GENERAL METHODS OF TEACHING

31. The technique in which students act out roles from stories or historical events is termed as:

A. Drama
B. Play
C. Simulation
D. All of the above

Ans: (D) All of the above

32. When the teacher wants students to practice by repetition of some learning content, he normally uses the _______ method.

A. Skill
B. Drill
C. Recitation
D. None of the above

Ans: (B) Drill

33. When a learner is learning to satisfy his needs and wants, he is actually doing:

A. Sensory learning
B. Behavioural learning
C. Cognitive learning
D. Experiential learning

Ans: (D) Experiential learning

34. When a learner is studying simply because work is assigned by the teacher, he is doing:

A. Cognitive memorizing
B. Experiential learning
C. Sensory learning
D. None of the above

Ans: (A) Cognitive memorizing

35. When educators travel to the student’s location to provide instruction on topics of professional or personal interest, the mode of teaching becomes:

A. Travel Teaching
B. Innovative Teaching
C. Moving Teaching
D. Extension Teaching

Ans: (D) Extension Teaching

36. _______ is an approach whereby a teacher or counsellor poses questions to the student to allow them to explore ideas that may be complex or emotionally difficult.

A. Facilitative questioning
B. Critical questioning
C. Explanatory questioning
D. None of the above

Ans: (A) Facilitative questioning

37. During facilitative questioning, the teacher poses:

A. Close-ended questions
B. Open-ended questions
C. Oral questions
D. Written questions

Ans: (B) Open-ended questions

38. When students are asked to leave the classroom to observe events, organisms, and objects in their natural surroundings, the teacher is actually using the _______ strategy to teach them.

A. Field Observations
B. Class observation
C. Field trips
D. None of the above

Ans: (A) Field Observations

39. A _______ is any activity that occurs outside the classroom for the purpose of providing hands-on experience with objects or people that only occur in certain places.

A. Field observations
B. Field Trips
C. Field work
D. Field walk

Ans: (B) Field Trips

40. A _______ is an organizing tool to help students visualize how many events can be tied to or contribute to a result.

A. Fishpond
B. Backbone
C. Fishbone
D. None of the above

Ans: (C) Fishbone

41. Traditionally, the cards with a question, problem, or fact on one side, and the answer or a related fact on the other side, are called:

A. Placards
B. Note cards
C. Observation Cards
D. Flash Cards

Ans: (D) Flash Cards

Explanation: In today’s ECE classrooms, flashcards are mostly used to pass information rather than for questioning. For example, they contain letters, the formation of letters, and nouns starting with them.

42. Free writing is used as a timed activity to stimulate the flow of:

A. Discussions
B. Talk
C. Ideas and words
D. Letters of the alphabet

Ans: (C) Ideas and words

43. When the teacher is restating the information to show basic principles in the classroom, he is actually:

A. Criticizing
B. Pinpointing
C. Making diagrams
D. Generalizing

Ans: (D) Generalizing

44. _______ are visual frameworks to help the learner make connections between concepts.

A. Graphic representations
B. Graphic charts
C. Graphic organizers
D. None of the above

Ans: (C) Graphic organizers

45. Any method of teaching which involves two or more students can be termed as:

A. Group task
B. Class work
C. Class task
D. Group Work

Ans: (D) Group Work

46. An interesting classroom activity in which an object is hidden in a container and students ask questions about the content of the box in order to identify it and its characteristics is called:

A. Clue Box
B. Big Box
C. Small Box
D. Guess Box

Ans: (D) Guess Box

47. The teaching model in which students learn through explorations, but with directions from the teacher, is called:

A. Guided Discovery
B. Guided Practice
C. Guided Learning
D. None of the above

Ans: (A) Guided Discovery

48. Guided Practice is a form of:

A. Affection
B. Learning
C. Scaffolding
D. None of the above

Ans: (C) Scaffolding

49. Structured reading where short passages are read, then student interpretations are immediately recorded, discussed, and revised is called:

A. Guided Reading
B. Guided Practice
C. Guided Learning
D. None of the above

Ans: (A) Guided Reading

50. _______ means any instructional activity that emphasizes students working with objects relevant to the content being studied.

A. Physical activity
B. Classroom activity
C. Hands-On activity
D. None of the above

Ans: (C) Hands-On activity

51. _______ is a method when students ask questions to each other during presentations.

A. Peer Tutoring
B. Peer Classification
C. Oral Questioning
D. Peer Questioning

Ans: (D) Peer Questioning

52. When instruction is delivered by a person close in age or achievement to the person receiving instruction, the process is known as:

A. Peer Coaching
B. Individual Tutoring
C. Peer Tutoring
D. None of the above

Ans: (C) Peer Tutoring

53. _______ is a pair activity in which students have exactly 30 seconds to share all they know.

A. Quick talk
B. Quick response
C. Quick discussion
D. Quick intro

Ans: (A) Quick talk

54. _______ is a pair activity in which students have a short period (typically 30 seconds) to share all they know by writing in a graphic organizer.

A. Quick write
B. Quick discussion
C. Quick response
D. Quick order

Ans: (A) Quick write

55. Raps are:

A. Songs written and presented by students
B. Songs written and presented by teachers
C. Songs written by the teacher and presented by the students
D. None of the above

Ans: (A) Songs written and presented by students

56. An old but effective teaching strategy is:

A. Reading
B. Silent Reading
C. Read Aloud
D. All of the above

Ans: (C) Read Aloud

57. Teacher reads aloud to the class to improve students’:

A. Comprehension
B. Pronunciation
C. Feelings about reading
D. All of the above

Ans: (D) All of the above

58. Team activity to summarize reading is also termed as:

A. Group Summary
B. Group Presentation
C. Relay Summary
D. None of the above

Ans: (C) Relay Summary

59. Round-Table Discussion involves:

A. 2-3 participants
B. 2-8 participants
C. 4-5 participants
D. 3-7 participants

Ans: (C) 4-5 participants

60. In a round-table discussion, the participants discuss the topic among themselves and with the audience:

A. Formally
B. Informally
C. Originally
D. None of the above

Ans: (B) Informally