OBE Quizz - Week 4

What is OBE?

• It is an educational model.

• It focuses on students’ learning from the programme.

• It focuses on learning outcomes.

• It focuses on topics.

What are the key issues in OBE?

• What are the outcomes you want the students to have?

• How best to help the students attain the outcomes?

• How do you know if the students have attained the outcomes?

• All of the above.

In OBE, what is the desired level of thinking about teaching?

• What students are

• What teachers do

• What students do

• What teachers are

What is a characteristic of the Socratic Method?

• Close-ended questions are emphasized.

• Always give learners the direct answer.

• Offer questions in place of answers.

• Stay away from discussion.

The following is a limitation of OBE:

• Irrelevant facts are eliminated.

• Teachers have high expectations of learners.

• Activity-based approach to learning.

• Teachers struggle to translate outcomes into practice.

How do the learning outcomes support teachers?

• Evaluate whether the learning outcomes are achieved and perform continuous improvement.

• Select appropriate teaching/learning methods based on learning outcomes.

• Select assessment methods based on the same Learning Outcome.

• All of the above.

A teaching plan is a crucial piece of document that..

• Describes the lesson plan for every lesson in the term.

• Demonstrates the assessment methods.

• Lists the topics to be covered in the term.

• All of the above.

Which of the following statement(s) is not a characteristic of OBE?

• It is student-centered.

• Curriculum and teaching methods are given emphasis.

• It is an education process.

• It is a shift in focus; from content of the curriculum, resources and teaching processes towards outcomes and objectives.

The Socratic method is most effective with the following subjects:

• i) Mathematics

• ii) History & Biology

• iii) English & Afrikaans

• ii & iii

OBE in South Africa did not consider the relationship between the curriculum and society.

• True

• False