WorksheetsModern Pedagogical Processes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
There are several other names for the direct instruction model. Which of the following is not a name for direct instruction?
Active teaching model.
Explicit instruction.
Inductive teaching.
Mastery teaching
Which of the following objectives is most appropriate for the direct instruction model?
The student will correctly form and connect the cursive letters k, l, h, and f.
The student will describe the impact of pollution on the rain forests.
The student will correctly list the steps in preparing puff pastry.
The student will correctly identify different musical instruments.
Which of the following topics would most likely benefit from use of direct instruction?
Understanding Shakespeare
Enjoying modern fiction
Developing appreciation of different cultures
Dribbling a basketball
In the first phase of direct instruction, the teacher increases student motivation by ________.
connecting the lesson to students’ prior knowledge
explicitly describing the lesson’s objective
giving information about the value and usefulness of the skill about to be taught
all of the above
Which of the following has not been found to be true in the "teacher effectiveness research," particularly as it applies to teaching basic skills?
Teachers in effective classrooms used more teacher-directed methods.
Teachers in effective classrooms used more student-centered methods.
Teachers in effective classrooms had high student engagement rates.
Teachers in effective classrooms had well-organized learning environments.
Mrs. Alvarez is planning a unit on telling time for her second-graders. She wants students to learn to tell time to the nearest 5-minute interval. She will relate times to television program schedules and to the children’s daily school and home schedules so children will see a purpose for learning this new skill. Which of the following would be an early sub-skill in Mrs. Alvarez’s task analysis?
Identifying the hour hand as the short hand on the clock face.
Setting a clock face to any given time.
Identifying whether a class activity occurs at an A.M. or P.M. time.
Knowing that there are 60 minutes in an hour.
During the "telling time unit," Mrs. Alvarez shows the children a clock face set at 12:15. Lisa says, "The clock is set at 3 o’clock." Mrs. Alvarez says, "Which hand is the hour hand, Lisa?" This is an example of the teacher ________.
dignifying a student error
providing a prompt
encouraging a student to judge his or her own performance
holding the student accountable
Which of the following is the most appropriate content for a direct instruction lesson?
The functions of the respiratory system.
Reading and writing numbers using scientific notation.
Causes of the Civil War.
Analysis and criticism of paintings
Homework is most likely to be completed by a student if ________.
it can be performed successfully
it is graded
it is not graded
both A and B
both A and C
When teachers are giving feedback to students, they should ________.
enthusiastically praise every effort students make so that they do not become discouraged
encourage independence by delaying teacher feedback until students have checked their own work
give very specific feedback about what students did correctly or what they did incorrectly.
accept different processes as long as students achieve the desired outcome
To cater to individual differences in his classroom, a teacher should:
a. have uniform and standard ways of teaching and assessment
segregate and label children based on their marks
engage in a dialogue with students and value their perspectives
impose strict rules upon his students
Assessment is purposeful if :
it induces fear and stress among the students
it serves as a feedback for the students as well as the teachers
it is done only once at the end of the year
comparative evaluations are made to differentiate between the students' achievements
According to NCF, 2005, the role of a teacher has to be
authoritative
dictatorial
permissive
. facilitative
A child with hearing impairment :
should be sent only to a school for the hearing impaired and not to a regular school
will not benefit from academic education only and should be given vocational training instead
can do very well in a regular school if suitable facilitation and resources are provided
will never be able to perform on a par with classmates in a regular school
Which of the following is a characteristic of a gifted learner?
He gets aggressive and frustrated.
He can feel under stimulated and bored if the class activities are not challenging enough.
He is highly temperamental.
He engages in ritualistic behaviour like hand flapping, rocking, etc.
A teacher can enhance learning in her effective elementary classroom by.
offering rewards for small steps in learning
drill and practice competition
encouraging amongst her students
connecting the content to the lives of the students
According to the National Curriculum Framework, 2005, learning is _________ and _____ in its character.
active; simple
active; social
passive; simple
passive; social
To enable students to think independently and become effective learners, it is important for a teacher to.
present information in an organized manner to make it easier to recall
offer rewards for each success achieved by the students
teach students how to monitor their own learning
give information small units or chunks
The idea of showing a sample of a railway ticket in the EVS textbook is to
enhance the skills of students to arrive at conclusions
give them an opportunity to interact with real information and develop the skill of observation
give the students an idea 'of the rail fare
provide them the knowledge of various abbreviations used in the ticket
To make children aware of different kinds of fuel, a teacher can
show some samples of fuels in the class
discuss with children about possible kinds of fuel that can be used for cooking, along with a short film
show pictures of fuels on a chart
ask children to list different fuels
