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Learning disabilities are

• also present in children with average or above-average IQ

• not immutable irrespective of time and nature of interventions

• objective facts and culture has no role in determining them

• synonymous with dyslexia

Problem solving more likely to succeed in schools where

• the emphasis is only on higher order academic achievement

• teacher-centric pedagogy is in effect

• a flexible curriculum is in place

• homogeneous groups of students are present in the classes

Cognitive apprenticeships and instructional conversations

• emphasise on systematic organisation of textual material

• highlight the need of practical training to achieve efficiency

• conceive learning as a social activity

• are based on application of inductive reasoning

Which of the following should be a right way for a teacher who intends to correct errors of his/her students?

• He/She should correct errors that interfere with the general meaning and understandability

• He/She should not correct errors if it irritates children

• He/She must correct every error of his/her students even if it requires late sitting in the school

• He/She should correct less-frequent errors more often than high-frequent and generality errors

The following skills are involved in emotional intelligence, except

• criticism of emotions

• amicable relation with class fellows

• awareness of emotions

• management of emotions

While appearing in an assessment, Devika finds her arousal as energising, whereas Rajesh finds his arousal as discouraging. Their emotional experiences are most likely to differ with respect to

• the level of adaptation

• the intensity of thought

• the duration of time

• the extremity of emotion

The Government of India has started Mid-day Meal Scheme for the elementary schools. Which of the following theories of motivation supports this scheme?

• Cognitive

• Humanistic

• Behaviourist

• Socio-cultural

Attaching importance to the home setting of students for understanding children's behaviour and using this information for building effective pedagogy is related to which of the following theories of learning?

• Constructivist

• Social-constructivist

• Behaviourist

• Ecological

Which of the following may be the best way to deal with an inattentive child in the classroom?

• Allow the child to stand while working, so as to enable the child to focus attention

• Provide the child frequent breaks to refresh her/his attention

• Nag the child as frequently in front of the class to make her/him realise

• Make the child sit in the most distraction reduced area

Which of the following figures correctly represents the development according to Piaget's developmental theory?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4