This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Teaching > Constructivism > Constructivism – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Constructivism Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Dewey A) Students must be given information in order to learn new information. B) Students should be given an opportunity to think for themselves and articulate their thoughts. C) Students can immediately use new information once provided. D) Students learn best from memorization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students should be given an opportunity to think for themselves and articulate their thoughts. 2. What are the main concepts of Vigotsky's theory? A) Scaffolding. B) Social interaction. C) Zone of proximal development. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 3. What does it mean Structure for the constructivists? A) Major political systems. B) International System. C) The way a country organices their internal politics. D) Goverment facilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International System. 4. Vygotsky disagreed with the view that the child explores his/her world alone and forms his/her own inner picture of reality, which is the view of ..... A) George Kelly. B) Jean Piaget. C) John Dewey. D) David A. Kolb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jean Piaget. 5. Why is Vygotsky's theory called a social constructivism? A) Since in Vygotsky's opinion the learner must be engaged in the learning process. B) According to him, the learner must be engaged in the teaching process. C) Because it focused on both the learning and teaching process. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it focused on both the learning and teaching process. 6. When does meaningful learning happen? A) The student is involved in his knowledge construction. B) The students repeats new information. C) The students listents and reads new information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The student is involved in his knowledge construction. 7. Recognize one essential component of constructivist teaching. A) Stimulus-response. B) Positive reinforcement and punishment. C) Problems and activities that challenge students. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Problems and activities that challenge students. 8. Acording to the podcast Good & Brophy (1990) were A) Pioneers who convertedthe constructivist approach. B) Mcdonalds' workers who convertedthe constuctivist approach. C) Philosophers who convertedthe constuctivist approach. D) Philanthropists workers who convertedthe constuctivist approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pioneers who convertedthe constructivist approach. 9. Students are unable to learn is they are not motivated. A) Learning exists in the mind. B) Knowledge is personal. C) Learning is a social activity. D) Motivation is key to learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motivation is key to learning. 10. ''The process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combinations of grasping and transforming experience" the figure of this famous quote is ..... A) David Allen Kolb. B) Jean Piaget. C) Lev Vygotsky. D) Jhon Dewey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David Allen Kolb. 11. Social constructivism is also called collaborative learning because it is based on, except ..... A) Information. B) Sharing. C) Interaction. D) Discussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information. 12. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of social constructivist classrooms? A) Teacher and students are learning and teaching. B) Classroom learning reflects students' interests and cultures. C) Social interaction. D) Individualized Assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Individualized Assignments. 13. Who is the main figure of social constructivism? A) Jean Lave. B) David Allen Kill. C) Lev Vygotsky. D) John Dewey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lev Vygotsky. 14. Most people's scientific argumentation skills are poorly developed; they have difficulty interpreting data, distinguishing claims from evidence, and drawing conclusions from evidence presented. A) Discovery Learning. B) Social Constructivism. C) Individual Constructivism. D) Meaningful Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social Constructivism. 15. Social constructivism, which emphasizes how ..... and understandings grow out of social encounters. A) Meanings. B) Developmental stages. C) Learning styles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meanings. 16. Below which is not an experiential learning cycle is ..... A) Experience. B) Publishing. C) Conceptualise. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Publishing. 17. Which theory is all about cooperation? A) Liberalism. B) Constructivism. C) Realism. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberalism. 18. Wich of the following does Social constructivism emphasize? A) Individual's information processing. B) Social contexts of learning. C) Construction of knowledge by organizing previous knowledge. D) Active knowledge construction within an individual's mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social contexts of learning. 19. Who's theory of instruction should address the following major aspects:(1) predisposition towards learning, (2) the ways in which a body of knowledge can be structured so that it can be most readily grasped by the learner, and (3) the most effective sequences in which to present material? A) Dewey. B) Piaget. C) Vygotsky. D) Bruner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bruner. 20. Among the following, which does not include the principle of social constructivism is ..... A) Learning is a social activity. B) Knowledge is acquired through experience. C) Learning is both an active and reflective process. D) Inclusive and equitable learning communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learning is both an active and reflective process. 21. Which example provides the opportunity to construct knowledge by social interaction? A) Writing a poem to express a social concern. B) Reading a story about a famous politician. C) Drawing a picture of a friend or family member. D) Group brainstorming ideas for a comic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Group brainstorming ideas for a comic. 22. How does the problem-based learning model represent constructivism? A) Develops critical thinking and creative skills. B) Helps students learn to transfer knowledge to new situations. C) Students work as self-directed, active investigators and problem-solvers in small collaborative groups. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. Who was the creator of the theory of meaningful learning? A) Krashen. B) Pavlov. C) Ausubel. D) Piaget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ausubel. 24. When Lev Vygotsky propounded social constructivism learning theory? A) 1896. B) 1986. C) 1968. D) 1689. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1968. 25. What are the features of a constructivist classroom? A) Knowledge will be shared between teachers and students. B) Teachers and students will share authority. C) The teacher's role is one of a facilitator or guide. D) Learning groups will consist of small numbers of heterogeneous students. E) All above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All above. 26. Questions that address social constructivism include all of the following except which one? A) What are good strategies for including peers in learning?. B) What are some approaches that emphasize collaborative work?. C) What is the best way to structure small group work?. D) What are the best ways to learn classroom rules?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What are the best ways to learn classroom rules?. 27. Some constructivist classroom strategies are: A) Drills, positive reinforcement. B) Inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning. C) Guided practice, question and answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning. 28. Thinking is located in social and physical contexts. This refers to ..... A) Tutoring. B) Scaffolding. C) Situated cognition. D) Cognitive apprenticeship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situated cognition. 29. Who is developed the theory of social constructivism? A) George Kelly. B) Lev Vygotsky. C) Jean Piaget. D) William G. Perry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lev Vygotsky. 30. Cognitive constructivism which is about how the individual learner understands things, in terms of ..... and learning styles A) Understandings. B) Meanings. C) Development stages. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development stages. Next →Related QuizzesTeaching QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesConstructivism Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books