Practice Test: Science Pedagogy - 1 - CTET & State TET MCQ

Questions A and C are Open-ended questions. These questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer and encourage observation, reflection, evaluation, and new questions in students. It is designed to encourage a full, meaningful answer using the subject's own knowledge and/or feelings. It encourages students to put cross questions among themselves. Thus, option A is correct.

An open-ended question is designed to encourage a full, meaningful answer using the subject's own knowledge and/or feelings. It is the opposite of a closed-ended question, which encourages a short or single-word answer. Here, ‘What would happen if force of friction ceased to exist?’ would be an ‘open ended’ question.

Intrinsic motivation is defined as performing an action or behavior because you enjoy the activity itself. Whereas acting on extrinsic motivation is done for the sake of some external outcome, the inspiration for acting on intrinsic motivation can be found in the action itself. Emphasis on intrinsic motivation classroom environments may contribute to underachievement.

Science is a social endeavour. Science makes any impact on the economic, social, psychological and cultural development of the society. It can be stated that an individual, society and country make great impact on science and vice-versa.

salt + water + sugar is a good source of energy, hence before calling any medical help to unconscious student teacher should give him this liquid as a first medical add.

The implication of ‘The Curriculum for the Ten-Year School- A Framework’ on the teaching of Science, its syllabi and textbooks are

1. All subjects including Science are to be compulsory for all students’ up-to class 10th, as a part of general education.
2. Science is to considered as one composite subject at upper primary and secondary stages.
3. Science curriculum should stress more on the process of Science than the product.
4. An integrated approach is to be followed for the teaching of Science at the upper primary stage as opposed to disciplinary approach that is then in vogue.

In the program of debate two or more students holding contradictory opinions present arguments on a particular problem. They also rebut the opposite side. Finally the rest of the class is encouraged to ask question from the debaters or engage in a brief discussion with them. A debate requires a moderator. Class in order to get significant results.

The paper will not burn. Through this activity, students developed observation, hypothesis and classification skills. In this activity, students first observe what is happening after that they will make a different hypothesis regarding the given activity. Seeing the paper is not burning they will able to classify the different objects. Therefore option A is correct.

Discovery learning is an inquiry-based, constructivist learning theory that takes place in problem solving situations where the learner draws on his or her own past experience and existing knowledge to discover facts and relationships and new truths to be learned. Encouraging students to investigate factors affecting germination through experimentation.

The National Curiculum Framework (NCF), 2005 recommeds that teaching of Science at upper primary stage should emphasize maximum on relating classroom learning to life outside the school.

In the educational excursion method all the three traits - teaching methodology, teaching aid material and teaching co curricular activities are included. It is totally child centered, and inculcates regional experience and learning in students. A field trip or excursion is a journey by a group of people to a place away from their normal environment. The purpose of the trip is usually observation for education, non-experimental research or to provide students with experiences outside their everyday activities, such as going camping with teachers and their classmates. The aim of this research is to observe the subject in its natural state and possibly collect samples.

The most concrete of all types of activity methods, project method is an activity directed towards the learning of a significant skill or process. Having a wide connotation project includes any activity like dramatics, pageants and organization of debates, etc. Group project work helps in developing collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving among the students. The teacher should see that the projects satisfy a real felt need of the children and also have educative potentialities.

Assessment needs to be flexible and manner and modalities may vary from situation to situation and sometimes from one student group to another. This statement is most impractical idea as science is a subject which we can understand by doing different type of practical activities.

By Integrated approach, the main purpose of the teacher is to correlate the lessons. Integrated approach is based on the principles of coordination and coordination. According to these principles, knowledge always exists in the form of a unit.

With the lecture methods following are the methods of teaching of science. Many methods for science reading through which science can be taught with ease.

1. Analysis and synthesis method.
2. Arrival and joining method
3. Exploration method
4. Excursion method
5. Troubleshooting method

Here option B is the correct answer and the structure is as follows

The + noun + and + the + noun + plural verb.

Heredity is a topic of biological sciences and considered as static social structure.It is passing on of traits from parents to their offspring. The offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection.The study of heredity in biology is genetics.