Pedagogy Quiz
Pedagogy Quiz
Pedagogy Quiz
7. Which from the following should be used to increase correct responses and
appropriate behavior?
(A) Praise
(B) Reward
(C) Ignorance
(D) Strictness
8. Which from the following should be used to decrease minor inappropriate behavior?
(A) Praise
(B) Reward
(C) Ignorance
(D) Strictness
9. The book Emile or On Education on the nature of education and man is written by
(A) Aristotle
(B) Plato
(C) John Dewey
(D) Rousseau
11. Teachers should present information to the students clearly and in interesting way,
and relate this new information to the things students
(A) dont know
(B) already know
(C) willing to know
(D) not willing to know
12. According to John Dewey, school is a __________ institution, and education is a
__________ process.
(A) social, social
(B) social, philosophical
(C) philosophical, philosophical
(D) environmental, psychological
15. Responses that produce a discomforting effect become __________ to occur again
in that situation.
(A) not likely
(B) equally likely
(C) less likely
(D) more likely
16. According to Rousseau, at what age a person ready to have a companion of the
opposite sex?
(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 18
(D) 19
17. The field of study concerned with the construction of thought processes, including
remembering, problem solving, and decision-making is called
(A) Education
(B) Pedagogy
(C) Cognitive Development
(D) Epistemology
19. The more often a particular ability is used the __________ it becomes.
(A) more important
(B) less important
(C) stronger
(D) weaker
21. The more parts of your brain you use, the more likely you are to __________
information.
(A) use
(B) miss
(C) misuse
(D) retain
25. The reasoning in which the given statements are viewed as supplying strong
evidence for the truth of the conclusion is called
(A) Deductive Reasoning
(B) Inductive Reasoning
(C) Qualitative Reasoning
(D) Quantitative Reasoning
26. According to Jean Piaget, children develop abstract logic and reasoning skill during
(A) Sensorimotor stage
(B) Preoperational stage
(C) Concrete operational stage
(D) Formal operational stage
27. Children are usually egocentric during __________ and __________ stages.
(A) Sensorimotor, Preoperational
(B) Preoperational, Concrete operational
(C) Concrete operational, Formal operational
(D) Formal operational, Sensorimotor
28. According to Jean Piaget, children are no longer egocentric when entering
(A) Sensorimotor stage
(B) Preoperational stage
(C) Concrete operational stage
(D) Formal operational stage
32. Rousseau advocated an educational method which consisted of removing the child
from
(A) school
(B) burden
(C) past memory
(D) society
33. Who advocated removing children from their mothers care and raising them as
wards of the state?
(A) Socrates
(B) Plato
(C) Aristotle
(D) John Locke
35. All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that
the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. This is the saying of
(A) Aristotle
(B) Socrates
(C) Plato
(D) John Locke
ANSWERS: PEDAGOGY QUIZ
31. C
32. D
33. B
34. B
35. A
Pedagogy Quizzes
36. The Waldorf education approach emphasizes a balanced development of
(A) head and heart
(B) head and hands
(C) heart and hands
(D) head, heart, and hands
40. According to John Locke, a childs mind does not contain any
(A) innate ideas
(B) memory
(C) observation
(D) imagination