Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. What does the acronym LATS stand for?
(a) Learning Assessment Transferring Scheme
(b) Learners Achievement Testing System
(c) Learning Achievement Tracking System
(d) Learning Activity Testing System
Ans: (c)


Q2. The most’ common method of estimating internal consistency of a test reliability is the
(a) Split-half method
(b) Test-retest method
(c) Both split-helf, and testretest method
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)


Q3. What qualities do a stadardised test have?
(a) Validity Reliability and Usability
(b) Reliability Flexibility and Validity
(c) Usability, Subjectivity and Reliability
(d) Validity, Flexibility and Usability
Ans: (a)


Q4. Which of the following measures of variability is used when the statistics having the greatest stability is sought?
(a) Mean Deviation (b) Standard Deviation
(c) Quartile Deviation (d) Range
Ans: (b)


Q5. When a constant figure is added to each individual score, what will be the effect on mean value?
(a) Mean value, will be added by the same figure
(b) Mean value will be subtracted by the same figure
(c) Mean value will be multiplied by the same figure
(d) Mean value will be divided by the same figure
Ans: (a)


Q6. Which formula is used to determine the value of standard deviation of ungrouped data? (a) 2 D N Ó (b) 2 D N Ó
(c) 2 N D Ó (d) D N Ó

Ans: (a)


Q7.
11. What is the mode value of the given scores? 8, 8, 4, 3, 4, 8, 5, 5
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 8
Ans: (d)


Q8. Which statement is correct?
(a) Median lies at the midpoint of a series when scores are arranged either in ascending or descending order.
(b) Median value remains changed in the change of obtained scores
(c) If the distribution of scores becomes very small or very big mean becomes more useful than median
(d) Median is used in the calculation of other statistical values
Ans: (b)


Q9. What is the median value of the following data? 18, 26, 15, 20, 23, 15, 9, 21, 12, 24
(a) 19 (b) 18
(c) 17 (d) 15
Ans: (a)


Q10.
14. When the scores on a newly constructed test are correlated with scores on a stadardised test then which type of validity needs to be calculated?
(a) Concurrent (b) Construct
(c) Face (d) Content
Ans: (a)


Q11. Which one of the following scales is used to record the progress of the learners in curricular areas?
(a) 4- Point scale (b) 5- Point scale
(c) 3- Point scale (d) 6- Point scale
Ans: (b)


Q12. Which of the following tools could be used as a scoring guide?
(a) Portfolio (b) Observation
(c) Checklist (d) Rubric
Ans: (d)


Q13. Which of the following is not a principle of curriculum organization?
(a) Correlation (b) Activity
(c) Manipulation (d) Utility
Ans: (c)


Q14. ‘Dyspedagogia’ is related to
(a) Lack of good teaching
(b) Lack of good environment
(c) Lack of curriculum for the child
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)


Q15. ”Words are structured with sense inner speech and language”__ who stated it?
(a) Vygotsky (b) Piaget
(c) Novak (d) Glaserfled
Ans: (a)


Q16. What characteristic is not found in creative students?
(a) Curious (b) Visionary
(c) intuitive (d) Unwilling to take risk
Ans: (d)


Q17. Which of the following is not function of motivation in the field of learning?
(a) To secure more marks in the examination
(b) To make the behavior goal-oriented
(c) To make the child active for learning
(d) To make the behavior disciplined
Ans: (a)


Q18. Which learning theory emphasises learning from whole to part?
(a) Classical conditioning
(b) Insightful learning
(c) Operant conditioning
(d) Trial and Error
Ans: (b)


Q19. Which is the social need of adolescents?
(a) Oxygen (b) Sex
(c) Hunger (d) Security
Ans: (d)


Q20. Which one of the following groups is not a problem of the adolescents?
(a) Cheating, stealing, truancy
(b) Truancy, excessive day dreaming, excessive thoughtful
(c) Cheating, jealousy, stealing
(d) Excessive carelessness, cheating, getting disappointed over silly matters
Ans: (d)


Q21. ”Stealing would be judged wrong because it is considered wrong by the society” __ To which level of moral development does it belong?
(a) Pre-moral
(b) Conventional morality
(c) Self-accepted moral principle
(d) All of these
Ans: (b)


Q22. The activities that people perform on objects are known as
(a) Schemas (b) Assimilation
(c) Accommodation (d) Equilibrium
Ans: (a)


Q23. The difference that exists between two or more abilities within the individual is known as
(a) Inter-individual differences
(b) Intra-individual differences
(c) Multi area individual differences
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)


Q24. What characteristic is found in creative children?
(a) Divergent thinking
(b) Originality
(c) Independent thinking
(d) All of these
Ans: (d)


Q25. Which of the following stages is called as Concrete Operational Stage according to Piaget?
(a) Infancy (b) Childhood
(c) Late childhood (d) Adolescence
Ans: (c)


Q26. Learning generally refers to any changes in behavior that result due to
(a) Maturation
(b) Experience
(c) Growth
(d) Development
Ans: (a)


Q27. Which one is not correct?
(a) Development is a life-long process
(b) Development always takes place uniformly
(c) Development is individualistic
(d) Development does not stop at maturation
Ans: (b)


Q28. Which process is the motivation?
(a) Mental (b) Physical
(c) Emotional (d) Social
Ans: (a)


Q29. What type of questions should be teacher ask to identify creative children?
(a) Divergent thinking (b) Diagnostic
(c) Convergent thinking (d) Activity based
Ans: (a)


Q30. Which trait is found in a problem child?
(a) Lack of interest in study
(b) Mentally unstable
(c) Lack of adjustment
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)


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