Teaching-Learning Resources — Practice

Q1. According to Klaus (2010), a teaching aid can be 'as simple as a chalkboard or as complex as'

• A. a printed textbook.
• B. a computer program.
• C. a school notice board.
• D. a teacher's lesson plan.

Q2. A class 7 teacher in Rampur uses a radio broadcast to teach a poem. Which type of teaching-learning resource is she using?

• A. Audio resource
• B. Visual resource
• C. Audio-visual resource
• D. Improvised resource

Q3. Which of the following sets is correctly listed under VISUAL teaching-learning resources?

• A. Radio, tape recorder, audio CD
• B. Television, film projector, audio-video CD
• C. Charts, pictures, models, flash cards, maps
• D. Plastic bottle beaker, used bulb flask, cardboard

Q4. Aarti, a class 8 student, watches an educational television programme on the water cycle. Television is classified as a

• A. Visual resource only
• B. Audio resource only
• C. Audio-visual resource
• D. Complex resource

Q5. A Chinese proverb reads 'What I hear, I forget; what I see, I remember; what I do, I ____'. Fill the blank.

• A. memorise
• B. forget
• C. understand
• D. evaluate

Q6. Grubb (2008) places 'textbooks, blackboard and chalk' in which category of classroom resources?

• A. Simple resources
• B. Compound resources
• C. Complex resources
• D. Abstract resources

Q7. In Grubb's classification, 'instructional approaches and teaching philosophies' which cannot be easily bought, measured or adjusted are called

• A. Simple resources
• B. Compound resources
• C. Complex resources
• D. Audio-visual resources

Q8. According to Marx et al. (1999), which seating arrangement makes a classroom more interactive and engages every learner?

• A. Traditional rows and columns
• B. Single row facing wall
• C. Semicircle formation
• D. Back-to-back pairs

Q9. A class 8 teacher in a village school in Bihar invites a doctor to speak to her 13-year-old learners about physical and emotional changes in adolescence. This use of community as a resource is best called

• A. Guidance services
• B. Lecture of guests
• C. Citizen action
• D. Volunteering

Q10. A specific example of improvisation is a science teacher in a low-resource school using ____ as a beaker and funnel.

• A. a wooden plank
• B. a plastic bottle
• C. a clay pot
• D. a brass tumbler

Q11. Which is NOT an advantage of improvised resources?

• A. They are cheap because raw materials are locally sourced.
• B. They motivate learners through participation in construction.
• C. They can be used to teach large classes.
• D. They guarantee uniform quality across all schools.

Q12. ICT in teaching-learning may be approached in three ways. Which set is correct?

• A. Learning before ICT, during ICT, after ICT
• B. Learning through ICT, learning with ICT, learning about ICT
• C. Learning audio, learning visual, learning audio-visual
• D. Input ICT, output ICT, storage ICT

Q13. Which of the following is a factor affecting the use of ICT and multimedia in Indian classrooms?

• A. Excess of teacher training
• B. Lack of power supply
• C. Surplus capital with individual teachers
• D. Over-availability of infrastructural facilities

Q14. According to the selection criteria for teaching-learning resources, they should be 'according to the ____ of the learners for whom they are selected'.

• A. caste
• B. age
• C. income
• D. religion

Q15. If any other teaching-learning resource is missing, the gap should be filled by

• A. the school principal
• B. the parents
• C. the teacher's own efficiency
• D. a paid private tutor