Practice Test: EVS - 2 - CTET & State TET MCQ

Study of science will help in developing the scientific attitude and logical thinking of a child.

The correct answer is option D.

Puneet gave his class V learners an outline of human body and asked them to draw the digestive system before teaching chapter on food. It will arouse the curiosity among the learner and helps the teacher in taking timely action for enhancing learning.

Science is one and at the primary stage, science and social sciences were to be taught as a single subject: ‘Environmental Studies’. Different disciplines of science are only tentative compartmentalization of the subject to facilitate the study of its different aspects; the integrated curriculum should highlight this unified nature of science,

• curriculum should attempt to link teaching of scientific principles with daily life experiences of the learners,
• science curriculum should stress more on the processes of science than the product

Logging, or commercial logging, involves cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp. The timber is used to build homes, furniture, etc and the pulp is used to make paper and paper products. Logging is generally categorized into two categories: selective and clear-cutting.

The given statement i.e. “Classification task is very specific and structured and there is one right answer” reflects the teacher’s view of learning and assessment. In learning and assessment a teacher assigned some task to its students and allow student to observe it and upon that observance students are able to classify things according to their level.The purpose of learning and assessment is to create self-regulated  learners.

For constructing knowledge of the learners, it is important to actively engage the learners in exploratory and hands on activities to acquire basic cognitive and psychomotor skills. Learning is not to be limited to the four walls of the classroom and gradually extends the child’s understanding of the world beginning from immediate self to include family, community and country.

‘Conducting a paper-pencil is the least appropriate way of skill assessment in given option.It is based on a progression of children’s skill development in six major domains. When teachers conduct informal assessments, they don't necessarily have a specific agenda in mind but are more likely to learn different things about students as they proceed through the school day naturally. Many times a student who is otherwise good may get confused under strict exam conditions and may not perform up to the mark.

Only option B will explain the correct process to prepare a question paper.

The components of environmental education are:

• Awareness and sensitivity to the environment and environmental challenges
• Knowledge and understanding of the environment and environmental challenges Attitudes of concern for the environment and motivation to improve or maintain environmental quality
• Skills to identify and help resolve environmental challenges
• Participation in activities that lead to the resolution of an environmental challenge.

The word Environment is obtained from the French word "Environ" which signifies "surrounding". It incorporates biotic elements like people, plants, creatures, organisms, and so on and abiotic factors, for example, light, air, water, soil, and so on. Interpreting the word Umgebung in a work by Goethe, Carlyle instituted the term condition in the South of Scotland in 1828.

Modern classrooms are aimed at creating an environment of opportunities, where children are not just given an overload of information but finding ways to make their observations and expressing their thoughts.

Questions trigger child’s thinking and help them to develop and understand things at their stage. So, objective of conducting activities, questions and discussions is to assess children’s process skills and provide them opportunity to explore and express themselves.

Measuring and communicating is the progress where effectiveness of your collaborative commerce is observed and this initiative is critical for long-term success. Since the student is observing daily and measuring its height and reporting the observation, so the process skills are being emphasized in this task are Measuring and Communicating. It is the process that identifies the qualities like observation, measurement, communication and prediction using space time relationships.

While teaching the topic on ‘Water’ in her EVS classroom, Anjali sources of water and individual actions to conserve water. The activity is primarily aimed at ensuring active participation of students in the process of learning. If you want the class to actively participate in discussions, you might consider the following:

1. State it clearly in your class syllabus, establish it as an expectation at the first day of class
2. Count it as part of the grade
3. If possible, arrange chairs in circle or U or have students seat in fixed seating in such a way to foster eye contact with each other
4. Sit among the students during the discussion part of the class
5. If one student is dominating the discussion at the expense of the others - break eye contact with that student and look at others.

Behaviorism is the scientific study of human behavior. Its real goal is to provide the basis for prediction and control of human beings given the situation.

Meet different requirements of learners having multiple intelligences

According to Thorndike’s law of learning, a response to an analogy of learners refers to the individual makes use of old experience or acquisitions while learning a new situation. There is a tendency to utilize common elements in the new situation as existed in a similar past situation. Example – learning of driving a car. Hence the correct option is A.

In law of readiness there is an assumption that the presence of will is important in the learning process. A student cannot learn something if he/her is not willing to learn. The preparedness or readiness of mind is required to motivate a student towards the process of learning.