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Learning in Various Contexts — Quiz

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Q1. Which one of the following is NOT a key feature of active learning as described in the material?
- A. The learner does something physical or mental
- B. The learner thinks about what he/she is doing
- C. The teacher speaks for the full period without a break
- D. The learner takes part in the lesson, not just listens
Q2. In Rowe's Pausing technique, the gap kept BETWEEN two consecutive pauses during a lecture is
- A. 2 to 3 minutes
- B. 5 to 7 minutes
- C. 12 to 18 minutes
- D. 30 to 40 minutes
Q3. Ms. Sunita, a Class 4 teacher in Patna, gives a five-minute mini-quiz of three short questions after every twenty minutes of her lesson so that children stay alert and recall the main idea. Which active-learning technique is she applying?
- A. Tests and quizzes during the lecture
- B. Drama and role play
- C. Computer-based instruction
- D. Visual-based instruction
Q4. A Class 3 teacher uses slides, charts and a short animated film to teach 'parts of a plant'. According to the material, this strategy is BEST classified as
- A. Visual-based instruction
- B. Pausing technique
- C. Case study
- D. Fishbowl debate
Q5. Role play, simulations and educational games can be used to teach
- A. Only History and Civics
- B. Only language subjects
- C. History, Mathematics and Science
- D. Only co-curricular subjects
Q6. the material lists several obstacles to active learning in Indian classrooms. Which of the following is the MOST important teacher-side obstacle it mentions?
- A. Lack of textbooks in regional languages
- B. Government ban on group work
- C. Children's poor health
- D. Teacher's prejudice and reluctance to change familiar lecturing habits
Q7. Observational learning as developed by Albert Bandura is part of which broader theory?
- A. Behaviourist theory of Skinner
- B. Cognitive theory of Piaget
- C. Social-cognitive theory
- D. Psychoanalytic theory of Freud
Q8. What was the MAIN conclusion of Bandura's Bobo doll experiment?
- A. Children only imitate parents, not strangers
- B. Children imitate only female models
- C. Children imitate every model equally, reward or no reward
- D. A model whose behaviour is rewarded is imitated more than one whose behaviour is punished
Q9. Bandura's fourth element of observational learning — Motivation — works in the classroom mainly through
- A. Asking children to repeat the action ten times silently
- B. Showing the same lesson on a screen twice
- C. Punishing children who do not imitate the teacher
- D. Reinforcement, rewards, praise or even self-satisfaction
Q10. In situated learning, a 'Community of Practice (COP)' BEST refers to
- A. A government-recognised teachers' union
- B. An online discussion forum with no shared task
- C. A class of students who sit in the same row
- D. A group of people who share a craft or profession and learn from one another by doing the work together
Q11. Ms. Geeta of Class 5 takes her pupils to the local post office to see how a letter is stamped, sorted and dispatched, then makes them write a letter and post it themselves. Which approach to learning is she using?
- A. Pausing technique of Rowe
- B. Resnick's life-deep learning
- C. Bandura's modelling without participation
- D. Situated learning through legitimate peripheral participation
Q12. According to Vygotsky's ZPD, the tasks a Class 3 child can do TODAY but only with the help of the teacher or a more able peer belong to
- A. What the child can already do on her own
- B. The child's formal operational stage
- C. Tasks that are simply not possible for the child
- D. The Zone of Proximal Development
Q13. In a Fishbowl Debate as described by the material, the class is divided into how many groups and what roles do they take?
- A. Two groups — readers and writers
- B. Five groups — one per row
- C. Four groups — four corners of the room
- D. Three groups — one in favour, one against, one as observer
Q14. Resnick (1987) argued that 'school intelligence' developed within the four walls of school has
- A. A minimal relationship with the wisdom required for the real world
- B. A complete match with real-world wisdom
- C. No connection with classroom learning
- D. A guaranteed link to lifelong success
Q15. According to Banks et al. (1997), 'Life-long learning' refers to
- A. Religion, values and morality that guide behaviour
- B. Only learning that takes place inside school
- C. Adjusting to different time, place and situation
- D. Curiosity for new knowledge that continues from birth to death

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