All Free Pedagogy MCQs with Answers
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- A. To come to school on time
- B. To be quite and well behaved
- C. To always obey the teacher
- D. To make an effort to understand what is taught in class
Explanation: A strong learner does more than follow school routines or obey the teacher; the learner actively tries to understand the ideas being…
Correct answer: To make an effort to understand what is taught in class- A. Situational tests
- B. Personality inventories
- C. Case studies
- D. Projective techniques
Explanation: Projective techniques use ambiguous stimuli to encourage indirect expression of hidden motives, feelings, and conflicts, making them…
Correct answer: Projective techniques- A. Thinks rationally
- B. Becomes courageous
- C. Studies systematically
- D. Gets goods job
Explanation: A scientific attitude is characterized by evidence-based, logical, and rational thinking rather than by guaranteed employment or courage.
Correct answer: Thinks rationally- A. 4
- B. 3
- C. 5
- D. 6Primary & Secondary Schooling (K-12)
Explanation: Sternberg’s triarchic theory identifies three relevant intelligences: analytical, creative or synthetic, and practical.
Correct answer: 3- A. brain storming
- B. calculations
- C. thoroughness
- D. mental shortcuts
Explanation: A heuristic is a mental shortcut or rule of thumb used to reach a decision quickly.
Correct answer: mental shortcuts- A. unteachable
- B. teachable
- C. reachable
- D. unreachable
Explanation: In the conclusion of Plato’s Meno, Socrates argues that virtue is not teachable in the ordinary sense because there are no reliable…
Correct answer: unteachable- A. Introducing novelty in strategies
- B. Raising their aspiration level and goals of life
- C. Giving them quick feedback
- D. None of these
Explanation: Bright learners are often motivated by challenging goals and a higher level of aspiration that matches their potential.
Correct answer: Raising their aspiration level and goals of life- A. Aristotle
- B. Plato
- C. Rousseau
- D. John Dewey
Explanation: Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote Emile, or On Education, presenting education based on the natural development of the child.
Correct answer: Rousseau1949. According to John Dewey, school is a __________ institution, and education is a __________ process.
- A. social, social
- B. social, philosophical
- C. philosophical, philosophical
- D. environmental, psychological
Explanation: Dewey viewed the school as a social institution because it prepares learners through shared activity and community life.
Correct answer: social, social- A. more important
- B. stronger
- C. less important
- D. weaker
Explanation: The law of exercise states that frequent use strengthens an ability, while disuse tends to weaken it.
Correct answer: stronger- A. observation
- B. experience
- C. certain
- D. probable
Explanation: A deductive argument moves from a general rule to a specific conclusion, so the conclusion follows necessarily when the premises are true…
Correct answer: certain- A. Deductive Reasoning
- B. Quantitative Reasoning
- C. Qualitative Reasoning
- D. Inductive Reasoning
Explanation: Inductive reasoning treats observations or given statements as strong evidence for a conclusion without making it certain.
Correct answer: Inductive Reasoning- A. Differentiation
- B. Motivation
- C. Integration
- D. Learning
Explanation: Differentiation and integration are recognized interrelated processes in development: abilities become specialized and then coordinated.
Correct answer: Motivation- A. Association
- B. Application
- C. Generalization
- D. Assimilation
Explanation: Generalization means forming a broader rule or principle from particular facts or examples.
Correct answer: Generalization- A. Be overt or covert both
- B. Provide basic for individual differences
- C. Be the measure of cultural differentiation
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Attitudes have both observable behavioural expressions and hidden cognitive or emotional components, and they contribute to differences…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. All of the above
- B. Psychological problems of the individual
- C. The social problems of the individual
- D. The personal problems of the individual
Explanation: Guidance helps individuals understand and deal with personal, psychological, and social difficulties so that they can adjust and make…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Internal inhibition
- B. Assimilation
- C. Generalizations
- D. All of the above
Explanation: The child extends one experience with her mother to all women wearing black suits, which is generalization.
Correct answer: Generalizations- A. Ordering
- B. Knowledge
- C. Memorization
- D. None of these
Explanation: Chunking improves memorization by grouping separate pieces of information into meaningful units, such as remembering a phone number in…
Correct answer: Memorization- A. analyzing
- B. evaluating
- C. originating
- D. synthesizing
Explanation: Synthesizing means combining separate pieces of information into an organized pattern or plan.
Correct answer: synthesizing- A. originating
- B. evaluating
- C. synthesizing
- D. characterizing
Explanation: In the revised Bloom taxonomy, creating or originating is the highest cognitive process because it requires producing something new from…
Correct answer: originating