LYCEUM ACADEMY FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Organization, Management of Pre-schools and Methods of Assessment.
Final Examination - ( BATCH NO. - 07 )
Time : 2½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS :
Answer five questions, selecting at least two from each part.
PART - I
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRE-SCHOOLS
(01.) Write short notes on any four of the following.
i. A definition for management.
ii. Aim of pre-school education.
iii. The meaning of overall development of the child.
iv. Main documents maintained in an Early Childhood Development centre.
v. Role of the pre-school teacher. ( 05 x 04 = 20 marks )
(02.) Name the standards set by the Children’s Secretariat of the Ministry of Social Services for a child-friendly Early Childhood Development Centre. Describe any two of them.
( 20 marks )
(03.) Describe any four of the following features of the learning environment of a pre-school.
i. Home corner
ii. Book corner
iii. Messy area
iv. Art corner
v. Music area
vi. An area where there are animals and plants. ( 05 x 04 = 20 marks )
(04.) Imagine that you are going to start a pre-school of your own, describe how you would do it.
( 20 marks )
(05.) Write what you know about the Western Province, Provincial Council Pre-school statute No. 04 of 2003 under the following.
* Objectives
* Competent Authority
* Registration of pre-schools
* Qualifications of pre-school teachers and their training.
( 05 x 04 = 20 marks )
PART - II
MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION
(06.) i. Describe three attainment purposes of assessment.
ii. Describe three diagnostic purposes of assessment.
iii. Describe two advantages of formative assessment.( 07 + 07 + 06 = 20 marks )
(07.) i. Describe how an anecdotal report can be used to assess student behaviour.
ii. Describe how a diary report can be used to assess student behaviour.
iii. Describe how a student portfolio can be used to show development of student skills. ( 06 + 06 + 08 = 20 marks )
(08.) i. Prepare a schedule to observe a group activity in clay-work.
ii. Describe how to test identification of shapes.
iii. Prepare a profile for one student to show the following scores 70, 82, 35, 72, 65 in any five skills. ( 07 + 07 + 06 = 20 marks )
(09.) i. Prepare a check list to show a students performance in singing.
ii. Explain why reports are important for parents.
iii. Explain why reports are important for the principal.
( 07 + 07 + 06 = 20 marks )
(10.) i. Explain the importance of keeping records for a pre-school.
ii. Name the daily records maintained by a preschool teacher.
iii. Explain how a report card can be used to show strengths and weaknesses of student performance. ( 07 + 05 + 08 = 20 marks )
THE END
LYCEUM ACADEMY FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Organization, Management of Pre-schools and Methods of Assessment.
Final Examination - Batch No. - 09 ( 2008 - 2009 )
Time : 2½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS :
Answer five questions, selecting at least two from each part.
PART - I
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRE-SCHOOLS
(01.) i. Explain the concept of management.
ii. Describe the process of management. ( 05 x 04 = 20 marks )
(02.) Describe a child-friendly Early Childhood Development Centre. ( 20 marks )
(03.) i. Name five standards set by the children’s secretariat of the Ministry of Social Services for an Early Childhood Development Centre.
ii. Describe any five of them. ( 05 + 15 = 20 marks )
(04.) Write short notes on,
i. Aims and objectives of Early Childhood Development Education.
ii. Documents maintained in an Early Childhood Development Center.
iii. Equipment in a pre-school. ( 05 x 04 = 20 marks )
(05.) Examine the process involved in the opening up of a pre-school. ( 20 marks )
PART - II
ASSESSMENT
(06.) i. Write 03 activities which develops childs thinking power.
ii. Write 03 manual skills which help childs doing power.
iii. Write 03 activities which help childs power of expression.
( 06 + 07 + 07 = 20 marks )
(07.) i. Draw a format for base line survey to identify disruptive behaviour of a child.
ii. Describe how to write a diary record.
iii. Describe how to write an anecdotal report. ( 08 + 06 + 06 = 20 marks )
(08.) i. Write 05 questions for a case study to identify home background of a pre-school child.
ii. Draw a happy flower record to show five competencies in any subject.
iii. Draw a rating scale. ( 05 + 08 + 07 = 20 marks )
(09.) i. Design an observation schedule with 3 indications to identify reading skills.
ii. Describe how to design a progress chart.
iii. Describe how to give a test to identify colours. ( 08 + 07 + 05 = 20 marks )
(10.) i. Describe the use of a report card to the parents.
ii. Write 05 comments for a any subject.
iii. Write how you instruct the parent to improve reading.
( 05 + 08 + 07 = 20 marks )
THE END
LYCEUM ACADEMY FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Organization, Management of Pre-schools and Methods of Assessment.
Final Examination - BATCH NO : 10
Time : 2½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS :
Answer five questions, selecting at least two questions from each part.
PART - I
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRE-SCHOOLS
(01.) i. What do you mean by the term “Management” ? ( 05 marks )
ii. Describe the process of Management. ( 15 marks )
(02.) i. What do you mean by a “child- friendly preschool” ? ( 05 marks )
ii. Name and describe the three types of environment in a child friendly pre-school.
( 15 marks )
(03.) i. Name the ten standards set by the Childrens’ Secretariat of the Ministry of Social Services for child-friendly Early Childhood Development Centres. ( 10 marks )
ii. Describe any three of them. ( 10 marks )
(04.) Describe the main features of the following.
i. The indoor learning environment. ( 10 marks )
ii. The outdoor learning environment ( 10 marks )
(05.) According to the Western Province Provincial Council Pre-school Statute No. 04 OD 2003.
i. Explain the procedure to be observed for registration of a pre-school.
( 10 marks )
ii. Explain the academic and professional qualifications of pre-school teachers and their training. ( 10 marks )
PART - II
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
(06.) i. Write the uses of a base line survey to identify the skills to do.
ii. Write the use of a diary report to identify the Social Skills of Students.
iii. Describe how to give a test to identify shapes. ( 07 + 07 + 06 = 20 marks )
(07.) i. Write 05 questions to identify manual and tool skills of a child.
ii. Write 05 questions to identify the family background of a child.
iii. Design a check list to identify listening and speaking skills.
( 05 + 05 + 10 = 20 marks )
(08.) i. Design an observation schedule to identify social skills of a child.
ii. Describe how to write an anecdotal record.
iii. Describe how to write a diary record. ( 08 + 06 + 06 = 20 marks )
(09.) i. Design a happy flower format to show dancing sills. of 2 students.
ii. Design an athletic on the podium format to show communication skills of 2 students.
iii. Draw a rating scale.
( 07 + 07 + 06 = 20 marks )
(10.) i. Design a report card to be sent to parents.
ii. Describe the usefulness of a report students.
iii. Describe the usefulness of a report to the principal. ( 10 + 05 + 05 = 20 marks )
THE END
LYCEUM ACADEMY FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Organization, Management of Pre-schools and Methods of Assessment.
Final Examination - BATCH NO : 11
Time : 2½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS :
Answer five questions, selecting at least two questions from each part.
PART - I
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRE-SCHOOLS
(01.) Write short notes on any four of the following.
i. Management.
ii. The overall development of a child.
iii. Equipment in the play area.
iv. The Messy Area.
v. Records maintained in a pre-school.
( 05 x 04 = 20 marks )
(02.) i. Explain the concept of “a child friendly Early Childhood Development Centre”.
( 05 marks )
ii. Name and describe the three major sections, a child-friendly environment will include.
( 15 marks )
(03.) i. Name the standards set by the Children’s Secretariat of the Ministry of Social Services for a child-friendly early childhood Development Centre. ( 10 marks )
ii. Describe any four of them. ( 10 marks )
(04.) Describe the process involved in the opening up of a pre-school. ( 20 marks )
(05.) Answer the following questions with reference to the Western Province, Provincial Council Pre-school Statute No. 04 of 2003.
i. Who appoints the Competent Authority and what are his main powers, duties and functions ? ( 05 marks )
ii. How to register a pre-school ? ( 05 marks )
iii. What are the educational requirements to be fulfilled by the pre-school controllers and teachers ? ( 05 marks )
iv. What are the punishments given if orders or provisions framed under the statute are violated, breached or neglected in action ? ( 05 marks )
PART - II
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
(06.) i. Design a base line survey with five indicators to identify the social behaviour of a student.
ii. Write the usefulness of a base line survey to the pre-school teacher.
iii. Describe the significance of an anecdotal report to the pre-school teacher.
( 08 + 06 + 06 = 20 marks )
(07.) i. Write the names of student work included in a student portfolio.
ii. What is the significance of a portfolio to the teacher ?
iii. Draw rating scales to identify a fine motor skill. ( 05 + 07 + 08 = 20 marks )
(08.) i. Design an observation schedule to identify a gross motor skill of five students.
ii. Write the significance of a screening test.
iii. Describe how to conduct an identification test. ( 08 + 06 + 06 = 20 marks )
(09.) i. Draw a chart to show a students progress in classifying in five tests.
ii. Construct a happy flower report to show rote learning skill of one student.
iii. Write how you can use athletes on the podium to give feed back to the students.
( 07 + 07 + 06 = 20 marks )
(10.) i. Design a report card to be sent to parents.
ii. Write the usefulness of a report to the parents.
iii. Write the usefulness of a report to the pre-school principal.
( 10 + 05 + 05 = 20 marks )
THE END
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Early Childhood Development
LYCEUM ACADEMY FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Development of Mathematical Skills
Final Examination - Batch No. - 11 ( 2009 - 2010 )
Time : 01 Hour
INSTRUCTIONS : Answer all the questions.
01. Write an example to show how we use the concept of sorting in day to day life.
02. Primitive man used a pre number concept “one to one correspondence” to know about his sheep. What can you find from this concept ?
03. In order to understand that 3 is less than 5 or 3 is included in 5 we use a certain pre number concept. Name the concept and explain how you introduce it.
04. Explain briefly how you develop the pre number concept ‘invariance’ among pre school children.
05. We say that a certain figure has bilateral symmetry. How do you show that ?
06. An object has the shape of a rectangle. How do you know that ?
07. There are two sets of objects on table. A child selects one object from one set and another similar object from the other set. What is the pre number concept involved in this situation ?
08. What do you mean by the term ‘ordering’ ? Give an example from day to day life.
09. There is a poster having a river, a bridge over the river and a boat. A teacher hopes to develop the concept of neighbourhood. Write the questions that the teacher should ask the pupils.
10. In introducing the numerals to pupils a teacher starts with ‘rote counting’. What is the purpose of rote counting ?
11. Draw a suitable visual to find out whether the pre school children can identify numbers less than five.
12. Explain how you would introduce the method of writing the numerals to pre school children.
13. We use the integration method to instruct pre school pupils. What do you mean by integration ?
14. What do you mean by the term ‘capacity’ of a vessel ?
15. In developing the concept of length we use a certain procedure. Write the steps of the procedure.
THE END
DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Development of Mathematical Skills
Final Examination - Batch No. - 11 ( 2009 - 2010 )
Time : 01 Hour
INSTRUCTIONS : Answer all the questions.
01. Write an example to show how we use the concept of sorting in day to day life.
02. Primitive man used a pre number concept “one to one correspondence” to know about his sheep. What can you find from this concept ?
03. In order to understand that 3 is less than 5 or 3 is included in 5 we use a certain pre number concept. Name the concept and explain how you introduce it.
04. Explain briefly how you develop the pre number concept ‘invariance’ among pre school children.
05. We say that a certain figure has bilateral symmetry. How do you show that ?
06. An object has the shape of a rectangle. How do you know that ?
07. There are two sets of objects on table. A child selects one object from one set and another similar object from the other set. What is the pre number concept involved in this situation ?
08. What do you mean by the term ‘ordering’ ? Give an example from day to day life.
09. There is a poster having a river, a bridge over the river and a boat. A teacher hopes to develop the concept of neighbourhood. Write the questions that the teacher should ask the pupils.
10. In introducing the numerals to pupils a teacher starts with ‘rote counting’. What is the purpose of rote counting ?
11. Draw a suitable visual to find out whether the pre school children can identify numbers less than five.
12. Explain how you would introduce the method of writing the numerals to pre school children.
13. We use the integration method to instruct pre school pupils. What do you mean by integration ?
14. What do you mean by the term ‘capacity’ of a vessel ?
15. In developing the concept of length we use a certain procedure. Write the steps of the procedure.
THE END
Dip. in Primary Education Education psychology
Diploma in Primary Education
Child Psychology
Final Examination - Batch : 08 ( 2009 - 2010 )
Time : 2½ Hours
Instructions : Answer 05 questions only.
(01.) Define four of the following terms.
i. Maturation v. Personality
ii. Emotion vi. Learning
iii. Motivation vii. Psychology
iv. Intelligence ( 4 x 5 = 20 marks )
(02.) Why is that a knowledge of child psychology is necessary for a Primary School teacher ? ( 20 marks )
(03.) Write short notes on any five child study methods.
i. Case Study v. Vertical
ii. Survey vi. Psychological Testing
iii. Experimental vii. Correlational Method
iv. Observation ( 5 x 4 = 20 marks )
(04.) Write short notes on any four of the following perspectives.
i. Behaviouristic iv. Humanistic
ii. Psychoanalytical v. Cognitive
iii. Biological ( 5 x 4 = 20 marks )
(05.) Explain how the Gestalt Theory can be applied in the classroom situation.
( 20 marks )
(06.) Explain how the following behaviouristic learning theories can be applied in the classroom situation.
i. Ivan Pavlo’s Classical Conditioning.
ii. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning. ( 20 marks )
(07.) Name the following :
i. Phsycho-sexual Stages of Freud ( 05 marks )
ii. Moral Stages of Kohlberg ( 03 marks )
iii. Moral Stages of Piaget ( 02 marks )
iv. Psycho-social Stages of Erikson upto adulthood ( 05 marks )
v. Intellectual Development of Piaget ( 05 marks )
( Total 20 marks )
(08.) Understand the following chart and identify the characteristics of children in the later childhood period in the following areas of development as given by those psychologists. ( 20 marks )
Early Childhood Period 6 - 11 years | |||
Psycho-sexual | Cognitive | Psycho Social | Moral |
Freud | Piaget / Vygotsky | Erikson | Piaget / Kohlberg |
(09.) What are the methods of motivating children in the primary school ?( 20 marks )
THE END
Diploma in Primary Education
Child Psychology
Final Examination - Batch : 09 ( 2009 - 2010 )
Time : 2½ Hours
Instructions :
Answer 03 questions from Part - I and 02 Questions from Part - II.
PART - I
(01.) Define four of the following terms.
i. Maturation v. Personality
ii. Emotion vi. Learning
iii. Motivation vii. Psychology
iv. Intelligence ( 4 x 5 = 20 marks )
(02.) Why is that a knowledge of child psychology is necessary for a Primary School teacher ? ( 20 marks )
(03.) Write short notes on any five child study methods.
i. Case Study v. Vertical
ii. Survey vi. Psychological Testing
iii. Experimental vii. Correlational Method
iv. Observation ( 5 x 4 = 20 marks )
(04.) Write short notes on any four of the following perspectives.
i. Behaviouristic iv. Humanistic
ii. Psychoanalytical v. Cognitive
iii. Biological ( 5 x 4 = 20 marks )
(05.) Identify the characteristics of children in the later childhood period of 6 - 11 years in the following areas of development.
i. Cognitive iii. Social
ii. Psycho-sexual iv. Moral
( 4 x 5 = 20 marks )
PART - II
(06.) Identify the following two behaviouristic learning theories and explain how they can be applied in the classroom situation.
i. Ivan Pavlo’s Classical Conditioning.
ii. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning. ( 20 marks )
(07.) Explain how the Gestalt Theory can be applied in the classroom situation.
( 20 marks )
(08.) Name the following :
i. Phsycho-sexual Stages of Freud ( 05 marks )
ii. Moral Stages of Kohlberg ( 03 marks )
iii. Moral Stages of Piaget ( 02 marks )
iv. Psycho-social Stages of Erikson upto adulthood ( 05 marks )
v. Intellectual Development of Piaget ( 05 marks )
( Total 20 marks )
(09.) Write short notes on the following
i. Memory
ii. Why we forget ?
iii. How to enhance memorny ?
iv. Amnesia. ( 4 x 5 = 20 marks )
(10.) What are the methods of motivating children in the primary school ?( 20 marks )
THE END
Diploma in Primary Education
Child Psychology
Final Examination - Batch : 10 ( 2010 - 2011)
Time : 2½ Hours
Instructions : Answer all questions. 05 marks each.
(01.) Define the two following terms.
i. Psychology
ii. Learning
(02.) Give five reasons as to why a primary school teacher should have a knowledge of Educational Psychology.
(03.) Write short notes on the following child study methods.
i. Case Study
ii. Experimental Method
(04.) Write short notes on the following two perspective of psychology.
i. Behaviouristic
ii. Psycho-analytical
(05.) Identify the characteristics of children in the later childhood period of 6 - 11 years in moral development.
(06.) Identify the characteristics of children in later childhood period in cognitive development.
(07.) Identify the characteristics of children in later childhood period in psycho-sexual development.
(08.) Identify the characteristics of children in later childhood in social development.
(09.) Name briefly the steps of scientific method.
(10.) Define the following,
i. Development
ii. Personality
(11.) Explain the learning theory of thorndike.
(12.) What do you mean by transfer of learning ?
(13.) What do you mean by cognitive learning ?
(14.) What is understood by the following statement “If you want to teach Latin to John you should not only know Latin, but also John ?
(15.) Explain briefly the pre-operational period of Piaget ?
(16.) Define the terms,
i. Motivation
ii. Emotion
(17.) What do you know of maturation in Psychology ?
(18.) What is meant by Nature vs Nurture controversy ?
(19.) Why do children forget ?
(20.) How do you calculate mental age ?
THE END
Diploma in Primary Education
Child Psychology
Final Examination - Batch No. 11 - W ( 2010 / 2011 )
Time : 2½ Hours
Instructions : Answer only 20 questions only. Five marks for each answer.
PART - I
Answer all questions
(01.) Define the term Educational Psychology.
(02.) Define the term Child Psychology.
(03.) What is meant by Scientific Method ?
(04.) Define the term Learning.
(05.) What is meant by Nature Vs Nurture Controversy ?
(06.) Give 05 reasons as to why a primary education teacher should learn child psychology.
(07.) Name 05 research methods in educational psychology.
(08.) Name 05 perspectives of psychology.
(09.) Name the main areas of Piaget’s Cognitive Development.
(10.) Name 05 psycho-sexual Development Stages of Sigmund Freud.
(11.) Write a short note on Kohlberg’s Moral Development of Children.
(12.) Write a short note on Erik Erikson’s Psycho-social development of children.
(13.) How did Pavlo explain his classical conditioning ?
(14.) What is meant by Operant Conditioning ?
(15.) Write a short note on Gestalt Learning of Kofka, Kohler & Wertheimer.
(16.) What are the 03 main points in Jerome Bruner’s theory of instruction ?
(17.) What are Gagne’s 08 types of learning ?
(18.) What are the 09 events of a lesson as explained by Gagne ?
(19.) What is meant by deductive and inductive reasoning as explained by Osubel ?
(20.) What is meant by Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and scaffolding in instruction as explained by Vygotsky ?
(21.) Define the term intelligence.
(22.) Name five theories of intelligence.
(23.) How did Alfred Binet calculate the mental age ?
(24.) What are the three areas of Blooms taxonomy ?
(25.) What are the competencies of Bloom’s cognitive domain ?
(26.) Write four examples for stimulus motive and write 02 actions you would take to motivate children in any area of the stimulus motive.
(27.) What is the meaning of the term “transfer of learning” ?
THE END
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