VU Midterm Past Papers
138 solved midterm past paper MCQs for EDU601 at Virtual University, each with the correct answer marked. Use them to learn the VU question style and test your recall. An independent study tool — not affiliated with VU.
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Q1. What is the area of philosophy that investigates the nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge?
Q2. Who was the famous philosopher that came after Aristotle?
Q3. Which one stimulates a person towards a goal?
Q4. Which mode plays an important role in transmittal of education to the youth?
Q5. Immaturity is the potential rather than the capacity to
Q6. What did Plato do in order to start his own school?
Q7. According to pragmatism truth is
Q8. The dialectic method originates from —-----—-- teaching styles:
Q9. The meaning of Philosophy is
Q10. Which of the following is NOT considered in dialectic method?
Q11. Who believed that never to educate directly, but indirectly by means of the environment
Q12. The ability of an individual to retain or maintain growth that education brings about in the set direction is
Q13. The unconscious influence of the environment affects
Q14. What is the state of reality/Ontology?
Q15. Who was the huge proponent of Democracy?
Q16. Direction can be both successive and
Q17. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as —-—--—-—-—-
Q18. Axiology is the study of -———-——
Q19. In which university John Dewey work as an instructor?
Q20. Which one is the fostering, nurturing and nourishing process?
Q21. Epistemology is the study of —--—-———
Q22. Who were the three famous Greek philosophers?
Q23. In ancient Greece, who argued that education was about drawing out what is inside the man?
Q24. John Dewey dissertation was based on
Q25. According to pragmatics reality is:
Q26. The main objective of dialectic method is to make decisions based on -——-—----————
Q27. A thinking process in which you proceed from general to specific statements using prescribed rules of logic
Q28. In which stage Rote learning is the form of learning?
Q29. Aristotelian education is divided into --------.
Q30. 'Oregnon' is the Book of ———----.
Q31. What are the primary source of education?
Q32. According to Aristotle, we should begin ethical inquiry by specifying
Q33. In which stage Moral training is emphasised?
Q34. Health is of utmost importance is assumed by ———-.
Q35. Who said that child must not be allowed to develop habits born of social interactions, rather instinct and emotions must be adhered to?
Q36. Who was the first philosopher who gave the concept of formal education of the students of B.A?
Q37. Which is not included in Rousseau's Curriculum?
Q38. 'Emile' one of the greatest works on developmental psychology by
Q39. According to Aristotle, happiness is
Q40. Child is _____ by nature
Q41. Aristotle was the first philosopher to formulate ———-.
Q42. Laws of a person's nature must be discovered through
Q43. In Aristotle's terminology, incontinence is when
Q44. In which year Mortimer Adler participated in Socratic discussion groups?
Q45. Which Rousseau curriculum objective is not related to stage 3?
Q46. In Aristotle's view, the virtues are;
Q47. Aristotle claims that:
Q48. Education teaches virtue & promotes —---.
Q49. Man is a naturally good creature, is saying by
Q50. What is important to develop the intrinsic judgement and emotions in a person?
Q51. Aristotle divides the virtues into:
Q52. According to Rousseau what things made the individual free?
Q53. Emile’, Rousseau has divided Emile’s education into how many stages?
Q54. Aristotle’s education is divided into
Q55. ‘Organon’ is the Book of
Q56. Which of the following is considered a teacher-centered philosophy?
Q57. The role of the teacher in a perennialist classroom is as a
Q58. The Great Books curriculum is promoted by supporters of
Q59. Who raised the slogan “Back to Nature”?
Q60. The word philosophy derives from
Q61. Which of the following is not the objective of University education according to Jaspers?
Q62. Perennialism focuses on the .....principal.
Q63. A Nebraska statue forbade teaching of foreign language before completion of grade___
Q64. Which of the following reason of choosing home schooling
Q65. Intrapersonal learners are usually
Q66. ...leaners are doodlers and artists and everything in between.
Q67. The most frequent subjects for standardized testing for home schooled children are
Q68. Before common school movement in the latter half of nineteenth century, the common believe about education was
Q69. Formal approach means that the education process is the same as at school ,
Q70. The law included mandatory attendance for children for the age of .....for at least three months out of each year.
Q71. The Oregon state required by law that all children must
Q72. The goals of this educational theory are to transmit cultural heritage and develop good citizens. Subject matter includes literature, history, foreign languages, and religion
Q73. Activities are designed to discipline the mind. Subjects taught include mathematics, language, logic, great books, and doctrines
Q74. The task of education is to develop learning environments that lead to desired behaviors in students
Q75. An educational theory that emphasizes that ideas should be tested by experimentation and that learning is rooted in questions developed by learner’s
Q76. An educational approach in which students are taught to analyze world events, explore controversial issues, and develop a vision for a new and better world
Q77. This theory stresses learning activities during which students are free to infer and discover their own answers to important questions
Q78. Who developed the educational theory of progressivism?
Q79. Which educational theory views human experiences as the basis for knowledge?
Q80. Goals are to transmit cultural heritage and develop good citizens. Subject matter includes literature, history, foreign languages, and religion. This educational theory is:
Q81. Teacher-centered educational theories include:
Q82. Which of the following is a characteristic of a student-centered teaching style?
Q83. The lesson plans of a student-centered teacher would emphasize all of the following except:
Q84. The teacher-centered classroom will include all of the following except:
Q85. Motivation consists of two parts:
Q86. The belief that students are inherently capable of solving their own problems best describes which of the following philosophies?
Q87. Control theory as a requisite for classroom discipline practices has been advanced by:
Q88. Students are inherently capable of solving their own problems; this best describes: non-
Q89. Teachers must set classroom standards for conduct; this best describes:
Q90. Classroom organization includes:
Q91. Classroom climate is best defined as:
Q92. Teacher centered authority includes
Q93. Non-interventionist teacher control means:
Q94. Standards in education refers to:
Q95. The type of standard which includes knowledge, skills, and dispositions in various subject areas is:
Q96. Broad statements about knowledge and skills a student or teacher should have at a certain level are called:
Q97. The type of standard that provides for proper instructional resources, assessments, and system structures is called:
Q98. What is a level of development toward the achievement of a standard called?
Q99. Assessment includes all of the following except:
Q100. The ACT and SAT tests are examples of assessments used as:
Q101. Student teaching is an example of which type of assessment?
Q102. A tool that uses day-to-day activities to decide if some behavior is being displayed is called:
Q103. A rubric that measures all the criteria simultaneously and makes an overall evaluation is considered:
Q104. Rubrics are:
Q105. Brown vs. Board of Education decided that:
Q106. The Cival Rights Act was signed by ...in 1964.
Q107. The fight for equality reached a zenith in ....with the Brown vs. Board of Education.
Q108. As a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) which:
Q109. The bilingual Education Act was designed to:
Q110. Title IX, passed in 1974, is about:
Q111. When the federal government passed Title IX in 1974, they encouraged schools to follow it by
Q112. The 14 year old student who was part of the Title IX laws:
Q113. Which of the following reasons of choosing home schooling
Q114. Children should be given an opportunity to ...... the democratic way of life in school.
Q115. .....advocates full participation in all aspects of social and civic life---not only those conventionally identified as ‘political’.
Q116. School should be run on democratic lines is held by?
Q117. Which of the following is the middle way of home schooling?
Q118. ___________ became the first state to pass a compulsory law.
Q119. Jasper followed the education of Socratic Method, which of the following is not true of method.
Q120. Which is not a part of Rousseau curriculum of stage 3?
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