Education MCQs

Education Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) (SST) Test

1. The word “Pedagogy” means?
(A) to understand the child
(B) to guide the child
(C) to educate the child
(D) to lead the child
2. Pedagogy is the study of?
(A) Education
(B) Learning Process
(C) Teaching Methods
(D) Guiding Students
3. The philosopher who worked in mathematical and scientific didactic was?
(A) Jean Piaget
(B) John Dewey
(C) Martin Wagenschein
(D) Lev Vygotsky
4. The use of technology to enhance learning process is called __________ in education.
(A) IT
(B) ICT
(C) Information technology
(D) Communication technology

5. A scoring guide use to evaluate the quality of students is called
(A) rubrics
(B) checklists
(C) inventories
(D) rating scales
Pedagogy 
6. As people grow older, the __________ of learning declines.
(A) speed
(B) power
(C) quality
(D) quantity
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

10. According to Emile, the noblest work in education is to make a/an
(A) good citizen
(B) reasoning man
(C) thinker
(D) entrepreneur
11. Teachers should present information to the students clearly and in interesting way, and relate this new information to the things students
(A) don’t 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
13. According to John Dewey, schools must prepare students for
(A) present life
(B) future life
(C) entrepreneurship
(D) research
14. Responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become __________ to occur again in that situation.
(A) not likely
(B) equally likely
(C) less likely
(D) more likely

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
18. Jean Piaget proposed __________ stages of Cognitive Development.
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
19. The more often a particular ability is used the __________ it becomes.
(A) more important
(B) less important
(C) stronger
(D) weaker

19. The longer a particular ability is unused the __________ it becomes.
(A) more important
(B) less important
(C) stronger
(D) weaker
20. The more parts of your brain you use, the more likely you are to __________ information.
(A) use
(B) miss
(C) misuse
(D) retain