Which one of these statements do you agree with?

• A child fails because the government is not giving enough technological resources in schools

• A child's failure is primarily due to lack of parent's education and economic status

• A child's failure can be attributed directly to the genetic material he/she has acquired from his/her parents

• A child's failure is a reflection on the system and its inability to respond to the child

Which one of these is a principle of child development?

• Development occurs due to interaction between maturation and experience

• Development can accurately predict the pace of each individual child

• Experience is the sole determinant of development

• Development is determined by reinforcement and punishment

A major difference between the perspectives of Vygotsky and Piaget pertains to

• their critique of behaviouristic principles

• their conception of children as active constructors of knowledge

• the role of providing a nurturing environment to children

• their views about language and thought

In the context of 'nature-nurture' debate, which one of the following statements seems appropriate to you?

• A child is like a blank slate whose character can be moulded by the environment into any shape

• Children are genetically predisposed to what they would be like irrespective of whatever environment they grow up in

• Environmental influences only have a little value in shaping up a child's behaviour which is primarily genetically determined

• Heredity and environment are inseparably interwoven and both influence development

Of the following statements, which one do you agree with?

• Learning is completely governed by external stimuli

• Learning takes place in a socio-cultural context

• Learning cannot take place unless it is assessed externally in terms of marks

• Learning has taken place only if it is evident in behavior

The rationale behind inclusive education is that

• society is heterogeneous and schools need to be inclusive to cater to heterogeneous society

• the benchmarks for performance of each child should be uniform and standardized

• we need to take pity on special children and provide them access to facilities

• it is not cost-effective to provide for separate schools for special children

An upper primary school constructivist classroom would foresee the following role of students in their own assessment

• make detailed guidelines for how marks would be correlated to students' achievement and prestige in class

• denying that assessment has a role in teaching-learning

• students would be the sole determinants of their own assessment

• students would plan for assessment with the teacher

Which one of the following would be the most effective way to identify a creative child by the teacher?

• Observing how the child interacts with peers in team tasks

• Detailed observation of the child especially when she solves problems

• Administering standardized intelligence tests

• Giving objective type tests

As an upper primary school mathematics teacher you believe that

• students' errors provide insights into their thinking

• students need to possess procedural knowledge even if they don't understand conceptual basis

• not all children have the ability to study mathematics in upper primary school

• boys will learn mathematics without much effort since they are 'born with it' and you need to pay more attention to girls.

The amount and type of scaffolding to a child would change depending on the

• mood of the teacher

• child's innate abilities

• rewards offered for the task

• level of the child's performance