Knowing the naive conceptions that students bring to the classroom

• does not serve any purpose of the teacher

• pulls down the teacher's morale, since it increases his work

• helps the teacher to plan teaching more meaningfully

• hampers the teacher's planning and teaching

If a teacher wants her students to acquire problem-solving skills, the students should be engaged in activities that involve

• recall, memorisation, and comprehension

• structured worksheets containing multiple choice questions

• drill and practice

• inquiring, reasoning and decision making

A teacher can address diversity in her class by
A. accepting and valuing differences.
B. using socio-cultural background of children as a pedagogic resource.
C. accommodating different learning styles.
D. giving standard instruction and setting uniform benchmarks for performance.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

• A, B and D

• A, B, C and D

• B, C, and D

• A, B, and C

Two students read the same passage yet construct entirely different interpretations of its meaning. Which of the following is true about them?

• It is possible because the teacher has not explained the passage

• It is not possible and the students need to re-read the passage 

• It is possible because different factors affect learning of individuals in varied ways

• It is not possible because learning is not meaning-making

Which of the following factors affect learning?
A. Motivation of the learner
B. Maturation of the learner
C. Teaching strategies
D. Physical and emotional health of the learner

• A and B

• A, B, C and D

• A and C

• A, B and C

To enable students to think independently and become effective learners, it is important for a teacher to

• teach students how to monitor their own learning

• offer rewards for each success achieved by the students

• give information in small units or chunks

• present information in an organised manner to make it easier to recall

A teacher asks her class to cover sharp edges of furniture with cotton and use 'Touch and Feel' notice boards and books. The needs of which category of special learners is she attempting to cater to?

• Hearing-impaired learners

• Visually-impaired learners

• Learning-impaired learners

• Socially disadvantaged learners

Gifted children are best catered to by educational programmes that

• emphasise mastery of knowledge by recall

• make use of gifts and rewards to motivate them to perform according to minimum standards of learning

• stimulate their thinking and give them opportunities to engage in divergent thinking

• control their aggressive behaviour

According to the National Curriculum Framework, 2005, learning is ........ and ............ in its character.

• passive, simple

• active, social

• passive, social

• active, simple

Which of the following statements about student's failure in schools are correct?
A. Students belonging to certain castes and communities fail, since they do not have ability.
B. Students fail in schools because appropriate rewards are not offered for their learning.
C. Students fail because teaching is not done in a manner in which it is meaningful to them.
D. Students fail because school system does not cater to individual child's needs and interests.

• A and B

• C and D

• B and C

• B and D