All Free Pedagogy MCQs with Answers
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- A. analysis
- B. information
- C. evidence
- D. experience
Explanation: A priori knowledge is known independently of sensory experience, as in some logical or mathematical principles.
Correct answer: experience- A. 4
- B. 5
- C. 6
- D. 7
Explanation: The traditional classification identifies five basic senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
Correct answer: 5- A. vision
- B. thought
- C. smell
- D. touch
Explanation: Vision, touch, and smell are among the traditional five senses. Thought is a mental process, not a sensory system.
Correct answer: thought1924. The application of ideas, knowledge and skills to achieve the desired results is called___________?
- A. deductive method
- B. critical thinking
- C. reasoned arguments
- D. problem solving
Explanation: Problem solving involves applying relevant knowledge, ideas, and skills to overcome a difficulty or reach a desired outcome.
Correct answer: problem solving- A. Metaphysics
- B. Epistemology
- C. Connectionism
- D. Pedagogy
Explanation: Metaphysics examines reality, existence, and what ultimately exists. Epistemology instead studies knowledge and how it is acquired, making…
Correct answer: Metaphysics- A. human learning
- B. philosophy of education
- C. education
- D. teaching methods
Explanation: Educational psychology applies scientific methods to understand how people learn, develop, and behave in educational settings.
Correct answer: human learning- A. economical
- B. psychological
- C. philosophical
- D. sociological
Explanation: Dewey regarded the psychological side as the basis of the educational process because education must begin with the learner’s experiences…
Correct answer: psychological- A. learning
- B. knowledge
- C. manner
- D. physical movement
Explanation: The psychomotor domain concerns bodily actions and coordinated physical skills, such as writing, operating equipment, or performing a…
Correct answer: physical movement- A. She is emotionally understanding
- B. She can also cry
- C. Students don't get scared
- D. Men don't like this profession
Explanation: The intended rationale is that emotional understanding can help a teacher respond sensitively to young children’s needs and behaviour.
Correct answer: She is emotionally understanding- A. good citizen
- B. reasoning man
- C. thinker
- D. entrepreneur
Explanation: In Rousseau's Emile, the aim is to develop a self-reliant, reasoning person rather than merely train a worker or conforming citizen.
Correct answer: reasoning man- A. quality
- B. power
- C. speed
- D. quantity
Explanation: With increasing age, the speed of learning and responding commonly declines, although learning remains possible and experience may…
Correct answer: speed1932. Responses that produce a discomforting effect become ____________ to occur again in that situation?
- A. not likely
- B. equally likely
- C. more likely
- D. less likely
Explanation: Under the law of effect, a response followed by discomfort or an unpleasant consequence is less likely to be repeated in the same…
Correct answer: less likely- A. future life
- B. present life
- C. entrepreneurship
- D. research
Explanation: Dewey viewed education as preparation through participation in present living, not merely as training for a distant future.
Correct answer: present life- A. more important
- B. less important
- C. weaker
- D. stronger
Explanation: An ability that is not practised tends to weaken through disuse, a principle often summarized as practice strengthens and disuse weakens…
Correct answer: weaker- A. certain
- B. experience
- C. observation
- D. probable
Explanation: Induction moves from particular observations to a general conclusion, so its conclusion extends beyond the evidence and is probable rather…
Correct answer: probable- A. Sensorimotor, Preoperational
- B. Preoperational, Concrete operational
- C. Concrete operational, Formal operational
- D. Formal operational, Sensorimotor
Explanation: Piaget associated egocentric thought especially with the sensorimotor and preoperational periods, when children have difficulty taking…
Correct answer: Sensorimotor, Preoperational- A. 3
- B. 7
- C. 11
- D. 15
Explanation: Piaget placed the concrete operational stage at approximately 7 to 11 years, when children begin logical reasoning about concrete objects…
Correct answer: 7- A. Sensorimotor stage
- B. Preoperational stage
- C. Formal operational stage
- D. Concrete operational stage
Explanation: Children become less egocentric on entering the concrete operational stage, usually around age seven, as they develop decentration and can…
Correct answer: Concrete operational stage- A. 3
- B. 7
- C. 11
- D. 15
Explanation: The formal operational stage begins at approximately age 11 and continues into adolescence.
Correct answer: 111940. According to Jean Piaget, children develop abstract logic and reasoning skill during____________?
- A. Sensorimotor stage
- B. Formal operational stage
- C. Concrete operational stage
- D. Preoperational stage
Explanation: Formal operations allow adolescents to reason about abstract ideas, hypotheses and possibilities rather than only concrete objects.
Correct answer: Formal operational stage