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pedagogy MCQs

Practise multiple-choice questions from pedagogy for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

pedagogy Mcqs
1. Discovery teaching is actually a___________?
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A. Dialectical approach

B. Constructivist approach

C. Positivist approach

D. Destructive approach

2. According to John Dewey, school is a __________ institution, and education is a __________ process.
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A. social, social

B. social, philosophical

C. environmental, psychological

D. philosophical, philosophical

3. Which from the following should be used to decrease minor inappropriate behavior?
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A. Praise

B. Ignorance

C. Strictness

D. Reward

4. Which from the following is NOT among the five senses?
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A. touch

B. thought

C. smell

D. vision

5. The application of ideas, knowledge and skills to achieve the desired results is called___________?
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A. reasoned arguments

B. problem solving

C. critical thinking

D. deductive method

6. In cooperative learning method, the role of teacher is of__________?
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A. delegator and formal authority

B. delegator

C. facilitator and delegator

D. facilitator

7. When instruction is delivered by a person close in age or achievement to the person receiving instruction, the process is known as:
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A. Individual tutoring

B. None of these

C. Peer Tutoring

D. Peer Coaching

8. According to Jean Piaget, children are no longer egocentric when entering_______________?
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A. Concrete operational stage

B. Sensorimotor stage

C. Formal operational stage

D. Preoperational stage

9. To increase the confidence of the teacher
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A. Well preparation of the content is required

B. Class room discipline is a must

C. Well preparation of the material aids is required

D. Selection of suitable strategy is needed

10. According to Piagets theory of cognitive development, the Concrete operational stage starts at age_________?
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A. 15

B. 3

C. 7

D. 11

11. When students are asked to leave the classroom to observe events organisms and objects in their natural surroundings the teacher is actually using _________strategy to teach them?
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A. None of these

B. Field trips

C. Class observation

D. Field Observations
12. Reading or looking at material quickly to gain an overview of the content is the reading technique called:
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A. Scanning

B. Skimming

C. Silent Reading

D. None of these

13. Education is a process in which knowledge and skills are transferred?
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A. from a few persons to few persons

B. from a few persons to the next generation

C. from a generation to the next generation

D. from a few persons to a large number of people

14. A student having scientific attitude:
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A. Becomes courageous

B. Thinks rationally

C. Gets goods job

D. Studies systematically

15. The technique in which the students act out roles form stories or historical events, is termed as:
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A. Simulation

B. All of the above

C. Drama

D. Play

16. Evaluation of the process of curriculum development should be made____________?
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A. relatively

B. continuously

C. gradually

D. abruptly

17. The idea of practical learning means education should apply to the___________?
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A. real world

B. abstract knowledge

C. society

D. practice

18. The philosopher who for the first time mentioned the importance of play (or sports) in education was__________?
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A. Aristotle

B. Socrates

C. John Locke

D. Plato

19. The term heuristic means __________ in decision making.
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A. calculations

B. mental shortcuts

C. thoroughness

D. brain storming

20. Progressivism believes that children learn in a/an____________?
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A. isolation

B. competition

C. closed environment

D. community