CTET Practice Questions (Teaching) — All Questions

According to constructivism, learning is best described as:

• a.Passive memorization
• b.Learners actively constructing knowledge from experience✓
• c.Copying the teacher exactly
• d.Only rote drill

Constructivism holds that learners build understanding through active experience.

Jean Piaget is best known for his theory of:

• a.Cognitive development stages✓
• b.Behaviourist conditioning
• c.The zone of proximal development
• d.Multiple intelligences

Piaget described stages of cognitive development in children.

Vygotsky's 'zone of proximal development' emphasizes:

• a.Learning alone always
• b.Fixed intelligence
• c.What a learner can do with guidance and support✓
• d.Punishment

The ZPD is the gap between independent ability and ability with support.

Inclusive education means:

• a.Separating children by ability permanently
• b.Teaching only gifted students
• c.Ignoring differences
• d.Educating children of all abilities together with appropriate support✓

Inclusive education supports all learners, including those with special needs, together.

Formative assessment is used mainly to:

• a.Rank students at year end
• b.Give feedback and guide ongoing teaching and learning✓
• c.Punish poor performers
• d.Replace teaching

Formative assessment informs teaching and gives feedback during learning.

Individual differences among learners mean a teacher should:

• a.Use varied methods to reach different learners✓
• b.Teach everyone identically
• c.Ignore slow learners
• d.Only teach the fastest

Individual differences call for differentiated teaching.

Intrinsic motivation comes from:

• a.Rewards and prizes only
• b.Fear of punishment
• c.Within the learner (interest and satisfaction)✓
• d.The teacher only

Intrinsic motivation arises from internal interest and satisfaction.