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PADAGOGY MCQS

CHAPTER# Most Important Pedagogy Mcqs

Q.1 : The word “Pedagogy” means?

a) to understand the child
b) to guide the child
c) to educate the child
d) to lead the child

Q.2 : The word "Pedagogy" means?

a) to understand the child
b) to guide the child
c) to educate the child
d) to lead the child

Q.3 : Pedagogy is the study of?

a) Education
b) Learning Process
c) Teaching Methods
d) Guiding Students

Q.4 : The philosopher who worked in mathematical and scientific didactic was?

a) Jean Piaget
b) John Dewey
c) Martin Wagenschein
d) Lev Vygotsky

Q.5 : The use of technology to enhance learning process is called?

a) IT
b) ICT
c) Information technology
d) Communication technology

Q.6 : A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students is called?

a) rubrics
b) checklists
c) inventories
d) rating scales

Q.7 : As people grow older, the __________ of learning declines.

a) speed
b) power
c) quality
d) quantity

Q.8 : To increase correct responses and appropriate behavior, use?

a) Praise
b) Reward
c) Ignorance
d) Strictness

Q.9 : To decrease minor inappropriate behavior, use?

a) Praise
b) Reward
c) Ignorance
d) Strictness

Q.10 : The book Emile or "On Education" was written by?

a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) John Dewey
d) Rousseau

Q.11 : According to Emile, the noblest work in education is to make a/an?

a) good citizen
b) reasoning man
c) thinker
d) entrepreneur

Q.12 : Teachers should relate new information to things students?

a) don’t know
b) already know
c) willing to know
d) not willing to know

Q.13 : According to John Dewey, school is a __________ institution.

a) social
b) philosophical
c) environmental
d) psychological

Q.14 : According to John Dewey, education is a __________ process.

a) social
b) philosophical
c) environmental
d) psychological

Q.15 : According to John Dewey, schools must prepare students for?

a) present life
b) future life
c) entrepreneurship
d) research

Q.16 : Responses that produce a satisfying effect become __________ to occur again.

a) not likely
b) equally likely
c) less likely
d) more likely

Q.17 : Responses that produce a discomforting effect become __________ to occur again.

a) not likely
b) equally likely
c) less likely
d) more likely

Q.18 : According to Rousseau, at what age is a person ready for a companion?

a) 16
b) 17
c) 18
d) 19

Q.19 : The field concerned with the construction of thought processes is?

a) Education
b) Pedagogy
c) Cognitive Development
d) Epistemology

Q.20 : The more often a particular ability is used, the __________ it becomes.

a) more important
b) less important
c) stronger
d) weaker

Q.21 : The longer a particular ability is unused, the __________ it becomes.

a) more important
b) less important
c) stronger
d) weaker

Q.22 : The more parts of your brain you use, the more likely you are to __________ info.

a) use
b) miss
c) misuse
d) retain

Q.23 : The conclusion of a deductive argument is?

a) certain
b) experience
c) observation
d) probable

Q.24 : The truth of the conclusion of an inductive argument is?

a) certain
b) experience
c) observation
d) probable

Q.25 : Reasoning from one or more statements to reach a certain conclusion is?

a) Deductive
b) Inductive
c) Qualitative
d) Quantitative

Q.26 : Reasoning where statements supply strong evidence for a conclusion is?

a) Deductive
b) Inductive
c) Qualitative
d) Quantitative

Q.27 : The most recent response is most likely to?

a) forget
b) compromised
c) reoccur
d) not occur again

Q.28 : Rousseau advocated removing the child from?

a) school
b) burden
c) past memory
d) society

Q.29 : Who advocated raising children as wards of the state?

a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) John Locke

Q.30 : The famous book "The Republic" was written by?

a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) John Locke

Q.31 : "The fate of empires depends on the education of youth" is a saying of?

a) Aristotle
b) Socrates
c) Plato
d) John Locke

Q.32 : Pedagogy is the study of?

a) Education
b) Learning Process
c) Teaching Methods
d) Guiding Students

Q.33 : The philosopher who worked in mathematical and scientific didactic was?

a) Jean Piaget
b) John Dewey
c) Martin Wagenschein
d) Lev Vygotsky

Q.34 : The use of technology to enhance learning process is called?

a) IT
b) ICT
c) Information technology
d) Communication technology

Q.35 : According to the law of effect, a negative outcome __________ the S-R bond.

a) strengthens
b) weakens
c) stabilizes
d) unsterilizes

Q.36 : The law stating "the more you do something, the better you are at it"?

a) Law of effect
b) Law of exercise
c) Law of readiness
d) Law of connectionism

Q.37 : The law stating S-R bonds are stronger if an individual is prepared?

a) Law of effect
b) Law of exercise
c) Law of readiness
d) Law of connectionism

Q.38 : The law stating we are motivated by rewards and avoid punishments?

a) Law of effect
b) Law of exercise
c) Law of readiness
d) Law of connectionism

Q.39 : The Law of Effect can be effectively used in?

a) accelerate learning
b) curriculum
c) classroom management
d) teaching methods

Q.40 : For effective teaching, the teacher must be a?

a) command over subject
b) ability to convey
c) ability to apply
d) subject matter expert

Q.41 : Encouraging a negative behavior to stop it is the __________ technique.

a) satiation
b) extinction
c) ignorance
d) divert

Q.42 : Ignoring negative behavior to stop it is the __________ technique.

a) satiation
b) extinction
c) encourage
d) discourage

Q.43 : The use of physical punishment is called?

a) extinction
b) satiation
c) time out
d) corporal punishment

Q.44 : Removing an unruly student from class is the __________ technique.

a) extinction
b) satiation
c) time out
d) corporal punishment

Q.45 : The study of the physical, social, and mental aspects of aging is?

a) Esthetics
b) Genetics
c) Gerontology
d) Clinical psychology

Q.46 : As people get older, the ability of applying attention?

a) increases
b) decreases
c) stays constant
d) remains unaffected

Q.47 : The brain __________ as people get older.

a) shrinks
b) expands
c) stays constant
d) remains unaffected

Q.48 : Working memory __________ as people get older.

a) upgradation
b) degradation
c) no change
d) a slight change

Q.49 : According to Idealism, the curriculum should focus on the?

a) mathematics
b) science
c) physical world
d) mind

Q.50 : To make inferences about student learning, we use?

a) assessment
b) evaluation
c) measurement
d) diagnosis

Q.51 : Assessment conducted prior to the start of teaching is?

a) initial
b) formal
c) formative
d) summative

Q.52 : Assessment carried out throughout the course is?

a) initial
b) diagnostic
c) formative
d) summative

Q.53 : An assessment that consistently achieves the same results is?

a) Valid
b) Invalid
c) Reliable
d) Unreliable

Q.54 : An assessment that measures what it is intended to measure is?

a) Valid
b) Invalid
c) Reliable
d) Unreliable

Q.55 : Educational psychology is the study of?

a) education
b) philosophy
c) human learning
d) teaching methods

Q.56 : According to famous philosophers, teaching is a/an?

a) art
b) arts
c) science
d) technique

Q.57 : Progressive education emphasizes learning by?

a) reading
b) writing
c) doing
d) enjoying

Q.58 : According to John Dewey, educational process has two sides?

a) economical/social
b) psychological/social
c) economical/philosophical
d) social/philosophical

Q.59 : Which side of the educational process is the basis?

a) economical
b) sociological
c) philosophical
d) psychological

Q.60 : Assessment at the end of a course to assign grades is?

a) Diagnostic
b) Formative
c) Contemporary
d) Summative

Q.61 : Which is a student-centered learning method?

a) Direct Instruction
b) Inquiry-Based
c) Cooperative
d) Both B and C

Q.62 : Education transfers knowledge and skills from?

a) few to few
b) few to many
c) few to next generation
d) generation to generation

Q.63 : Which is NOT a formal assessment?

a) Interview
b) Observation
c) Project
d) Quizzes

Q.64 : Which is NOT an informal assessment?

a) Observation
b) Project
c) Rubrics
d) Participation

Q.65 : In Dewey’s approach, the teacher’s role is that of a?

a) formal authority
b) delegator
c) instructor
d) facilitator

Q.66 : The role of teacher in inquiry-based learning is?

a) instructor
b) facilitator
c) delegator
d) formal authority

Q.67 : In the direct instruction method, the teacher is the?

a) partner
b) facilitator
c) delegator
d) formal authority

Q.68 : In cooperative learning, the teacher acts as?

a) facilitator
b) delegator
c) facilitator and delegator
d) delegator and formal authority

Q.69 : Teacher as a delegator means the teacher acts as a?

a) resource
b) partner
c) evaluator
d) foster

Q.70 : Establishing truth through reasoned arguments is the __________ method.

a) investigation
b) dialogues
c) dialectic
d) proving

Q.71 : The dialectic method was contributed by?

a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) John Dewey

Q.72 : Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with?

a) education
b) learning
c) knowledge
d) ethics

Q.73 : What was the relation between Socrates and Plato?

a) Socrates student of Plato
b) Plato student of Socrates
c) brothers
d) colleagues

Q.74 : What was the relation between Plato and Aristotle?

a) Plato student of Aristotle
b) Aristotle student of Plato
c) brothers
d) colleagues

Q.75 : Insightful learning (Gestalt) was proposed by?

a) Thorndike
b) Skinner
c) Wolfgang Kohler
d) Pavlov