Description : In the final analysis, teaching must be thought of mainly as a process of (a) Asking questions and evaluating the learning (b) Directing the activities of the pupils (c) Hearing the recitation of pupils (d) all of the above
Last Answer : (a) Asking questions and evaluating the learning
Description : The teaching is not thought as a process of (a) Listening the recitation of pupils (b) Directing the activities of pupils (c) Indoctrinating adult ideas to young pupils (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (c) Indoctrinating adult ideas to young pupils
Description : The most important task in teaching is Options: A) Making assignments and hearing recitations B) Directing pupils in development of experiences C) Scoring test papers and giving out-grades D) Making monthly reports and keeping records
Last Answer : B) Directing pupils in development of experiences
Description : Which of the following the teacher is not expected to do? Options: A) Participate in community activities such as Red Cross B) Give help to pupils in their personal and school problems C) Keep pupil's attendance and achievement records D) None of the above
Last Answer : D) None of the above
Description : Recitation in learning appears most profitable when introduced Options: A) At the beginning of the learning period B) Uniformity throughout the learning period C) Towards the end of the learning period D) Only as preparation for the testing period
Last Answer : C) Towards the end of the learning period
Description : Research has shown that the percentage of the total study time which could profitably be devoted to recitation as opposed to re-reading could be as high as Options: A) 20 per cent B) 40 per cent C) 60 per cent D) 80 per cent
Last Answer : D) 80 per cent
Description : Rama, a bright pupil, is openly impatient of the errors and slowness of other students in the class and wishes to answer much more than his share of questions. His teacher should Options: A) Ask ... D) Make him realize that he is not so smart by asking him difficult questions that he cannot answer
Last Answer : D) Make him realize that he is not so smart by asking him difficult questions that he cannot answer
Description : Which of the following duties is least likely to be required of all teachers? Options: A) Visiting the homes of the pupils B) Disciplining pupils in their care C) Keeping a record of text-books D) Preparing and grading examinations
Last Answer : A) Visiting the homes of the pupils
Description : The most important function of the teacher is to Options: A) Maintain a order B) Impart subject-matter C) Teach problem-solving techniques D) Guide pupil's growth
Last Answer : D) Guide pupil's growth
Description : The ground rules for the class-room should be established by the Options: A) Principal B) Pupils C) Pupils and teachers D) Teacher
Last Answer : C) Pupils and teachers
Description : The key to effective class-room discipline lies in Options: A) Seeking the cause of misbehaviour and taking appropriate action B) Making an example of the leaders of any class-room mischief C) ... of the class room D) Providing a programme with inbuilt means for the satisfaction of pupil needs
Last Answer : D) Providing a programme with inbuilt means for the satisfaction of pupil needs
Description : As teachers, we should think of our work in terms of Options: A) Systematic drill B) The mastery of subject-matter C) Hearing lessons recited D) Child growth and development
Last Answer : D) Child growth and development
Description : The teacher's primary responsibility lies in Options: A) Planning educational experiences B) Implementing and administering policies C) Promoting human relations with parents D) Experimenting with teaching techniques
Last Answer : A) Planning educational experiences
Description : The most critical factor needed to make teaching a true profession is Options: A) An improved salary scale B) A longer period of training C) Improved school-buildings D) Discipline of its own members
Last Answer : D) Discipline of its own members
Description : If a learner is 'ready’ when he begins a new task and the first teaching is good, his learning curve will probably rise Options: A) Rapidly with wide fluctuations B) Rapidly with slight fluctuations C) At a moderate but very uniform rate of speed D) Slowly but steadily
Last Answer : B) Rapidly with slight fluctuations
Description : The best evidence of the professional status of teaching is the Options: A) Publication of journal B) Fixing of salary schedules C) Enforcement of high standards D) Establishment of retirement systems
Last Answer : C) Enforcement of high standards
Description : The most valid criterion, on the basis of which of judge whether teaching is a profession, is the teacher's Options: A) Love for children B) Broad and thorough knowledge of subject matter C) Exemplification of dominant values of our culture D) Observance of professional ethics
Last Answer : D) Observance of professional ethics
Description : Teaching would come in which of the following classification of work? Options: A) Clerical B) Managerial C) Professional D) Service
Last Answer : C) Professional
Description : The most basic cause of teacher's failure in maintaining discipline is the teacher's lack of Options: A) Competence in teaching methods B) Knowledge of his subject C) A constructive programme of meaningful things to be learnt and done D) Knowledge of educational psychology
Last Answer : C) A constructive programme of meaningful things to be learnt and done
Description : The best learning procedure in teaching children is to have them Options: A) Read about the way an activity can be performed B) Write about the way an activity can be performed C) See an activity as it is being performed D) Perform the activity themselves
Last Answer : D) Perform the activity themselves
Description : Secondary school teaching in the past held more prestige than elementary education because Options: A) The subject-matter was at a higher level of difficulty B) Secondary teachers usually had a higher ... C) Pay schedules generally were higher for secondary school teaching D) All of the above
Last Answer : D) All of the above
Description : In teaching, if nothing has been learned, northing has been Options: A) Taught B) Studied C) Examined D) Assigned
Last Answer : A) Taught
Description : Language is best thought of as Options: A) A biological (instinctive) development B) A system of symbols for effective problem-solving C) A nomenclature for cataloguing experience D) A medium for self-enhancement
Last Answer : C) A nomenclature for cataloguing experience
Description : The most important task is teaching is Options: A) Making Monthly Reports And Maintaining Records B) Making Assignments And Hearing Recitations C) Directing Students In The Development Of Experience D) None Of These
Last Answer : C) Directing Students In The Development Of Experience
Description : In the following list of the aspects of the guidance of learning activities, which is the most fundamental and should occur first from the stand point of time? Options: A) ... Determination of methods of presentation C) Determination of objectives D) Selection of the learning activities
Last Answer : C) Determination of objectives
Description : Which of the following best explains the existence of organized gangs of delinquent teenagers with which students often affiliate themselves? Options: A) Inactive and lax law enforcement B) ... activities from which students can derive wholesome satisfaction D) Student's desire for adventure
Last Answer : C) Lack of constructive activities from which students can derive wholesome satisfaction
Description : A teacher today, is least expected to serves as Options: A) A director of many activities B) An able publicist of the school C) An encyclopaedia of knowledge D) A committee member and consultant
Last Answer : C) An encyclopaedia of knowledge
Description : Which of the following best reflects democracy in the class-room? Options: A) Allowing children to sit where they want and work with whom they please B) Allowing children freedom to the ... of the class-room D) Allowing the maximum participation of all the students in class-room activities
Last Answer : C) Allowing the class to decide the curricular experiences of the class-room
Description : TV is superior to radio as teaching aid because it Options: A) is costly B) invites two senses hearing and vision simultaneously leading to more accurate form of learning C) is generally liked by pupils D) all of above
Last Answer : B) invites two senses hearing and vision simultaneously leading to more accurate form of learning
Description : The first professional responsibility you must meet as a new teacher is to Options: A) Change the curriculum in the light of your training B) Seek to enrich the educational philosophy of ... Co-operate with your fellow teachers inspite of differences D) Change your mind as the conditions permit
Last Answer : C) Co-operate with your fellow teachers inspite of differences
Description : In order to give effective guidance to the learning of a skill, the instructor must necessarily be able Options: A) To execute the skill with a high degree of perfection B) To execute the skill ... be learned D) To foresee and forestall the development of bad habits, the occurrence of plateaus, etc
Last Answer : C) To develop in the student's insight into the nature of the skill to be learned
Description : Forgetting can be considered to be Options: A) A passive process of fading B) The result of incorrect learning C) The result of insufficient learning D) A case of negative transfer
Last Answer : A passive process of fading
Description : With which of the following aspects of learning are the teachers and psychologists most directly concerned? Options: A) The products of learning B) The process of learning C) The development of habits D) The avoidance of errors
Last Answer : B) The process of learning
Description : Which of the following would least quality as an essential aspect of the process of learning? Options: A) Adequate readiness B) Response to stimulation C) Insight into means-end relationship D) The reinforcement of response
Last Answer : C) Insight into means-end relationship
Description : the most important task in teaching is (a) Directing students in development of experiences (b) Making assignments and hearing recitations (c) Making monthly reports and maintaining records (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (a) Directing students in development of experiences
Description : TV is superior to radio as teaching aid because it (a) is costly (b) Invites two senses - hearing and vision simultaneously leading to more accurate form of learning (c) Is generally liked by pupils (d) all of the above
Last Answer : (b) Invites two senses - hearing and vision simultaneously leading to more accurate form of learning
Description : Underlying the construction of intelligence tests is the assumption that the people to be tested Options: A) Are of normal intelligence B) Are of the same stock from the biological point ... ) Can be measured as to intelligence without undue interference from the factor of differences in experience
Last Answer : D) Can be measured as to intelligence without undue interference from the factor of differences in experience
Description : Political responsibilities make demands upon many people. Teachers should Options: A) Take a film stand on political issue and support their side in any way, they can B) Refuse to take a ... civic responsibilities, but refuse to be drawn into fractional disputes D) Never mention politics in class
Last Answer : C) Accept civic responsibilities, but refuse to be drawn into fractional disputes
Description : Which of the following is not an aspect of learning? Options: A) The accumulation of knowledge B) Cue-reduction C) Modification of perceptions D) The sensitization of nerve fibres
Last Answer : D) The sensitization of nerve fibres
Description : It is generally agreed that Options: A) Each educational group should have its own independent organization B) Administrators and teachers should have separate professional organization C) Any professional organization should included several levels of leadership D) All of the above are correct
Last Answer : C) Any professional organization should included several levels of leadership
Description : Which of the following best explains the phenomenon of forgetting? Options: A) The passage of time B) The phenomenon of reminiscence C) The phenomenon of interference D) Repression
Last Answer : C) The phenomenon of interference
Description : Which of the following would constitute the most proper action to take, if a child continues to talk after the class. has been asked to be quiet? Options: A) Speak loudly enough to be heard by ... the need for silence C) Make the whole class stay after school D) Arrange to speak to him privately
Last Answer : D) Arrange to speak to him privately
Description : Which of the following procedures would be best from the stand point of efficiency of acquisition for a given degree of long-term retention? Options: A) A high level of over-learning B) Reviews spaced progressively further apart C) Trial and Error D) Cramming
Last Answer : B) Reviews spaced progressively further apart
Description : The best way to establish rapport with your class is to Options: A) Demand the respect due your age and status B) Remain aloof, be a figure of authority C) Impress your students with your knowledge and skill D) Play the role of a guide who desires to help them
Last Answer : D) Play the role of a guide who desires to help them
Description : Which of the following statements appears most accurate in the light of our present knowledge of the neurophysiology underlying learning? Options: A) Learning involves neural fibres in a ... Psychologists have not been able to discover the neurophysilogical changes occurring as a person learns
Last Answer : D) To date, Psychologists have not been able to discover the neurophysilogical changes occurring as a person learns
Description : Which of the following is the least important aspect of the teacher's role in the guidance of learning? Options: A) The development of insight into what constitutes an adequate performance B) The ... avoided C) The provision of continuous diagnostic and remedial help D) The fore-stalling of habits
Last Answer : B) The development of insight into what constitute the pitfalls and dangers to be avoided
Description : In which of the following areas do deaf children tend to show the greatest relative inferiority to normal children? Options: A) Intellectual development B) Socio-emotional development C) Academic progress D) Language development
Last Answer : D) Language development
Description : Psychologists would consider the real criterion of whether or not learning has taken place to be Options: A) Increased sensitivity to appropriate stimuli B) Increased understanding C) Improved behaviour D) Speed of reaction
Last Answer : C) Improved behaviour
Description : For maximum efficiency in learning a given passage for one single production (for example a school play), it is best to have Options: A) Many relatively short practice periods ... before the performance is required D) Relatively long practice periods concentrated just before performance is required
Last Answer : D) Relatively long practice periods concentrated just before performance is required
Description : The function of a teacher primarily is that of a Options: A) Service-station attendant, filling students with knowledge B) Minister, tending to the personal and spiritual needs of children ... progress towards maximum growth D) Director, organizing and planning worth-while experiences for the class
Last Answer : C) Guide, helping the child progress towards maximum growth