Test: Factors Affecting Teaching - 2 - CUET Humanities MCQ

A teacher who changes the method of teaching according to the students and requirements is said to be research minded. This is a very good quality of a teacher by which he/she involves students by engaging them with different interests. A teacher who is always thinking about something may be introspecting but not research minded.

Mrs. Sen is most liked by her students because she has knowledge to answer each and every question asked by the children and she also practises child pedagogy while teaching. This supports children in their social and mental development. Using different teaching techniques or dressing up in different attires everyday doesn't make a teacher likeable to students.

She should keep her pace of teaching slow, while paying extra attention towards the weaker students. It will be beneficial to both weak and intelligent students, and will not cause lack of interest in bright students too.

Students feel humiliated being criticised by a teacher in front of their peers. So, handling discipline issues without an audience allows for better, more genuine exchanges, since the student responses will not be witnessed by classmates.

Teaching is not affected by socio-economic background of students and teachers. Teaching is impartial.

Child who faces difficulties in teaching-learning process is considered as a child with learning disability. Dyscalculic students cannot understand mathematical concepts like number and its relations, operations, symbols, place value etc. Students with visual perceptual or motor disability have problems with remembering places and often forget one's own place. Dyslexic students have problems not only with reading but also with comprehension and understanding and hence, repeatedly ask questions. Hence, (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Intrapersonal communication can be defined as communication with one's self, and that may include self-talk, acts of imagination, visualization, even recall and memory. Some scholars have expanded communicating with oneself to include a vast range of cognitive behaviors, mental entities like traits, knowledge and processes like association and comparison.

The root to eliminate issues in the classroom is to identify the reason for a particular behaviour. Only then the issue could be resolved. The teacher must know the cause of misbehaviour, which could arise out of some confusion within the students, and the teacher then can effectively solve the problem. This also helps the teacher to make interpersonal relationship with the students, as a result of which the students confide more in their teacher.

The communication ability of a teacher helps her to establish a rapport with the students. A teacher who is a good communicator can understand the dilemma of students, and can effectively solve their problems.

Students will respect the teacher the most, if he/she is sincere. The teacher must be able to reflect sincerity in her attitude and behaviour. She could do this by showing concern and care for students. These positive interpersonal behaviours, where teachers spend time talking to students about their personal or social issues, promote a sense of belonging and strengthen the bond between the teacher and the students.