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Pedagogy and Education MCQs on teaching methods, learning theories, assessment and classroom management.

Pedagogy covers how teachers teach and how students learn. It is important for teaching-license and educator recruitment tests.

Topics covered

Learning TheoriesTeaching MethodsAssessmentChild DevelopmentLesson PlanningClassroom Management

Practice MCQs

1. Who proposed the theory of cognitive development in children?
  1. Jean Piaget
  2. B. F. Skinner
  3. Ivan Pavlov
  4. Sigmund Freud
Answer: A. Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget described stages of cognitive development.
2. In the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is the highest level of thinking?
  1. Remembering
  2. Understanding
  3. Applying
  4. Creating
Answer: D. Creating
Creating is at the top of the revised taxonomy.
3. Formative assessment is carried out:
  1. Only at the end of the year
  2. During the learning process
  3. Before school starts
  4. Only by parents
Answer: B. During the learning process
Formative assessment checks learning while it is happening.
4. Classical conditioning was introduced by:
  1. Ivan Pavlov
  2. Albert Bandura
  3. Lev Vygotsky
  4. Jerome Bruner
Answer: A. Ivan Pavlov
Pavlov’s experiments with dogs introduced classical conditioning.
5. The “Zone of Proximal Development” is associated with:
  1. Piaget
  2. Skinner
  3. Vygotsky
  4. Maslow
Answer: C. Vygotsky
Vygotsky described what a learner can do with help.
6. A lesson plan is:
  1. A student’s report card
  2. A written plan for teaching a lesson
  3. A school timetable
  4. An exam paper
Answer: B. A written plan for teaching a lesson
A lesson plan sets out aims, activities and assessment.
7. Operant conditioning is associated with:
  1. Pavlov
  2. Skinner
  3. Freud
  4. Erikson
Answer: B. Skinner
B. F. Skinner studied learning through reinforcement.
8. The “hierarchy of needs” was given by:
  1. Piaget
  2. Bruner
  3. Maslow
  4. Thorndike
Answer: C. Maslow
Abraham Maslow proposed the hierarchy of needs.
9. Summative assessment is done:
  1. At the end of a unit or term
  2. Every minute
  3. Before teaching
  4. Never
Answer: A. At the end of a unit or term
It measures what has been learned at the end.
10. Which is a teacher-centred method?
  1. Project method
  2. Lecture method
  3. Discovery method
  4. Group work
Answer: B. Lecture method
In the lecture method, the teacher does most of the talking.
11. Which is a child-centred method?
  1. Lecture method
  2. Dictation
  3. Project method
  4. Rote learning
Answer: C. Project method
The project method lets students learn by doing.
12. The kindergarten system was introduced by:
  1. Froebel
  2. Dewey
  3. Locke
  4. Rousseau
Answer: A. Froebel
Friedrich Froebel started the kindergarten.
13. The psychomotor domain of learning is about:
  1. Thinking
  2. Feelings
  3. Physical skills
  4. Memory only
Answer: C. Physical skills
It covers physical and manual skills.
14. What is the first stage in Piaget’s theory?
  1. Sensorimotor
  2. Preoperational
  3. Concrete operational
  4. Formal operational
Answer: A. Sensorimotor
The sensorimotor stage covers birth to about two years.
15. The reliability of a test means:
  1. Its difficulty
  2. Its length
  3. The consistency of its results
  4. Its cost
Answer: C. The consistency of its results
A reliable test gives consistent results.

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