Multiple Choice Questions

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A certificate is given to children when they read a specific number of books. In the long run this strategy might not work since

  • this might lead to children reading only for getting the certificates

  • the library would need to buy a lot of books

  • a large number of certificates would have to be given when more children start reading

  • reading books would distract children from completing their homework


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this might lead to children reading only for getting the certificates

"A certificate is given to children when they read a specific number of books". But in the long run, it might lead to children reading only for getting certificates because getting a certificate for reading books is a kind of extrinsic motivation, and for reading the child needs to be intrinsically motivated.


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A teacher's most important role in an inclusive classroom is

  • to ensure that the teacher gives standard instructions to the class

  • to find out the occupations of parents of children so that the teacher knows what each child's future

  • to ensure that child gets an opportunity to realise her potential

  • to plan for the class so that every child progresses at the same pace


How would you help children in your class to make changes in their concepts?

  • By dictating the information to the children and then asking them to memorize it

  • By punishing children if their concepts are wrong

  • By giving factual information

  • By giving children an opportunity to express their own understanding of the concept


Role of a teacher in a class is to

  • follow the time-table strictly and stick to the course

  • provide authentic learning situations and facilitate independent thinking in students

  • fill the students with her own knowledge and prepare them for examinations

  • transmit knowledge in a straight fashion and prepare students for right answers


Which of the following statements is most appropriate about children making errors?

  • To avoid making errors, children need to imitate the teacher

  • Children's errors need to be taken seriously and they should be punished severely so that they do not repeat the mistakes

  • Children commit errors since they do not have the capacity to think

  • Children's errors are a window into how they think


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Assessment is an integral part of teaching-learning process because

  • assessment helps the teacher to understand children's learning and serves as a feedback for her own teaching

  • assessment is the only way to ensure that teachers have taught and students have learnt

  • in today's time marks are the only important thing in education

  • children need to be marked so that they know where they stand in comparison to their peers


"The curriculum must enable children to find their voices, nurture their curiosity-to do things, to ask questions and to pursue investigations, sharing and integrating their experiences with school knowledge - rather than their ability to reproduce textual knowledge." National Curriculum Framework 2005, p-13

Against this backdrop, what should be the primary role of the teacher?

  • to give plenty of opportunities to children to share their own understanding and knowledge

  • to discard the experiences of the children and focus on the textbook

  • to do the chapters of the textbooks sequentially

  • to ensure that the teacher asks good questions and the children write the answers in their notebooks


To encourage children to put in efforts in their studies teachers need to

  • control the child

  • compare the child with others

  • motivate the child

  • scold the child


Which one of these statements in the context of emotions, learning, and motivation is most appropriate?

  • Emotions need to be pushed aside to allow for learning to take place

  • Emotions are inextricable intertwined with motivation and learning

  • Emotions do not play any role in motivating us to learn

  • Learning something new is dependent on how good we are at that


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Multiple Choice Questions assess the child's ability to

  • construct the correct answer

  • explain the correct answer

  • recognize the correct answer

  • recall the correct answer