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WorksheetsPMI-PSI QUIZ MAIN
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does PMI-PSI pedagogy integrate?
Direct instruction only
Social constructivism only
Formative assessment only
Direct instruction, social constructivism, and formative assessment
One goal of direct instruction in PMI-PSI is to:
Force students to memorize
Promote foundational understanding of concepts
Discourage peer interactions
Avoid using technology
What technology tool is recommended for facilitating direct instruction?
Chalkboard only
Interactive White Board or Interactive Projector
Overhead projector only
Printed textbooks only
Which activity is crucial in the flipped classroom model?
Long lectures (over 30 mins)
Concise direct instruction to deliver content efficiently during class
No homework assigned
Teacher talks 90% of class time
In effective direct instruction, what percentage of class time should students work together?
10%
25%
50%
75%
Why is note-taking encouraged during direct instruction?
To copy all the slides
To focus on explanations beyond the slides
To avoid paying attention
To distract others
Social constructivism promotes learning by:
Independent memorization
Collaborative knowledge construction with peers
Avoiding group work
Listening to lectures only
Which of the following is a key teacher action in social constructivism?
Giving individual assignments only
Providing engaging problems for group solving
Only lecturing
Reducing student collaboration
What is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) in social constructivism?
A physical classroom arrangement
The gap between what a learner can do alone and with help
The space for tests
A curriculum topic
A best practice to encourage peer teaching in groups is to:
Keep groups homogeneous
Create heterogeneous groups
Assign tasks to individuals only
Change groups every month only
Formative assessment primarily aims to:
Assign final grades
Provide ongoing feedback to improve learning
Test at term’s end only
Replace teaching
Which strategy improves student participation during formative assessment?
Only oral questions
Using anonymous polling tools
Never asking questions
Guessing answers for students
When is a good time to use polling in class?
At the end of the semester only
Right as students enter the classroom
Only after exams
Not recommended to use polling
Why should formative assessments avoid grading pressure?
To encourage honest feedback and active learning
To confuse students
To reduce teacher work
To punish students
Summative assessments focus on:
Participation points
Quizzes, tests, and labs that measure learning at a point in time
Homework only
Random class activities
Which is an advantage of allowing assessment retakes?
Encourages persistence and mastery
Lowers student motivation
Rewards guessing
Increases test anxiety
What is an effective method to start each lesson according to PMI-PSI?
Immediately give a test
Hand out unit materials and conduct polling as students enter
Free time with no instruction
Lecture without interaction
Which is true about classroom noise during group work?
It should be completely silent
Constructive noise indicates active learning
Noise is always disruptive
Groups should avoid talking
What is "chain reaction tutoring"?
Teacher giving all answers
Students helping peers who then help others in sequence
Random assignments
Disruptive group activity
What is a key benefit of rotating group members?
Reduces collaboration
Builds social and learning networks
Causes confusion
Slows down learning
Why provide editable unit plans to teachers?
To allow customization to student needs
To restrict teacher creativity
To prevent changes in curriculum
To make textbooks obsolete
When are student handouts and homework materials best provided?
At the start of each unit
Last day of the term
Never provided
After exams
What classroom materials support effective direct instruction?
Interactive technology tools and resources
Only printed handouts
No materials needed
Random equipment
An important role of the teacher in PMI-PSI is to:
Dominate all conversations
Be part of the social learning group
Avoid student interaction
Focus only on lecturing
Effective direct instruction talks should be:
Lengthy and detailed (more than 30 mins)
Short and engaging (5–10 mins)
Repetitive and boring
Technical jargon-filled
How does relating lessons to personal experiences benefit students?
Disconnects students from content
Helps students find real-world relevance and increases engagement
Makes lessons complicated
Reduces lesson time
When students help peers explain concepts, this is an example of:
Direct instruction only
Social constructivism and peer teaching
Individual work
Summative assessment
Encouraging students to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses without grading pressure is a feature of:
Summative assessment
Formative assessment
Group work
Testing only
Establishing a daily polling routine helps to:
Decrease student interest
Provide consistent insight into student understanding
Remove feedback opportunities
Waste class time
Polling questions should be implemented:
Randomly without purpose
After introducing new concepts to gauge understanding
Only at year-end
During breaks only
What is a key reason to accept classroom noise during social constructivism activities?
It disrupts learning
It signifies active engagement and collaboration
It makes teaching impossible
Noise means students are bored
How does scaffolding help in social constructivism?
By ignoring prior knowledge
By connecting previous knowledge to new, more complex ideas
By isolating students
By focusing on rote memorization
Which formative assessment practice discourages honest responses?
Anonymous polling
Grading every response as a test
Encouraging participation
Asking simple questions
Encouraging collaboration in PMI-PSI pedagogy includes:
Promoting competition over cooperation
Motivating students to help each other learn
Teaching students in isolation
Avoiding group projects
What is an effective way to manage student expectations during group problem solving?
Ignore group dynamics
Clearly communicate roles and behavior norms
Let students do as they please
Work individually only
Peer tutoring helps mostly by:
Allowing students to teach concepts to others, reinforcing their own understanding
Confusing students
Causing distractions
Limiting learning to the teacher only
Which best describes the teacher’s talk time in an effective PMI-PSI direct instruction?
100% of class time
About 25% of class time
Less than 5%
Teacher talks only outside class
What should students do during the 75% of class time not devoted to teacher talk?
Rest
Work collaboratively solving problems
Take exams
Use phones only
What role do formative assessments play in a ‘flipped classroom’ model?
None; only summative tests matter
Monitor ongoing student learning to adjust instruction
Only after class completion
Replace homework
What is a hallmark of social constructivism pedagogy?
Learning occurs best in isolation
Knowledge is constructed through social interactions and collaboration
Teacher is the sole knowledge source
Learning is passive
