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There are vast differences among the students. Of these, a teacher needs to be sensitive to
I. differences based on cognitive capabilities and learning levels.
II. differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, religion, community.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

• Only II

• Both I and II

• Neither I nor II

• Only I

Assessment by only paper-pencil tests

• facilitates comprehensive evaluation

• facilitates continuous evaluation

• promotes holistic assessment

• limits assessment

A teacher has a 'hearing impaired' child in her middle school class. It is important for her to

• keep pointing to what the child cannot do over and over again

• ridicule the child and make her sit separately so that she joins an institution for hearing impaired

• ask the school counsellor to talk to the child's parents and tell them to withdraw their child from school

• make the child sit at a place from where she can see the teacher's lips and facial expressions clearly

A teacher can effectively respond to the needs of the children from 'disadvantaged sections' of society by

• making them sit separately in the classroom so that they do not mix with other children

• telling other children to treat the children from disadvantaged background with sympathy

• adapting her pedagogy to the needs of every child in the classroom

• ignoring their background and asking them to do chores in the school

Children with learning disability

• cannot learn anything

• struggle with some aspects of learning

• are very active, but have a low IQ

• are very wise and mature

Teachers can encourage children to think creatively by

• asking them to memorise answers

• asking them recall-based questions

• giving them multiple-choice questions

• asking them to think of different ways to solve a problem

Which one of the following philosophical perspectives needs to be followed to deal with children with special needs?

• They should be segregated and put in separate educational institutions

• They should be given only vocational training

• They have a right to inclusive education and study in regular schools

• They do not need any education at all

Learner-centred approach means

• that teachers draw conclusions for the learners

• traditional expository methods

• use of methods in which teacher is the main actor

• methods where learners' own initiative and efforts are involved in learning

Which one of the following is central to learning?

• Conditioning

• Rote memorisation

• Imitation

• Meaning-making

In a constructivist classroom as envisioned by Piaget and Vygotsky, learning

• is dictated by the teacher and the students are passive recipients of the same

• happens by pairing of a stimulus and a response

• is offering of reinforcement by the teacher

• is constructed by the students themselves who play an active role