Teaching:

  1. Reflective practice implies use of one’s
    1. Metacognition
    2. At the reflective level of teaching the Focus of concern is problem raising and problem-solving
    3. So, it encourages critical thinking based cognitive interchange that involves analysing and creating.
  2. A teacher gives a lot of positive and negative examples to support his/her presentations in the classroom. This will be related to which level of teaching?
    1. Understanding level
      1. Understanding level of teaching propogates learning by enhancing the scope for seeing of relationships and meanings.
      2. The main objective  is to know the subject in depth knowledge and developing insight leading to clarity of structures.
  3. Which of the strategies in the list given below will be associated with direct teaching ?
    1. Providing examples and explanation
    2. Giving review and recapitulation
    3. Offering practice and feedback
      1. Direct teaching is to strengthen the understanding of concepts so teachers tend to provide more examples during explanantion.
        1. But indirect learning happens by problem raising and solving.
        2. It is done by promoting inquiry
  4. ‘Cone of Experience’ related to teaching-learning was suggested by Edgar Dale
    1. John Dewey – Progressive education.
    2. Kirkpatrick – Analysing and evalulating the results of training in educational programs
    3. Froebel – Play way method of learning
Education technology
  1. Inclusive Education implies ensuring that no child is left behind in education
  2. In the sets given below Set-I provide the different levels of learning according to Bloom’s Taxonomy; the whole set-II gives their examples and concerns. Match the two sets and select from the options to indicate your answer:
Set-1Set -2
Memory LevelRecalling information
Understanding levelIdentifying examples of a given concept
Analyzing level Isolating information into parts
Creating levelGenerating new ideas
  1. In memory level lower level of learning outcomes get focussed. It includes learning facts and rules
    1. At understanding level – learning outcomes are intended in teaching by seeking of relationships and patterns among facts.
    1. Reflective level –  Encourages critical thinking based cognitive interchange.
  2. Who developed the theory of ‘Multiple Intelligence’?
    1. Howard Gardener
    1. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple intelligence – Intelligence is a capacity with component processes and should not be confused with learning or cognitive style.
  3. As per the cognitive development theory of Jean Piaget, adolescent students are in which stage of development?
    1. Formal operational stage
      1. Cognitive competence accounts for general and specific factors of intelligence.
      2. In cognitive development of formal operational stage, Logical reasoning and ability to think in terms of abstract concepts.
      3. Formal operational stage of cognitive development in Piaget’s view will correspond to Secondary education stage in India.

Learner’s characteristics:

  1. Listening is important for a teacher to address the requirement of the learner.
  2. Which of the learner characteristics will influence his/her perspective in a course of study?
    1. Learner’s commitment
    2. Prior knowledge of the learner
    3. Skill of the learner in the concerned area
      1. Learner’s previous experiences in gaining prior knowledge
      2. Learner’s level of interest to learn the skill in the concerned area
      3. Learners commitment guided by intrinsic motivation
  3. Pre-active stage of classroom teaching is important just as pre-learning preparation stage of communication’ – Analogical argument.
  4. For optimising self-learning which of the following motivational principles will be most helpful?
    1. Providing scope for satisfying the need for competence.
      1. The purpose of ICT integration is for optimising learning outcomes.
      2. When the learning outcome of students is ensured with employment of less resources and effort on the part of a teacher and more initiative for self-learning is evident.
  5. Which of the following is the social character of a learner?
    1. Ability to relate oneself with others.
      1. Learner characteristics that will be helpful in ensuring the effectiveness of teaching is interpersonal relations of learners
  6. Which among the following is a cognitive characteristic of learner?
    1. Recalling
    2. Problem Solving
    3. Identifying important sensory inputs
    4. But not in Believing what is true.
      1. The construction of thought processes, includes remembering, problem-solving and decision making, is called as cognitive development.
      2. Cognitive characteristics of the learner is assessed for addressing needs of learners through a curriculum design.
      3. So, it is categorised for knowledge construction which facilitates the learners to assimilate, accommodate and adopt learned concepts.
  7. Below are listed some of the learner’s characteristics. Identify those that help in Effective teaching.
    1. Learner’s level of mental ability
    2. Learner’s previous experiences
    3. Learner’s level of interest to study
    4. Learner’s view about society
      1. Learners level of mental ability enhances the level of Personality and attitude related competencies of a teacher. eg. motivation.
  8. Student-Centric Classroom is meant for – Addressing the individual differences
    1. Swayam and MOOC’s – belongs to the category of learner centered approaches.
    2. In learner centered approach the curriculum is made flexible according to the needs of learner.
    3. A shift in focus from teacher centric to student-centric education  is the best advantage of the Choice Based Credit System.
  9. Think aloud procedure is
    1. A technique used to investigate learner strategies and performance.
  10. Which among the following best describes the Emotional Intelligence of learners?
    1. Understand the emotion of other people and your own
    2. Adjusting one’s emotion as per situation
    3. Accepting other people as they are
      1. Emotional intelligence implies the capacity to integrate and manage the emotion.
      2. So, Emotionally intelligent children are found to be good in problem solving.
      3. Use emotional information to guide thinking and behaviour tends to be empathetic.
  11. Peer group interaction in a classroom helps in Concept understanding
    1. The best option to ensure a teachers effective presence in the classroom is to promote peer group interaction of the learners.
  12. Student-Centric Classroom is meant for: Addressing the individual differences
    1. In classroom environment, a teacher believes that each child is unique a special individual, and therefore actively involves them in their own education and development.
    2. The teacher is adopting : Child – centric education

Factors affecting teaching:

  1. When the learning outcome of students is ensured with employment of less resources and effort on the part of a teacher and more initiative for self-learning is evident, which of the following expression will describe the teacher most appropriately?
    1. Teacher is effective
    2. For optimising self-learning, Providing scope for satisfying need for competence helps the learner to be motivated.
  2. From the list given below identify those questions which are called process rather than content based questions?
    1. Divergent questions
    2. Concept based questions
    3. Open questions
      1. The sequence depicts outcome-based curriculum design for college-level teaching program
        1. desired learning outcomes, content, teaching-learning, assessment, and evaluation
      2. In  the learning process key teaching  behaviour which is effective is to use meaningful  verbal  praise thereby keeping  students  actively  participating  in  learning.
      3. In view of the continuous cycle of process improvement proper sequence of learning involves plan,do,check, act.
  3. Learning objectives mean intended learning outcomes
    1. For organizing an effective teaching-learning system it is significant to determine what will be the intended learning outcome.
    1. So, the structure of a lesson plan has an instructional objective of eliciting the desired response.
    2. Curriculum is designed to achieve the learning outcome of a learner.
  4. Which of the following is an example of higher-order cognitive learning outcome?
    1. Learning of concepts and abstractions
      1. Therefore learning of concepts occurs with higher order cognitive domains includes analysis, creation and critical thinking.
      2. In cognitive development, Formal operational stage involves logical reasoning and ability to think in terms of abstract concepts.
  5. Which of the following is the key behavior contributing to effective teaching?
    1. Explaining concepts in a logical step by step presentation
      1. The effectiveness of teaching based on research evidence suggests that the engagement rate devolved to learning when students are actually on task.
      2. So, Learner’s level of mental ability is an essential character.
  6. Which among of the following bases can be counted to judge the effectiveness of teaching?
    1. Level of realization of instructional objectives
    2. Time taken by the students to learn
    3. Resources used by the teacher in teaching
      1. To realise the level of instructional objectives – teacher’s subject knowledge is an important factor that affects effectiveness of teaching.
      2. When the learning outcome of students is ensured with employment of less resources and effort on the part of a teacher and more initiative for self-learning is evident.
      3. Then teacher becomes effective.
  7. To organise discussion method in teaching effectively, which of the following conditions should be met?
    1. Topic be declared in advance
    2. Topic of common interest
    3. Language facility of participants
      1. In group discussion method of teaching have a great scope for dialog discourses.
      2. So topic of common interest is discussed.
  8. From the list of the effective teaching behaviors, identify those which are called key behaviors.
    1. Direct, audible and oral delivery to all students
    2. Varying modes of presentation
    3. Preventing mis-behaviour with a minimum of class disruption
      1. During oral delivery frequent use of positive reinforcers either in the institution or classroom is imperative for an effective teaching behavior.
      2. The scope for sharing and discussions within the classroom and the institution by various modes of presentation prevents misbehavior with a minimum class disruption.

Methods of teaching in institutions of higher learning:

  1. The field of study which uses role-playing, simulation and self-evaluation as strategies for adult learners is known as
    1. Andragogy
      1. The field of study dealing with methods and principles used in adult education is known as andragogy
      2. These strategies in andragogy are commonly used methods in adult education.
Column AColumn B
Lecture methodImparting a large amount of knowledge
Demonstration methodExperience-based learning
Project MethodEmphasizing the participative procedure of an act
Collaborative methodStudent engage in different activities together and learn
  1. Project method involves problem-solving method whereby students engage in different activities for learning.
    1. In Lecture cum demonstration, assignment involves interactive presentation and tutorials.
    1. Collaborative method – when students share different aspects of a learning activity.
  2. From the list given below, identify those teaching methods which have a great scope for dialogic discourses.
    1. Tutorials
    2. Problem solving methods
    3. Group discussions
      1. In dialogic, presentations involving teachers, students, and the content has more scope for critical and creative interchange.
  3. Column-A (Methods of Teaching) Column-B (Focus of Method)
    1. Collaborative Method –   when students share different aspects of a learning activity
    2. Co-operative Method  – when students help each other to learn     
    3. Constructivist Method – when emphasis is given on students as creator of knowledge    
    4. Team teaching – when expertise of teachers is used in teaching
      1. In constructivist method  emphasis is given on students as creator of knowledge
      2. In a constructivist approach the order for ensuring teaching-learning activities engage, explore, explain, evaluate and extend.
      3. The construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem-solving and decision making, is called as cognitive development.
      4. Cognitive characteristics of the learner is assessed for addressing needs of learners through a curriculum design.
      5. So,the Curriculum change envisages Change in methods of teaching
  4. From the list given below identify the instructional events which form part of the structure of a lesson plan. Select your answer from the option given below the list.
    1. List of instructional events:
      1. Gaining the attention of students
      2. Informing the learner of the objectives
      3. Stimulating recall of prerequisite learning
      4. Eliciting the desired response
        1. Every lesson plan must have desired learning outcomes. So the teacher’s Instructional objective is critical for transacting curriculum.
        2. Generally in the instructional design, the appropriate activities includes,
        3. Step by step presentation of learning material, student response and immediacy of feedback.
  5. Which of the following statements best explains the concept of team teaching?
    1. More than two teachers plan and teach the same class as per their expertise.
    2. Team teaching and lecturing are direct learning methods.
    3. In this method, expertise of teachers are used in teaching.
  6. Below is given a list of teaching methods and approaches. Which among them are individualized approaches?
    1. Modular approach based teaching
    2. Programmed learning
    3. Personalized
      1. Essential features of module learning includes,
      2. self learning, self-sufficient, self evaluation and statements of learning outcomes.
  7. Brainstorming as a method can be used for
    1. Generating new ideas in the area of interest
  8.  A workshop is meant for
    1. Hands-on-experience
    2. participation in workshop and assignments is contributive to direct learning method of teaching

Teaching Support System:

  1. Instructions which encourage live participation and interaction through online classes are called
    1. Synchronous instructions
    2. Asynchronous teaching aids includes – Blog, Facebook post and e-mail.
    3. These are non-traditional teaching and learning strategies which lay emphasis on developing skills attitude and values.
    4. So in non-traditional universities some of the features which makes open universities as innovative method of teaching and learning.
    5. Innovative method of admission, curriculum and evaluation
    6. Modern communication techniques has synchronous instructions.
  2. What are the elements of evaluation plan?
    1. Purpose
    2. Resources
    3. Analysis
      1. For organizing an effective teaching-learning system it is essential to  have performance evaluation. 
      2. It includes elements like Purpose, Resources and Analysis that determines the outcome of a learner thereby helping to achieve academic goals.
  3. The following teaching aids can be used by a teacher in the classroom as a live interactive device:
    1. Skype
    2. On-line Chat
    3. Tele-conferencing
      1. Asynchronous teaching aids includes – Blog, Facebook post and e-mail.
      2. There are teaching aids which are centered around certain skills such as reading, listening and pronunciation etc. such teaching aids are called as Skill-based teaching aids.
  4. Which teaching aids enhance skills like reading, listening, and pronunciation?
    1. Audio- lingual teaching aids
      1. Availability of teaching aids and their use are centered around certain skills such as reading, listening, speaking and pronunciation etc
      2. Such teaching aids are called as skill-based teaching aids.
  5. Among the following which one is an example of instructional software?
    1. Radio talk
      1. Software based instruction is generally computer assisted learning.
      2. It is employed For improving the study skill to practice testing – Learning techniques employed is to test oneself on the material that one tries to learn.
      3. For instructional design using software, Insights from use of various learning resources are utilized

Evaluation Systems:

  1. The performance of a student is compared with another student in which type of testing?
    1. Norm-referenced testing
      1. Covering a large domain of learning tasks with just a few items measuring specific tasks.
      2. It emphasizes discrimination among individuals in terms of relative level of learning.
      3. Interpretation of results required a clearly defined group.
      4. This type of test  in a group setting  hinder the creativity of its members .
  2. Which is the characteristic of formative evaluation?
    1. Evaluation is conducted during teaching to enhance student’s learning.
      1. By identifying the scope for improvement, the evaluation focuses on learning processes.
      2. Thereby, Learning should be managed and monitored continuously.
  3. Below are listed some activities performed by a teacher. Which activities are of the nature of Formative evaluation?
    1. Conducting quiz session
    1. Providing feedback while teaching
    2. Encouraging students to reflect more
      1. The main objective of formative evaluation is to enhance students’ learning.
      2. So, in formative assessment based evaluation the potential for increasing intrinsic motivation is optimum.
  4. Which type of evaluation focuses on the identification of deficiencies and difficulties of the learner?
    1. Diagnostic evaluation
      1. Diagnostic evaluation ascertains the causes and remedies of persistent learning problems during instructions.
      2. So a diagnostic test is used by the teacher to find out the learning difficulties of students.
  5. A teacher intends to find out the learning difficulties of students. Which of the following tests can be used? Diagnostic Test
    1. Diagnostic Evaluation is a type of evaluation she/he would  undertake for choosing students for her/ his remedial classes.
    2. So, A teacher develops an achievement test with items saturated with high difficulty value and widely divergent content domain
  6. What is the main objective of formative evaluation?
    1. To enhance students’ learning by identifying the scope for improvement.
      1. formative assessment based evaluation has the potential for increasing intrinsic motivation is optimum
      2. This motivates students to carry out their tasks which can be measured by formative evaluation assessment. Eg. A Quiz session or Providing corrective feedback during discussions
  7. Diagnostic evaluation ascertains
    1. Causes and remedies of persistent learning problems during instructions.
    1. This type of evaluation focuses on the identification of deficiencies and difficulties of the learner.
    2. So a teacher develops an achievement test with items saturated with high difficulty value and widely divergent content domain.
  8. A university teacher plans to study the effect of level of aspiration of students in terms  of their socio-economic background on their scholastic performance at the term evaluation conducted by an external testing agency. What is the dependent variable in this study?
    1. Scholastic performance of student
      1. Independent Variable = Level of aspiration of students
      2. Dependent Variable = Scholastic performance of students.
  9. Which of the following statements is true in the case of a test prepared by you as a teacher?
    1. If a test is valid, it is reliable also
  10. Which of the following is an example of maximum performance test?
    1. Aptitude tests
      1. A teacher’s purpose is to predict or to identify individuals who have the greatest potential for development along special lines.
      1. Aptitude test would be applied to accomplish that.
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