CTET Practice Questions (Teaching) — All Questions

According to constructivism, learning is best described as:

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

Constructivism holds that learners build understanding through active experience.

Jean Piaget is best known for his theory of:

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

Piaget described stages of cognitive development in children.

Vygotsky's 'zone of proximal development' emphasizes:

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

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

Inclusive education means:

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

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

Formative assessment is used mainly to:

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

Formative assessment informs teaching and gives feedback during learning.

Individual differences among learners mean a teacher should:

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

Individual differences call for differentiated teaching.

Intrinsic motivation comes from:

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

Intrinsic motivation arises from internal interest and satisfaction.