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
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 : 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 : 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 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 : 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 : A teacher is introducing a new subject when meeting the class for the first time it would be best to Options: A) Begin with the first lesson without delay B) Give a class a ... of the previous grades D) Concentrate on identifying potential trouble-makers and leaders of the classroom mischief
Last Answer : B) Give a class a broad outline of the subject
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 : 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 : 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 : In the final analysis, teaching must be thought of mainly as a process of Options: A) Directing the activities of people B) Asking questions and appraising answers C) Hearing the recitation of pupils D) Indoctrinating pupils with adult ideas
Last Answer : A) Directing the activities of people
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 : Which one of the following is not a quality of teacher? Options: A) Teacher should use modern techniques. Methods and gadgets are teaching for better understanding of subject matter. B) Teacher should ... /her profession and knowledge must be updated. D) Teacher must be fair tin grading and marking.
Last Answer : B) Teacher should maintain a autocratic atmosphere in the class.
Description : Which of the following is the most adequate definition of learning? Options: A) The acquisition and organization of knowledge B) The development of skills C) The solving of problems D) The modification of behaviour
Last Answer : D) The modification of behaviour
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 : 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 : 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 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 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 : The main argument against teacher's strikes has been that Options: A) Teacher's strikes generally have been unsuccessful B) Salaries have risen faster than the cost of living C) Teachers contract should not be violated D) The public is sympathetic to the teacher
Last Answer : C) Teachers contract should not be violated
Description : The initials PTA refer to what organization Options: A) Progressive Teacher Association B) Parent-Teacher Association C) Private Tutors Association D) Principal Teacher Administration
Last Answer : B) Parent-Teacher Association
Description : The extent of community restriction placed on the personal life of the teacher is Options: A) Virtually nil in all types of communities B) Greater in metropolitan areas C) Growing with each generation of teachers D) Greater in rural communities
Last Answer : D) Greater in rural communities
Description : The best statement of the position of the teacher in the class-room is that he is Options: A) The chairman of the group B) The director of the group C) One member of the group D) The umpire of the group
Last Answer : B) The director of the group
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 : The development of desirable person's characteristics is largely a matter of Options: A) Social pressures B) Habit-formation C) Motivation D) Opportunity for learning
Last Answer : C) Motivation
Description : Which of the following best explains the pattern of mental growth? Options: A) A steady and uniform growth from birth to early adulthood B) A growth pattern paralleling the physical ... off to the middle twenties D) An erratic pattern from individual to individual precluding any generalization
Last Answer : C) A uniform rise to the middle teens and a gradual levelling off to the middle twenties
Description : A teacher can establish rapport with his pupil by Options: A) Becoming A Figure Of Authority B) Impressing Them with knowledge And Skill C) Playing The Role Of A Guide With Desire To Help The D) Becoming A Friend To The pupils
Last Answer : C) Playing The Role Of A Guide With Desire To Help The
Description : In making occupational field-trips, the pupils should Options: A) Be accompanied by the teacher at all times B) Be prepared to ask questions from their guide C) Discuss their visits upon returning to school D) All the above
Last Answer : D) All the above
Description : Trial-Error Learning in men and animals differ chiefly in that man places greater dependence upon Options: A) Overt activity B) Rapid and energetic action C) Symbolic manipulation D) The uniqueness of each problem
Last Answer : C) Symbolic manipulation
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 : 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 : Probably the most important of the following determinants of the effectiveness of learning is Options: A) The method of presentation B) The need of meaningfulness and understanding C) The concentration of the learning periods D) The degree of over-learning
Last Answer : B) The need of meaningfulness and understanding
Description : Which of the following is/are true about teacher/teaching? Options: A) teacher Should Have Control Over The Students To Maintain Peace And Order In The Class. B) Teaching Should Be Pupil Centred ... Subject Centred. C) Teacher Should Arouse Interest Among Students About The Subject D) All Of These
Last Answer : D) All Of These
Description : In order to develop rapport with your pupils you should Options: A) guide them B) behave them in a democratic way C) have communicative ability D) all of the above
Last Answer : D) all of the above
Description : Which of the following is not a major modern trend in teacher education? Options: A) A change in emphasis from the teaching of subject-matter to the directing of pupil growth B) ... from scholarship to personality development D) A change from autocratic discipline to greater pupil self-direction
Last Answer : C) A change in emphasis from scholarship to personality development
Description : As a teacher you should not demand your pupils which is beyond their stage of growth. If you do so, it only causes Options: A) Frustrations B) Frustrations, Heighten Tension And Nervousness C) Encouragement For More Learning D) Both (B)And (C
Last Answer : B) Frustrations, Heighten Tension And Nervousness
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 term intra-individual differences refers to Options: A) Differences among the various in a given individual B) Differences in a given trait between two or more individuals C) Differences in a ... curricula D) Differences in a given trait in a given individual associated with errors of measures
Last Answer : A) Differences among the various in a given individual
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 : The mental changes involved as the learner acquires new ways of perceiving or apprehending the things are referred to as Options: A) Cognitive B) Affective C) Co native D) Tautological
Last Answer : A) Cognitive