AP DSC 2024 School Assistant (SA) Child Development and Pedagogy English Mock Test

1. According to Vygotsky, zone of proximal development is

the gap between what the child can do independently and with assistance.

zone demarking the support offered by the teacher.

what the child can do on her own which cannot be assessed.

the amount and nature of support provided to the child to achieve her potential.

Question 1 of 25

2. A student is aggressive in his behavior towards his peer group and does not conform to the norms of the school. This student needs help in

Higher order thinking skills

Cognitive domain

Affective domain

Psychomotor domain

Question 2 of 25

3. How can a teacher help children become better problem solvers?

By encouraging children to look for answers to the problems in the textbook

By providing correct solutions to all the problems they pose to students

By giving tangible rewards for solving problems

By giving children a variety of problems to solve and support while solving them

Question 3 of 25

4. Failure of a child to perform well in class tests leads us to believe that

some children are deemed to fail irrespective of how hard the system tries.

children are born with certain capabilities and deficits.

there is a need to reflect upon the syllabus, pedagogy and assessment processes.

assessment is objective and can be used to clearly identify failures.

Question 4 of 25

5. According to Kohlberg , the thinking process involved in judgments about questions of right ans wrong is called

Moral realism

Moral reasoning

Morality co- operation

Moral dilemma

Question 5 of 25

6. Ability to recognize and classify all varieties of animals , minerals and plants , according to multiple intelligences theory , is called

Naturalist intelligence

Linguistic intelligence

spatial called

Logicoa- mathematical intelligence

Question 6 of 25

7. Which one of the following statements best describes why children should be encouraged to ask questions in the class?

Questions increase the curiosity of the children.

Children can be made to realize that they lack intelligence by making them think of all the things they don’t know about.

Questions take learning forward by interactions and lead to conceptual clarity.

Children need to practise their language skills.

Question 7 of 25

8. Development starts from

pre – natal stage

the stage of infancy

post – childhood stage

pre –childhood stage

Question 8 of 25

9. Teachers are advised to involve their learners in group activities because, besides facilitating learning. They also help in

Value conflicts

Socialization

Anxiety

Aggression

Question 9 of 25

10. Research has pointed out that several levels of discrimination exist in the schools. Which of these is not an example of discrimination at upper primary level?

Many teachers use only lecture method to teach.

Dalit children are made to sit separately during mid-day meals.

Teachers have low expectations of children from lower socio-economic strata.

Girls are not encouraged to take up maths and science.

Question 10 of 25

11. The stage of cognitive development, according to Piaget, in which a child displays ‘objects permanence ‘is

Sensor motor stage

Formal operational stage

Pre – operational

Concrete operational stage

Question 11 of 25

12. A teacher wants to ensure that her students are motivated intrinsically. She would

offer tangible rewards.

focus on the processes of learning of individual children rather than on the final outcome.

specify uniform standards of achievement for all children.

plan learning activities which encourage convergent thinking.

Question 12 of 25

13. Which one of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between development and learning as proposed by Vygotsky?

Development process lags behind the learning process.

Development is synonymous with learning.

Development is independent of learning.

Learning and development are parallel processes.

Question 13 of 25

14. A teacher always helps her learners link the knowledge they have derived in one subject areas with the knowledge from other subject areas. This helps to promote

learner autonomy

correlation and transfer of knowledge

individual differences

reinforcement

Question 14 of 25

15. A good text – book avoids

gender sensitivity

gender equality

social responsibility

gender bias

Question 15 of 25

16. A teacher can effectively respond to the needs of children from ‘disadvantaged sections’ of society by

sensitizing the disadvantaged children to the norms and strictures of schools so that they can comply with those.

telling the ‘other children’ to co-operate with the ‘disadvantaged children’ and help them learn the ways of the school.

ensuring that the children do not get a chance to interact with each other to minimize the chances of their being bullied.

reflecting on the school system and herself about various ways in which biases and stereotypes surface.

Question 16 of 25

17. Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

includes children with disability

emphasizes the need to promote the education of the girl child only

encourages the education of children with special needs through exclusive schools

includes children regardless of physical, intellectual, social, linguistic of other differently a baled conditions

Question 17 of 25

18. According to Piaget’s theory, children learn by

scaffolding provided by more able members of the society.

processes of adaptation.

changing their behaviour when offered appropriate rewards.

memorizing information by paying due attention.

Question 18 of 25

19. Which of these is a characteristic of a child with learning disability?

An IQ below 50

Difficulty in reading fluently and reversing words

Bullying other children and engaging in aggressive acts

Doing the same motor action repeatedly

Question 19 of 25

20. What is a major criticism of Kohlberg’s theory?

Kohlberg did not give clear cut stages of moral development.

Kohlberg proposed a theory without any empirical basis.

Kohlberg proposed that moral reasoning is developmental.

Kohlberg did not account for cultural differences in moral reasoning of men and women.

Question 20 of 25

21. The major frustration that children with hearing loss face in the classroom is

the inability to communicate or share information with others

the inability to take examinations with other students

the inability to participate in sports and games

the inability to read the prescribed text & book

Question 21 of 25

22. According to theories of motivation, a teacher can enhance learning by

not having any expectations from students

setting realistic expect expectations from students

Setting extremely high expectations form students

setting uniform standard of expectations

Question 22 of 25

23. Socialization is a process of

socializing with friends.

learning to critique the culture of a society.

acquiring values, beliefs and expectations.

assimilation and accommodation.

Question 23 of 25

24. Piaget proposes that pre-operational children tire unable to conserve. He attributes this inability to which one of the following factors?

Lack of high-level abstract reasoning

Personal fable

Inability of hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Irreversibility of thought

Question 24 of 25

25. Creativity is usually associated with

Modeling

Convergent thinking

Imitation

Divergent thinking

Question 25 of 25

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