A teacher in a multi-cultural classroom would ensure that the assessment considers the following
reliability and validity of her assessment tool
socio-cultural context of her students
expectations of the school administration by complying with the minimum levels of learning
standardization of the assessment tool
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socio-cultural context of her students
The goals of multicultural education include
• Creating a safe, accepting and successful learning environment for all.
• Strengthening cultural consciousness.
• Strengthening intercultural awareness.
• Teaching students that there are multiple historical perspectives.
• Preventing prejudice and discrimination.
A student highlights the main points in a chapter, draws a visual representation and poses questions that arise in her mind at the end of the chapter. She is
trying to regulate her own thinking by organization of ideas
trying to use method of loci
trying to use the strategy of maintenance rehearsal
ensuring observational learning
What is a major criticism of Kohlberg's theory?
Kohlberg proposed a theory without any empirical basis
Kohlberg did not give clear cut stages of moral development
Kohlberg proposed that moral reasoning is developmental
Kohlberg did not account for cultural differences in moral reasoning of men and women
A lot of debate surrounds whether girls and boys have specific sets of abilities due to their genetic materials. Which one of the following are you most likely to agree with in this context?
Girls are socialized to be caring while boys are discouraged to show emotions such as crying
Boys cannot be caring since they are born that way
After puberty boys and girls cannot play with each other since their interests are complete opposites
All girls have inherent talent for arts while boys are genetically programmed to be better at aggressive sports
A teacher can effectively respond to the needs of children from 'disadvantaged sections' of society by
telling the 'other children' to co-operate with the 'disadvantaged children' and help them learn the ways of the school
sensitizing the disadvantaged children to the norms and strictures of schools so that they can comply with those
reflecting on the school system and herself about various ways in which biases and stereotypes surface
ensuring that the children do not get a chance to interact with each other to minimize the chances of their being bullied
By giving children a variety of problems to solve and support while solving them
By giving tangible rewards for solving problems
By encouraging children to look for answers to the problems in the textbook
By providing correct solutions to all the problems they pose to students
Research has pointed out that several levels of discrimination exist in the schools. Which of these is not an example of discrimination at upper primary level?
Many teachers use only lecture method to teach
Teachers have low expectations of children from lower socio-economic strata
Dalit children are made to sit separately during mid-day meals
Girls are not encouraged to take up maths and science
Which one of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between development and learning as proposed by Vygotsky?
Development is independent of learning
Learning and development are parallel processes
Development process lags behind the learning process
Development is synonymous with learning
In a learner-centred classroom, the teacher would
encourage children to compete with each other for marks to facilitate learning
use lecture method to explain key facts and then assess the learners for their attentiveness
demonstrate what she expects her students to do and then gives them guidelines to do the same
employ such methods in which the learners are encouraged to take initiative for their own learning
According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence, the factor that would contribute most for being a 'self-aware' individual would be
Musical
Intrapersonal
Spiritual
Linguistic