EDU252

Category: EDU252

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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.

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EDU252

1 / 50

Identify the incorrect
statement:

A. The living standard and healthy status of man are improved through the knowledge of science

B. Science contributes immensely to the development of society

C. Science, technology and engineering are somehow related

D. We may not ask questions about the materials and techniques that we are going to use in teaching

2 / 50

The balance room should, if
possible, be provided with

A. concrete or heavy wooden benches

B. air conditioner

C. good lighting

D. all of the above

3 / 50

Classroom climate contains
only social and
psychological
environments. True/False

4 / 50

Technological breakthrough
of a nation is not dependent
of scientifically trained
manpower. True/False

5 / 50

The ability to learn science
is based on specific factors,
differently and jointly
influencing the learner, like

A. students' inherent capacity

B. interest motivation

C. disbelief and lack of value system

D. background knowledge

6 / 50

All but one is the
advantages of
improvisation

A. it saves time

B. it creates opportunity for learners to take part in the construction and use of apparatus

C. it induces learner's interest and understanding of science

D. it helps to spend money

7 / 50

To bail students from
problems connected with
superstitious beliefs, they
should be trained to be

A. study all subjects in school

B. give explanations to scientific problems through laboratory experiments and doing practical work with locally available materials

C. good dancers and singers

D. very good athletes and footballers

8 / 50

Kuhn attacks the believe
that measurement in
science is just establishing
the fact. True/False

9 / 50

Main barrier to
communication of science
to learners is

10 / 50

10.

Which philosopher of
science criticised
hypothetico-deductive
interpretation of the growth
of science?

A. Prof. G.A. Badmus

B. Prof. Vincent Ado Tenebe

C. Karl Popper

D. Thomas Kuhn

11 / 50

11.

Laboratory materials must
be used for only
experiments assigned by
teachers. True/False

12 / 50

12.

Science teaching is to help
learners to solve problems.
True/False

13 / 50

13.

Science was first
introduced into nIgerian
curriculum in

14 / 50

14.

A chemistry teacher should
cultivate the habit of
reading to students from
textbooks. True/False

15 / 50

15.

Inquiry method involves all
but one of the following

A. formulating hypotheses

B. formulating students' intentions

C. formulating problems

D. asking insightful questions

16 / 50

16.

Teaching methods that
enables children to find
solution to problem by
themeselves is

17 / 50

17.

Which of the following
statements is correct?

A. Science seeks an ultimate understanding of the natural world

B. Engineering seeks to apply the knowledge of science to practical needs

C. all of the above

D. Technology deals with the tools and methods of producing the end products of modern industrial society

18 / 50

18.

Principle of probability
operate on the premise that
certainty is impossible.
True/False

19 / 50

19.

Science aims at developing
scientific values and

20 / 50

20.

In inquiry method of
teaching, the learner is

A. led by skillful, thought provoking questions by the teacher

B. to process whatever data is obtained by himself in order to find solution and draw conclusion from them

C. given opportunities to gather information, facts and ideas

D. required to pass message from the teacher to the students

21 / 50

21.

Identify the wrong point.
The value of science that
must be taught to our
students are

A. demand for verification

B. questioning of all things

C. longing to know and understand

D. the law of conservation of mass

22 / 50

22.

Role playing is the process
of assumng the

A. singing and dancing to local and foreign music

B. responsibility and/ or authority of a person or object

C. behaviour and attitude of a person or object

D. nature and/or manner of a person or object

23 / 50

23.

Poisonous gases should be
kept in the
cupboard

24 / 50

24.

Karl Popper supports the
view that

A. action and reaction are equal and in the opposite direction

B. social interests which produce error will not be vanquished by those social interests which produce truth

C. at constant temperature, the product of pressure and volume is constant

D. error will be systematically eliminated by the operation of critical debates in science

25 / 50

25.

Ausubel's theory
emphasises systematically
guided exposition the
teaching/learning process.
True/False

26 / 50

26.

Lesson note is the final
stage of lesson preparation.
True/False

27 / 50

27.

A preparation room should
be provided with the
following EXCEPT

A. electricity

B. water

C. balls

D. gas

28 / 50

28.

Excursion is always
embarked on to

A. enhance learning concepts by the students

B. find out the untruths about what is being learnt

C. places of clear social and scientific relevance

D. both near and far places

29 / 50

29.

When two or more teachers
jointly teach and evaluate
learning experiences is
called

30 / 50

30.

Phelps-stokes
recommended that science
subjects should be included
secondary school
curriculum in 1960.
True/False

31 / 50

31.

Which of the following is
NOT correct about asking
questions?

A. repeat the question as many times as possible

B. require student volunteers to answer as in most cases better results are obtained

C. wait for sometime and look around before calling on a student to answer

D. avoid a rhetoric question that simply requires yes or no

32 / 50

32.

Dramatization enables the
teacher to learn about the
various maturity levels of
the pupils in terms of their

A. intellectual and social development

B. fighting skills development

C. physcial development

D. emotional development

33 / 50

33.

The laboratory technician or
attendant performs all but
one of the following

A. maintain and repair damaged equipment

B. keeping the apparatus clean and tidy

C. refuse ordering of apparatus

D. setting up or dismantling demonstration apparatus

34 / 50

34.

The believe of scientists
that every phenomenon
results from a discoverable
cause is

35 / 50

35.

Science involves process
and

36 / 50

36.

helps teachers to learn
about the various maturity
levels of the learners in
terms of their emotions and
intellect

37 / 50

37.

Science contribute
doubtfully to the
development of the society
. True/False

38 / 50

38.

wrote about the conflict of
science and superstition in
Nigeria

39 / 50

39.

A teacher of science should
develop in his students the
critical and problem solving
minds. True/False

40 / 50

40.

Identify the incorrect
statement:

A. For a country to be secured among the nations of the world, she needs to embark on scientific literacy of her citizens

B. The question of what constitute abuse of drug will be brought to limelight through science education

C. Too many students embark on the study of science in Nigeria

D. Scientific development may have questionable value today and may become obsolete tomorrow

41 / 50

41.

Which is NOT true?
Children are always

A. none of the above

B. exploring and trying to find out why certain things occur

C. curious and inquisitive

D. trying to understand aspects of the universe and their immediate environment

42 / 50

42.

is a scheme of reasoning
that permits generalisation

43 / 50

43.

According to Karl Popper,
hypotheses compared

A. usually tested

B. compared with one another

C. usually formulated

D. compared with any other irrelevant statements so as to find what logical relations exist between them

44 / 50

44.

Learning ability do not
correspond to levels of
scientific cognitive
development. True/False

45 / 50

45.

Societal mysteries that
plague his children against
science learning is called

46 / 50

46.

All these are advantages of
improvisation EXCEPT

A. development of cooperative attitude within a group

B. development of ability to be first in a class

C. development of sense of respect for the opinion of others

D. opportunity to express onself freely and happily

47 / 50

47.

involves statement of
problems and researching
into solving the problems

48 / 50

48.

The following could NOT
constitute a source of
hazard in the laboratory

A. uncontrolled chemical reactions

B. storing in the same place chemicals that violently read together

C. storing highly inflammable substances in hot places

D. pouring cold water on dilute hydrochloric acid

49 / 50

49.

Ability to examine facts and
to suspend judgment on
their observations,
conclusions and activities is
the principle of objectivity.
True/False

50 / 50

50.

Karl Popper rejects the
inductive method as the
process by which science
advances because it is

A. irrational

B. unable to satisfactorily demarcate between empirical science and non-science such as astrology

C. more historical than mathematical

D. illogical

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