All Free Pedagogy MCQs with Answers
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3101. Descriptive research is more concerned with what rather than how or why something has ___________?
- A. occure
- B. happened
- C. both
- D. None of these
Explanation: Descriptive research records what has happened or what exists, without primarily explaining how or why it occurred.
Correct answer: happened- A. Descriptive
- B. Ethnography
- C. Quantitative
- D. Qualitative
Explanation: Ethnography studies people and cultures in their natural settings, usually through prolonged observation and participation.
Correct answer: Qualitative- A. cultural
- B. social
- C. economical
- D. Historical
Explanation: Qualitative research commonly explores why social phenomena occur and how people experience them, rather than merely measuring what…
Correct answer: social- A. basic
- B. applied
- C. action
- D. historical
Explanation: Historical research investigates past events, documents, and developments to interpret what happened and why.
Correct answer: historical- A. Assessment
- B. Motivation
- C. Research
- D. All of these
Explanation: Systematic inquiry involving investigation, experimentation, and the discovery or interpretation of facts is research.
Correct answer: Research- A. Historical
- B. Experimental
- C. Descriptive
- D. Qualitative
Explanation: Qualitative research seeks detailed understanding of meanings and social experiences in their natural context.
Correct answer: Qualitative- A. attention
- B. skills
- C. both
- D. none of these
Explanation: Attention is the concentration or focusing of mental processes on a selected object, task, or stimulus.
Correct answer: attention- A. observational
- B. non observational
- C. both
- D. none of these
Explanation: Observational learning occurs when a learner acquires skills, behaviours, or strategies by watching others and often imitating them.
Correct answer: observational- A. automaticity
- B. no automaticity
- C. both
- D. none of these
Explanation: Automaticity is the ability to perform or process a task with little conscious effort after sufficient practice.
Correct answer: automaticity- A. Education
- B. Teaching Methods
- C. Learning Process
- D. Guiding Students
Explanation: Pedagogy is the systematic study of teaching, including the methods and principles used to help learners learn.
Correct answer: Teaching Methods- A. To motivate the learner
- B. To provide feedback
- C. To interact with the learner
- D. For all the aboveNTS Test Preparation
Explanation: A computer can motivate learners through multimedia, provide immediate feedback, and allow interaction through educational software.
Correct answer: For all the aboveNTS Test Preparation- A. to organize teaching work
- B. to evaluate the students
- C. to deliver lecture in class
- D. to take care of children
Explanation: Organising teaching work allows the teacher to plan objectives, content, activities, time, and assessment in a coordinated way.
Correct answer: to organize teaching work- A. to understand the child
- B. to guide the child
- C. to lead the child
- D. to educate the child
Explanation: Pedagogy comes from Greek roots connected with leading or guiding a child. Thus, “to lead the child” is the closest literal meaning.
Correct answer: to lead the child- A. reading
- B. writing
- C. doing
- D. enjoying
Explanation: Progressive education is associated with active, experience-based learning, summarized by the phrase “learning by doing.” Reading and…
Correct answer: doing- A. art
- B. arts
- C. science
- D. technique
Explanation: Teaching is commonly described as an art because it requires judgment, creativity, communication, and adaptation to individual learners.
Correct answer: art- A. instructor
- B. facilitator
- C. delegator
- D. formal authority
Explanation: In inquiry-based learning, students investigate questions and construct explanations while the teacher guides the process, provides…
Correct answer: facilitator- A. facilitator
- B. delegator
- C. facilitator and delegator
- D. delegator and formal authority
Explanation: Cooperative learning requires the teacher to facilitate interaction and gradually delegate responsibility to student groups.
Correct answer: facilitator and delegator- A. Socrates
- B. Plato
- C. Aristotle
- D. John Dewey
Explanation: Socrates developed the dialectical or Socratic method, using probing questions and dialogue to expose assumptions and develop…
Correct answer: Socrates- A. instructor
- B. facilitator
- C. delegator
- D. formal authority
Explanation: A delegator gives learners responsibility for planning, carrying out, and monitoring parts of their learning, which directly supports…
Correct answer: delegator- A. Understands his subject well
- B. Gets his articles published in popular magazine
- C. Gives 100% examination result
- D. Is gentle and easily approachable
Explanation: Being approachable helps a teacher build trust, so students can ask questions, discuss difficulties, and participate without fear.
Correct answer: Is gentle and easily approachable