and mathematics.
11. DLP is a synthesis of classical and modern pedagogical theories adapted to
foster the highest level of learning, creativity, and productivity.
12. Indigenous knowledge includes everything, from metaphysics to philosophy
& various practical technologies practiced by people in the past and present.
13. Indigenous science is composed of traditional knowledge that uses science
process skills and guided by community values and culture.
14. Human flourishing is primarily more of a concern for eastern civilizations
over western civilizations.
15. Heidegger believed that technology is a human activity that we excel in as a
result if achieving science.
16. No science, indigenous or advance, is inferior to globalized peoples’
science.
17. People who do not understand science are won over when the discipline is
able to produce results.
18. There is no such thing as a singular scientific method, offering instead a
variety of procedures that scientists can experiment with to get results.
19. Modern humans are reliant on technology in their search for the good life.
Humans see ways and means from nature to utilize and achieve growth
20. Plato claims that this world is all there is to it and that this world is the only
reality we can all access.
TEST III. Group the enumerated items according to the topics to which they belong to. Write the only the numbers below the topic.
Intellectual Revolutions that Science, Technology & Science Education Indigenous Science and
Defined Society Nation-building in the Philippines Technology
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Human Technology as a Way The Good Life
Flourishing of Revealing
1. al-jabr 6. ethno-medicine 11. holocene extinction 16. phronesis
2. apatheia 7. eudaimonia 12. Karl Popper 17. venus figure
3. aryabhata 8. folk science 13. lebombo bone 18. vienna circle
4. atomos 9. generation gap 14. Martin Heidegger 19. world of forms
5. ethno-biology 10. gross domestic product 15. mica 20. world of matter
TEST IV. Complete the illustrations/diagrams below by supplying the correct content.
1. – 3.
4. – 9.
Development of Science and
Technology in the Philippines
Internal Influences: External Influences:
1. 1.
2.
2.
3.
3. 4.
10 . – 12 .
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE
uses guided by composed of
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13 . – 18 .
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Step 5:
Step 6:
19 . – 20 .
VERIFICATION THEORY FALSIFICATION THEORY
TEST V. Give a brief explanation/essay of your answer on each item. Write your answer below the question.
1. How do the political and cultural growth of the society shape the development of scientific culture, science activities, and
science literacy?
2. In your opinion, who are the three most excellent Filipino contributor in science and technology and what are their contributions?
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3. What are the best science and technology policies that could be adapted or implemented in the Philippines? How can these solve
science-related issues and problems in the country?
4. What are the three diseases of the soul according to Martin Heidegger? What do they mean? How can we solve each disease?
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Prepared by:
PAULA MAE M. CAPARIC, LPT
CAC – Part Time Lecturer
