UNISA  2024  CUS3701-24-Y  Welcome Message  Assessment 1

QUIZ

Started on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 4:17 PM

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Time taken 1 hour 27 mins
Marks 101.00/102.00
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Question 1
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Technical, scientific and
logical positivist.

a. Behavioural 
b. Experiential
c. Humanistic
d. Naturalistic

The correct answer is: Behavioural

Question 2
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In curricular terms, the way in which the knowledge (content) is organised is called
an __ principle.

a. assessment
b. appraisal
c. evaluation
d. organising 

The correct answer is: organising

Question 3

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Lev Vygotsky, an educationist who argued for a __ perspective in education, lived

during the Russian Revolution, a time of great change in his culture and society.

a. post-modernist
b. social constructionist 
c. naturalist
d. behaviourist

The correct answer is: social constructionist

Question 4
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Read the following statement/scenario and write down what teaching strategy will
be the most effective. Asking the learners randomly keeps everyone on their “toes”
because no one knows who is going to be asked next.

a. Discussion. 
b. Scaffolding.
c. Simulation.
d. Roleplay.

The correct answer is: Discussion.

Question 5
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The South African Council for Educators (SACE) states that, by means of the
functioning of the council, SACE is to?

a. Arrange the recognition of prior learning, and moderation of assessment.

b. Sponsor educators/teachers financially towards professional development.
c. Set, maintain and protect ethical and professional standards for 
educators/teachers
d. Provide and approve qualifications for educators/teachers.

The correct answer is: Set, maintain and protect ethical and professional standards
for educators/teachers
Question 6

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A precise feature of the dialogue between the teacher and learners is the questions
asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another
level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the
classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the
following question: Write a complex review.

a. Applying/Application
b. Remembering/Knowledge
c. Synthesising/Creation 
d. Understanding/Comprehension

The correct answer is: Synthesising/Creation

Question 7
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Which one of the following is the best description of the National Qualifications
Framework (NQF)?

a. a single national framework that compiled the CAPS document.

b. a single national framework that works together with trade unions.
c. an organised business such as the Private Sector Education Council.
d. a single national framework that would bring together all education and 
training under one authority.

The correct answer is: a single national framework that would bring together all
education and training under one authority.
Question 8

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A teaching approach is best described as:

a. It is a broad plan of action for teaching-learning activities. 

b. It can either be teacher centred or learner centred.
c. It validates how teachers develop adaption of the curriculum.
d. It can be regarded as the foundation to how we develop curricula.

The correct answer is: It can either be teacher centred or learner centred.

Question 9
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Reuven Feuerstein (born 1921) was a …, who considers the teacher’s main role to be
that of mediator, whose task is to assist learners in building or modifying knowledge
through learning.

a. humanist
b. cognitive psychologist 
c. behaviourist
d. socio-constructionist

The correct answer is: cognitive psychologist

Question 10
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SAQA is mainly responsible for:

a. Ensuring that aims and outcomes of curricula design are integrated.

b. Shaping the boundaries of teaching and provides the minimum knowledge
and skills important for learners and society.
c. Validating how teachers develop adaption of the curriculum.
d. Ensuring that all qualifications are registered and adhere to specified 
standards.

The correct answer is: Ensuring that all qualifications are registered and adhere to
specified standards.
Question 11

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According to the Norms and Standards for Educators document (which is now
replaced by the minimum qualifications for teachers), the cornerstone of this policy
is:

a. The notion of applied competence and its associated assessment 

criteria.
b. Teaching practice as a mode of delivery through which all educators should
be developed and assessed.
c. The roles and the qualifications for employment as an educator.
d. Making judgements on the effect that language has on learning in various
situations.

The correct answer is: The notion of applied competence and its associated
assessment criteria.

Question 12
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The ideas of Ornstein and Hunkins (1998) regarding a broader definition of

“curriculum” agree with the views of Grundy (1987), Kraak (1998) and Killen (2007),
who acknowledge both intended and unintended learning, and who view a
curriculum as a?

a. Holistic construct.
b. Integrated construct.
c. Phenomenon construct.
d. Social construct. 

The correct answer is: Social construct.

Question 13

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Which role of the teacher is best described by this statement? This role involves
setting up a dialogue between the learner and various sources of information,
including the teacher, and ensuring that meaningful communication continues to
take place between the two.

a. Learning mediator role 

b. Learning area/subject specialist role
c. Community, citizenship and pastoral role
d. Assessor role

The correct answer is: Learning mediator role

Question 14
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Regarding assessment – the teacher ought to be the critic, not a marker;

assessment should be about improving student’s capacity to work. Which
educationist can relate to this statement?

a. Stenhouse 
b. Vygotsky
c. Tyler
d. Freire

The correct answer is: Stenhouse

Question 15
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The word “paradigm” literally means?

a. Frame of reference 
b. Secrecy
c. Equal to
d. Learning outcomes

The correct answer is: Frame of reference

Question 16

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In addressing barriers to learning, the CAPS stipulates the following:

a. Acknowledging and respecting differences between children due to age,

gender, ethnicity, language, class, disability, HIV status, etc.
b. Enabling education structures, systems and learning methodologies to
meet the needs of all learners.
c. Acknowledging that all children and youth can learn and that all children
and youth need support.
d. Any barriers to learning and development must be identified and 
understood so that learning, and assessment can be adapted or
modified appropriately.

The correct answer is: Any barriers to learning and development must be identified
and understood so that learning, and assessment can be adapted or modified
appropriately.

Question 17

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Technical expertise is important in curriculum development. Four questions need to

be asked about the purpose of teaching. Which educationist can be linked to this
statement?

a. Freire
b. Stenhouse
c. Vygotsky
d. Tyler 

The correct answer is: Tyler

Question 18

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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Demands of society and
freedom to learn.

a. Experiential
b. Naturalistic
c. Humanistic 
d. Behavioural

The correct answer is: Humanistic

Question 19
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The policy on Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications

(MRTEQ) explicitly provides clearer and more specific guidelines with regard to
minimum requirements for the development of?

a. Syllabi
b. Learning programmes 
c. Curricula
d. Teacher qualifications

The correct answer is: Learning programmes

Question 20
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Which of the following is NOT a barrier to learning that exist in the system itself?

a. Inadequately and inappropriately trained education managers and teachers.

b. Inadequate policies and legislation. 
c. Negative attitudes to differences, stereotyping.
d. Non-recognition of and non-involvement in parents’ poverty.

The correct answer is: Inadequate policies and legislation.

Question 21

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An exact feature of the conversation between the teacher and learners is the
questions asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include
another level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the
classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the
following question: Solve problems with two or more steps.

a. Applying/Application
b. Understanding/Comprehension
c. Analysing 
d. Remembering/Knowledge

The correct answer is: Analysing

Question 22
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The use of assessment as a diagnostic tool enables the teacher to?

a. Adjust teaching to suit the learner’s current level of understanding 

b. Adjust marks or grades
c. Adjust summative assessment
d. Adjust formative assessment

The correct answer is: Adjust teaching to suit the learner’s current level of
understanding
Question 23

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Which item best suits the description of the following: A Feature of the new South
African education: CAPS – back to basics.

a. Learners all get the same amount of time to complete a unit standard that
is worth one credit.
b. It rejects the distinction between the academic and the practical education
and training.
c. A strong emphasis on acquiring theoretical knowledge by the learner. 
d. Less emphasis is placed on obtaining credits and skills acquired previously.

The correct answer is: A strong emphasis on acquiring theoretical knowledge by the
learner.

Question 24
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Effective questioning generally?

a. Synthesise learners’ new knowledge with things they already know.

b. Improves the quality of the task and encourages learners to give 
thoughtful answers, rather than simply agreeing or disagreeing with a
statement.
c. Challenge learners to find deeper meanings, give opinions, and justify their
opinions.
d. Can be used as guideline to develop a typology that can be applied in
teaching, learning, and assessment.

The correct answer is: Improves the quality of the task and encourages learners to
give thoughtful answers, rather than simply agreeing or disagreeing with a
statement.
Question 25

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Which of the following describes whole school planning the best?

a. All stakeholders in the school consider all the activities and decide on 
the goals.
b. All teachers in a phase should be included in the planning process.
c. Teachers, heads of departments and principals are included in the
planning.
d. Teachers, learners and parents are involved in planning and consider all
possible activities and implications.

The correct answer is: All stakeholders in the school consider all the activities and
decide on the goals.

Question 26

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Bloom’s taxonomy provides a structure in which to categorize instructional

(teaching) outcomes and assessment. The core reason for his design of the
taxonomy was to?

a. Help teachers and instructional designers to classify objectives and 

goals.
b. Equip teachers with the desire and the capacity to take charge of their
learning through developing the skill of self-assessment.
c. Identify the next step in learning, deepen the ability to seek out and gain
new skills.
d. Help teachers to develop the ability to engage in self-reflection.

The correct answer is: Help teachers and instructional designers to classify
objectives and goals.
Question 27

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The following statement: “To be considered a specialist in a field requires being well
grounded in the knowledge, skills, values, principles, methods, and procedures
relevant to that field”, can be connected to the teacher’s role of?

a. Scholar, researcher and lifelong learner.

b. Learning area/subject specialist. 
c. Learning mediator.
d. Interpreter and designer of learning programmes and materials.

The correct answer is: Learning area/subject specialist.

Question 28

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As an educator, you will be involved in different levels of planning when it comes to

planning a learning programme. As an individual teacher, at which planning level will
you mainly be involved?

a. Phase
b. Learning programme
c. Lesson plans 
d. Work schedule

The correct answer is: Lesson plans

Question 29

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What do we have to take into consideration in the school and classroom that will
have a direct influence on the design of our lesson plan?

a. Curricular framework and the availability of resources. 

b. The CAPS.
c. Progression and integration of learning areas.
d. Values and attitudes as stipulated in the IQMS document.

The correct answer is: Curricular framework and the availability of resources.
Question 30

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The __ revised Bloom’s taxonomy with explanations and examples, helps us to think
about the types of question that teachers use in the classroom and in assessment
tasks.

a. 2003
b. 2002
c. 2000
d. 2001 

The correct answer is: 2001

Question 31

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According to __ “only the informed ones should plan how to deliver the learning
experiences”.

a. Tyler 
b. Vygotsky
c. Freire
d. Stenhouse

The correct answer is: Tyler

Question 32

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A particular feature of the exchange of ideas between the teacher and learners is
the questions asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to
include another level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion
in the classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for
the following question: Draw inferences from a text.

a. Synthesising/Creation
b. Applying/Application
c. Understanding/Comprehension 
d. Remembering/Knowledge

The correct answer is: Understanding/Comprehension

Question 33
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Ubuntu is founded on three pillars, namely?

a. Environmental values, reconciliation and democracy.

b. Interpersonal values, accountability and non-racism.
c. Interpersonal values, intrapersonal values and environmental values. 
d. Non racism, con sexism and equality.

The correct answer is: Interpersonal values, intrapersonal values and environmental
values.
Question 34

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Read the following statement/scenario and write down what teaching strategy will
be the most effective. Learners need to develop a strong base of declarative
knowledge to synthesis their knowledge into an appropriate model and recognise
common solution strategies.

a. Simulation/discovery learning in action.

b. Scaffolding.
c. Cognitive Guided Instruction.
d. Problem solving. 

The correct answer is: Problem solving.

Question 35
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Pragmatic and educators
make their ideas and values known.

a. Behavioural
b. Experiential
c. Naturalistic 
d. Humanistic

The correct answer is: Naturalistic

Question 36

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In addition to choosing the most relevant knowledge (content) and skills to be

included in the curriculum the sequencing of content also needs to be designed in a
manner that allows for a consistent and __ curriculum.

a. transformative
b. coherent 
c. progressive
d. intelligible

The correct answer is: coherent

Question 37

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The first four performance standards in the IQMS instrument (creation of a positive
learning environment; knowledge of curriculum and learning; programmes, lesson
planning, preparation and presentation; and assessment) directly address the way
the __ should be implemented.

a. White Paper No. 6

b. CAPS (also referred to as the amended NCS) 
c. C2005
d. Assessment policy

The correct answer is: CAPS (also referred to as the amended NCS)

Question 38
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Creative problem solving
and co-operative curriculum.

a. Naturalistic 
b. Behavioural
c. Experiential
d. Humanistic

The correct answer is: Naturalistic

Question 39

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Which of the following is NOT a minimum competency required of newly qualified

teachers?

a. Have a positive work ethic, display appropriate values and conduct

themselves in a manner that befits, enhances and develops the teaching
profession.
b. Be able to identify learning or social problems and work alone to 
address these.
c. Be able to assess learners in reliable and varied ways, as well as be able to
use the results of assessment to improve teaching and learning.
d. Be able to reflect critically, in theoretically informed ways and in conjunction
with their professional community of colleagues, on their own practice to
constantly improve it and adapt it to evolving circumstances.

The correct answer is: Be able to identify learning or social problems and work
alone to address these.

Question 40
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Progressive philosophy

and child-centred movement.

a. Naturalistic
b. Humanistic 
c. Experiential
d. Behavioural

The correct answer is: Humanistic

Question 41

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A __ detailed, prescriptive curriculum presents a clear view of the desired results,

and there is a view that in practice it offers better learning results as other models.

a. None of the above

b. Both A and B
c. decentralised
d. centralised 

The correct answer is: centralised

Question 42
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Assessment forms part of the __ curriculum

a. hidden
b. attained 
c. covert
d. enacted

The correct answer is: attained

Question 43
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According to the following educationist, the curriculum must contribute to the

achievement of the objective/ effectiveness & efficiency.

a. Stenhouse
b. Freire
c. Tyler 
d. Vygotsky

The correct answer is: Tyler

Question 44

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According to __ teaching may change learners, empower or domesticate the

learners.

a. Stenhouse
b. Vygotsky
c. Freire 
d. Tyler

The correct answer is: Freire

Question 45
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Read the following statement/scenario and write down what teaching strategy will
be the most effective. Many aspects can facilitate the learning process, including
books, media or objects; but, importantly, technology enables communication
between learners, between learner and teacher, or through automatic feedback.

a. Blended learning
b. Hybrid learning.
c. M-learning. 
d. E-learning

The correct answer is: M-learning.

Question 46

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The following teaching strategy ensures a strong emphasis on interdependence of

group members:

a. Cooperative learning through mediation 

b. Enhancing critical thinking
c. Scaffolding
d. Cognitive guided instruction

The correct answer is: Cooperative learning through mediation

Question 47

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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Subjective, personal and
child centred.

a. Humanistic
b. Naturalistic
c. Behavioural
d. Experiential 

The correct answer is: Experiential

Question 48
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Which of the following is not a principle of discovery learning?

a. Finding own meaning and understanding

b. Social transformation 
c. Adapting to the changing environment
d. Learning-by-doing

The correct answer is: Social transformation

Question 49
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Which one of the following statements applies to the use of teaching media?

a. Media ensure that the learners are actively involved during the lesson.
b. Media can make a lesson more interesting, hold the learners’ attention 
longer and thus improve learning.
c. When educators produce their own media, they should make sure that the
media are durable and can be used repeatedly.
d. It is usually the educator who handles the media, and this may thus result in
the lesson becoming educator centred.

The correct answer is: Media can make a lesson more interesting, hold the learners’
attention longer and thus improve learning.
Question 50

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According to __ we must think about the purpose of the curriculum, it must serve to
liberate learners to make links and understand language, experiences, and their daily
struggle.

a. Vygotsky
b. Stenhouse
c. Tyler
d. Freire 

The correct answer is: Freire

Question 51

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In the year __ the separation of the Department of Education into the Department of
Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training took place.

a. 2010
b. 2011
c. 2009 
d. 2008

The correct answer is: 2009

Question 52
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Read the following statement/scenario and write down what teaching strategy will
be the most effective. You want to encourage your learners to be open-minded and
allow them to develop self-confidence when reasoning.

a. Cognitive Guided Instruction.

b. Scaffolding.
c. Teaching critical thinking. 
d. Simulation/discovery learning in action.

The correct answer is: Teaching critical thinking.

Question 53

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Curriculum development often starts with analysing the existing setting and
formulating intentions for the proposed change or innovation. Important activities in
this phase include?

a. Theoretical analysis
b. Assessment analysis.
c. Context analysis. 
d. Content analysis.

The correct answer is: Context analysis.

Question 54

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When interpreting and implementing the curriculum, the following questions should
also be asked from the outset: Identify the incorrect statement.

a. How will a research project or an assignment be assessed? Will we use an

observation sheet with assessment criteria, or a rubric? These are the tools
of assessment; the tool selected should be appropriate to the assessment
criteria for the activity.
b. Who will be doing the assessing? Will it be group assessment, self-
assessment, or peer assessment? These are possible methods of
assessment.
c. Which assessment technique is the best for measuring the required
outcomes/aims? Is it, for instance, a research project or a written
assignment?
d. How can teachers involve learners in assessment and give them time 
to respond to questions and?

The correct answer is: How can teachers involve learners in assessment and give
them time to respond to questions and?
Question 55

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Read the following statement/scenario and write down what teaching strategy will
be the most effective. A process of support or guidance to help learners construct
new meaning and knowledge based on existing knowledge.

a. Cooperative learning (through mediation)/Reciprocal teaching.

b. Cognitive Guided Instruction.
c. Scaffolding. 
d. Discussion or problem solving.

The correct answer is: Scaffolding.

Question 56

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“Teaching strategies and assessment should include problem-posing methods

which require dialogue in which teacher and student are “critical co-investigators””.
Which educationist can be associated with this statement?

a. Stenhouse
b. Tyler
c. Vygotsky
d. Freire 

The correct answer is: Freire

Question 57

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A precise feature of the discourse between the teacher and learners is the questions
asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another
level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the
classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the
following question: Draw a graph for data provided.

a. Understanding/Comprehension
b. Remembering/Knowledge
c. Synthesising/Creation
d. Applying/Application 

The correct answer is: Applying/Application

Question 58
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Objectives are:

a. What will the learners learn?

b. What will the teacher demonstrate?
c. What can the learners demonstrate? 
d. What learning opportunities are used?

The correct answer is: What can the learners demonstrate?

Question 59

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When selecting and evaluating Learning, Teaching and Support Materials (LTSM’s)
there are several things that you need to look out for, namely?

a. The Outcomes-Based Approach, CAPS, knowledge and skills, values and

attitudes, assessment, and mediation of learning.
b. The CAPS, knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, and assessment. 
c. The Outcomes-Based Approach, the CAPS, knowledge and skills, values
and attitudes, and equity.
d. Knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, equity, and media use.

The correct answer is: The CAPS, knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, and
assessment.

Question 60
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“Knowledge must be speculative and not an unchangeable entity”. This statement is

connected to the following educationist:

a. Freire
b. Vygotsky
c. Tyler
d. Stenhouse 

The correct answer is: Stenhouse

Question 61
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The curriculum as planned refers to?

a. Teacher and learner reactions.

b. Assessment.
c. The role of the teacher in the class.
d. The explicit document also described as the “blueprint” for teaching. 

The correct answer is: The explicit document also described as the “blueprint” for
teaching.
Question 62

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Advocates of transformation also claim that the curriculum needs to be?

a. Simplified
b. Changed
c. Indigenised
d. Decolonised 

The correct answer is: Decolonised

Question 63
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Curriculum in practice?

a. Focus on the learner playing a central role in the teaching-learning

activities.
b. Shapes the boundaries of teaching and provides the minimum knowledge,
skills, and values important for learners and society.
c. Validates how teachers develop adaptation of the curriculum to their 
learners and the classroom.
d. Refers to a technique of curriculum design that aims at integration.

The correct answer is: Validates how teachers develop adaptation of the curriculum
to their learners and the classroom.

Question 64
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For the teacher to approach learning as a process, might include variations of

constructivist thinking such as active learning (Piaget and Vygotsky), discovery
learning (Bruner), and?

a. Knowledge building. 
b. Value building.
c. Competency building.
d. Skills building.

The correct answer is: Knowledge building.

Question 65

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“The principles for guiding teaching must be interactive, critical and set up an
extended dialogue with learners”. Which educationist can be associated with this
statement?

a. Stenhouse
b. Freire 
c. Vygotsky
d. Tyler

The correct answer is: Freire

Question 66

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According to Lev Vygotsky’s theory, the physical classroom should provide clustered
desks or tables and workspaces for?

a. Collaboration and small-group learning 

b. Problem solving and discussions
c. Simulation and role-play
d. Discussions and self-evaluation

The correct answer is: Collaboration and small-group learning

Question 67

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Which of the following definitions describe a learning programme the best?

a. It is the format for specifying a qualification and it includes the purpose of

the qualification.
b. It is a set of guidelines on how much time should be spent on each topic
and what content should be covered in that time.
c. It is a sub-framework that sets out level descriptors.
d. It is a purposeful and structured set of learning experiences that lead to 
a qualification.

The correct answer is: It is a purposeful and structured set of learning experiences
that lead to a qualification.

Question 68

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A specific feature of the discussion between the teacher and learners is the
questions asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include
another level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the
classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the
following question: Identify principles that apply in a novel context.

a. Remembering/Knowledge
b. Applying/Application
c. Synthesising/Creation
d. Understanding/Comprehension 

The correct answer is: Understanding/Comprehension

Question 69

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A certain feature of the dialog between the teacher and learners is the questions
asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another
level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the
classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the
following question: Define basic facts.

a. Synthesising/Creation
b. Applying/Application
c. Remembering/Knowledge 
d. Understanding/Comprehension

The correct answer is: Remembering/Knowledge

Question 70
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A particular feature of the conversation between the teacher and learners is the
questions asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include
another level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the
classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the
following question: Formulate new equations.

a. Applying/Application
b. Synthesising/Creation 
c. Understanding/Comprehension
d. Remembering/Knowledge

The correct answer is: Synthesising/Creation

Question 71

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Which of the following statements describe effective feedback the best?

a. Effective feedback links instructions to the set outcomes and the

assessment criteria to make sure that what is expected is what is
assessed.
b. Effective feedback uses clear language according to the level/grade of the
learner.
c. Effective feedback uses action words to describe what activities are part of
the task.
d. Effective feedback is goal-referenced and has a purpose 

The correct answer is: Effective feedback is goal-referenced and has a purpose

Question 72

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All initial teacher education programmes are the responsibility of the Department of
__ Education.

a. Further
b. Higher 
c. Basic
d. Higher and Further

The correct answer is: Higher

Question 73
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Whole person, centre is
social activities.

a. Humanistic
b. Naturalistic
c. Experiential 
d. Behavioural

The correct answer is: Experiential

Question 74

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The main aims of the Ministry of Education’s Policy for Language in Education are
to?

a. Maximising the participation of all learners in the culture and the curriculum
of educational institutions and uncovering and minimising barriers to
language.
b. Enabling education structures, systems and languages to meet the needs
of all learners.
c. Counter disadvantages resulting from mismatches between home 
languages and languages of learning and teaching.
d. Development of the official languages, and respect for all languages used
in the country, excluding South African Sign Language.

The correct answer is: Counter disadvantages resulting from mismatches between
home languages and languages of learning and teaching.

Question 75

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The purpose of assessment is to?

a. Determine whether the learning required for the achievement of the 

specific outcomes is actually taking place.
b. Acknowledge the fact that all children and youth can learn and that all
children need support.
c. Develop programmes for the redress of previously disadvantaged
languages.
d. Introduce strategies and interventions that will help teachers to cope with
learners’ needs.

The correct answer is: Determine whether the learning required for the achievement
of the specific outcomes is actually taking place.
Question 76

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“A curriculum plan should be a recommendation not a prescription/therefore the

focus is on how learners learn and attempts to enrich that”. Which educationist can
be linked to this statement?

a. Freire
b. Stenhouse 
c. Vygotsky
d. Tyler

The correct answer is: Stenhouse

Question 77

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The following policy aligns the different quality management programmes that have
been developed in the past into an integrated quality management system:

a. Language of learning and teaching (LoLT)

b. Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) 
c. South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
d. Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)

The correct answer is: Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS)

Question 78
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In curriculum design, the diversity in values, traditions, cultures, political regimes

and educational structures are aspects to be considered. This means that a.__
analysis of the environment should be done to determine enabling and limiting
factors that might influence the implementation of a curriculum.

a. content
b. knowledge
c. cognitive
d. context 

The correct answer is: context

Question 79

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Fair assessment also means ensuring that planning, teaching, and assessment start
with a clear set of?

a. Marking grids.
b. Rubrics.
c. Assessment standards.
d. Objectives or outcomes. 

The correct answer is: Objectives or outcomes.

Question 80
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Which educationist see the curriculum as a product and follow an objectives

approach?

a. Stenhouse
b. Tyler 
c. Vygotsky
d. Freire

The correct answer is: Tyler

Question 81
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The collective roles of teachers in a school are discussed in which document?

a. MRTEQ 
b. NSE
c. SAQA
d. IQMS

The correct answer is: MRTEQ

Question 82

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A broad definition of the “curriculum”

a. would acknowledge both intended and unintended learning, and the 

influence of the contexts on the applied curriculum.
b. includes only the contents to be taught.
c. refers to the sequence of learning.
d. refers to the textbooks.

The correct answer is: would acknowledge both intended and unintended learning,
and the influence of the contexts on the applied curriculum.

Question 83
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Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) is?

a. An approach 
b. An adapted syllabus
c. A national curriculum
d. A curriculum

The correct answer is: An approach

Question 84

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A teaching strategy can best be defined as:

a. A broad plan of action for teaching-learning activities according to the 

needs of the learners.
b. It can be regarded as the foundation to how we develop curricula.
c. The next step in learning, deepen the ability to seek out and gain new skills.
d. The process of creating understanding as learner’s construction of their
own cognitive maps of the interconnections between contents and facts.

The correct answer is: A broad plan of action for teaching-learning activities
according to the needs of the learners.
Question 85

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Which definition describes formative assessment the best?

a. It is for the teacher and learner to establish what learners already know,
what they want to and must know and do, and how it can be shown that the
content and skills have been mastered.
b. It is a process: one in which information about learning is evoked and 
then used to modify teaching and learning activities.
c. It is a process to summarise learning and the level of development after a
period of work by assigning a score to answers in a test.
d. It measures a learner’s current knowledge and skills, but also gives the
teacher an understanding of the existing knowledge and skills a learner
brings to the teaching-learning environment.

The correct answer is: It is a process: one in which information about learning is
evoked and then used to modify teaching and learning activities.

Question 86

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A narrow description of the “curriculum” as a concept entail?

a. A list of contents to be learnt. 

b. Teacher interpretation.
c. Organization of facts.
d. A learning and teaching situation.

The correct answer is: A list of contents to be learnt.

Question 87

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A particular feature of the exchange of ideas between the teacher and learners is
the questions asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to
include another level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion
in the classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for
the following question: Write down what synonyms are.

a. Synthesising/Creation
b. Applying/Application
c. Remembering/Knowledge 
d. Understanding/Comprehension

The correct answer is: Remembering/Knowledge

Question 88
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An actual feature of the talk between the teacher and learners is the questions
asked by the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another
level of demand may provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the
classroom. Identify the cognitive category according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the
following question: Critique solutions to problems and statements made by others.

a. Applying/Application
b. Understanding/Comprehension
c. Evaluation 
d. Synthesising/Creation

The correct answer is: Evaluation

Question 89

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According to __ the choice of content comes from the life experiences of students;
guided by values and questions of power.

a. Tyler
b. Freire 
c. Vygotsky
d. Stenhouse

The correct answer is: Freire

Question 90
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Which of the following are NOT universal principles in approaches to curriculum, but
also to teaching and learning, are to be found in the views of Tyler, Stenhouse and
Freire?

a. Expanding opportunities
b. Theoretical learning 
c. Importance of knowledge, skills, and values
d. Defining outcomes, aims or objectives

The correct answer is: Theoretical learning

Question 91
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In the revised curriculum, it is important to note that each subject has its own __
document.

a. NCS
b. IQMS
c. NQF
d. CAPS 

The correct answer is: CAPS

Question 92

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Who sees the curriculum as a process – objectives are not set from the start, but
change as you go?

a. Freire
b. Tyler
c. Stenhouse 
d. Vygotsky

The correct answer is: Stenhouse

Question 93
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To accommodate all learners within a diverse context, a classroom without barriers,

in which we are all co-learners, should be part of our?

a. Whole school development.

b. Transformed curriculum.
c. Teaching strategy. 
d. Holistic curriculum.

The correct answer is: Teaching strategy.

Question 94
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Making connections between teaching, learning, and assessment encourages a __

approach: The analysis of assessment and its impact on the teaching-learning
process.

a. Naturalistic
b. Technological
c. Pragmatic
d. Holistic 

The correct answer is: Holistic

Question 95

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What is necessary for cognitive development within the zone of proximal

development?

a. Individual learning
b. Appropriation 
c. Mediation
d. Simulation

The correct answer is: Appropriation

Question 96
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African values such as Ubuntu have not been fully incorporated in modern
education systems and teacher education. Ubuntu is?

a. A progressive philosophy that includes a child-centred movement.

b. A cyclical process starts with analysing the existing setting and formulating
intentions for the proposed change or innovation.
c. A philosophy that promotes the common good of society and includes 
humanness as an essential element of human growth.
d. A philosophy that promotes what the learners must learn, in what order, and
in what space and time.

The correct answer is: A philosophy that promotes the common good of society and
includes humanness as an essential element of human growth.
Question 97

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It is of utmost importance to give clear instructions regarding what is

required/expected in a task. Learners will not be able to complete a task
successfully if they do not understand the question or the instructions. What should
the teacher keep in mind when writing instructions?

a. Use clear language according to the level/grade of the learner. 

b. Keep sentences short and use vocabulary and terminology that is familiar
to the learners.
c. Encourage learners to answer in the ways that they feel most comfortable.
d. Use active rather than passive voice.

The correct answer is: Use clear language according to the level/grade of the
learner.

Question 98
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What is the difference between a “concept” and an “approach”?

a. A concept is a word, but an approach is a phrase.

b. A concept is an idea or abstract principle, but an approach is the 
perspective towards something or a way of thinking.
c. A concept refers to a definition, but an approach is an understanding.
d. A concept is the way to describe something, but an approach is a principle
to follow.

The correct answer is: A concept is an idea or abstract principle, but an approach is
the perspective towards something or a way of thinking.
Question 99

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“The term “covert” is intended to convey the idea of teaching that is implicit but
deliberate on the part of the teacher in the class.” Do you agree with this statement?

a. No, because the teacher cannot “covert” actions.

b. Yes, because the term “cover” refers to the theoretical preparation.
c. None of the above.
d. Yes, because the term “covert” refers to the practical teaching 
situation.

The correct answer is: Yes, because the term “covert” refers to the practical
teaching situation.

Question 100
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Following the 1994 elections, one of the first tasks of the __ was to begin a process
in which the national curricula were revised, and certain subjects were rationalised.

a. Further Education and Training

b. Department of Higher Education
c. Department of Basic Education
d. National Education and Training Forum 

The correct answer is: National Education and Training Forum

Question 101
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Paradigms, models, and
step-by-step strategies for curriculum.

a. Behavioural 
b. Naturalistic
c. Humanistic
d. Experiential

The correct answer is: Behavioural

Question 102

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Which of the following are NOT skills to consider that would prepare learners more
holistically and might assist teachers in the implementation of the curriculum?

a. Social management: ability to discriminate and filter information for 

importance, and to understand how to maximise social functioning
using a variety of tools and techniques.
b. Design mindset: ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes
for desired outcomes.
c. Virtual collaboration: ability to work productively, drive engagement, and
demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team.
d. New media literacy: ability to critically assess and develop content that
uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive
communication.

The correct answer is: Social management: ability to discriminate and filter
information for importance, and to understand how to maximise social functioning
using a variety of tools and techniques.