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Theory of Knowledge (Course Overview)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

In order to encourage and support students in making comparisons and connections across different elements of the course, the knowledge questions suggested for each theme and area of knowledge are organized into a -

a)

knowledge question

b)

knowledge claim

c)

knowledge framework

d)

knowledge assessment

2.

Good knowledge questions are

a)

about the world, open-ended, use TOK vocab

b)

about knowledge, open-ended, use AOK vocab

c)

about the world, close-ended, use TOK vocab

d)

about knowledge, open-ended, use TOK vocab

3.

Questions about life or areas of knowledge are coined as

a)

knowledge claims

b)

first-order question

c)

second-order question

d)

third order-question

4.

TOK aims to make students aware of the interpretative nature of knowledge, including personal ideological biases – whether these biases are retained, revised or rejected.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

"What is William Carlos Williams’ poem ‘The Red Wheelbarrow’ really about?" is a _________.

a)

first-order question

b)

second-order question

c)

third-order question

d)

fourth-order question

6.

TOK highlights that sometimes there really are no simple answers, and “that tensions between conflicting points of view have to be lived with, argued about and frequently left unresolved”

a)

True

b)

False

7.

"How can my interpretation of poetry be as reliable as a

university professor’s?" is a first-order question.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

TOK gives students and teachers the opportunity to consider the role and nature of knowledge in their own culture only so as to avoid prejudices.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The TOK curriculum centers around asnwering questions about the world.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Shared knowledge includes unique knowledge that you have constructed as a result of a detailed exploration into an aspect of an existing Area of Knowledge.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

TOK lesson covers the following:

a)

core theme, optional themes, and ways of knowledge

b)

core theme, optional themes, and areas of knowledge

c)

core theme, optional themes, and subject areas

d)

core theme, optional themes, disciplines

12.

TOK assessments include

a)

an extended essay and an oral presentation

b)

an essay and a debate

c)

an essay and an exhibition

d)

an essay and a report

13.

They are questions about the

processes of constructing knowledge.

a)

first-order KQs

b)

first-order knowledge claim

c)

second-order KQs

d)

second-order knowledge claim

14.

language, sense, perception, etc. are called ____ in TOK

a)

TOK Areas of Knowledge

b)

TOK KQs

c)

TOK Ways of Knowing

d)

TOK terms

15.

TOK focuses on what is the answer to a question.

a)

True

b)

False