NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 8

Assignment 8

Quiz 8

1 point

Learning requires active manipulation of the material to be learned and cannot occur passively. This is the principal tenet of

 Behaviorism

 Constructivism

 Structuralism

 Humanism

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Constructivism

1 point

“Learning Goals” are part of

 Conditions characterizing the instructional situation

 Values characterizing the instructional situation

 Learning approach

 None of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Values characterizing the instructional situation

1 point

Course Contents is part of

 Values of the Instruction Context

 Conditions of the instruction context

 Both values and conditions of the instruction context

 Neither values nor conditions of the instruction context

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Conditions of the instruction context

1 point

Students learn better when

 They are encouraged to raise questions

 They are not ridiculed if they make mistakes

 They find the learning environment to be emotionally supportive

 All of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

All of these

1 point

Neuroplasticity means

 Brain can multitask

 Learning is not affected by emotion

 Brain continually reorganizes itself based on inputs

 All of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Brain continually reorganizes itself based on inputs

1 point

The most important role in responding to emotions, particularly fear, is played by

 Amygdala 

 Prefrontal cortex

 Occipital lobe

 None of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Amygdala 

1 point

In the information processing model of the brain

 Information from the senses passes directly to short-term memory

 Information from the senses passes directly to long-term memory

 Information from the senses passes to short-term memory after sensory filtering

 None of these are true

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Information from the senses passes to short-term memory after sensory filtering

1 point

The part of the brain that plays the role of executive control center is

 Limbic system

 Prefrontal cortex

 Amygdala

 Cerebellum

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Prefrontal cortex

1 point

With reference to notes made by the students and notes provided by the instructor, which of the following holds most often?

 Both notes made by the students and notes provided by the instructor are equally effective

 Notes made by students are less effective than notes provided by instructor

 Notes made by students are more effective than notes provided by instructor

 Neither notes made by the students nor notes provided by the instructor are effective

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Notes made by students are more effective than notes provided by instructor

1 point

Learning from a task-centered instructional strategy is enhanced when learners undertake whole tasks

 In a simple-to-complex progression

 In a complex-to-simple progression

 Which are always complex

 Which are always simple

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

In a simple-to-complex progression

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 7

Assignment 7

Quiz 7

1 point

A well written Syllabus

 Improves admissions

 Guides faculty and students alike

 Improves placements

 Satisfies the parents

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Guides faculty and students alike

1 point

With respect to an Instructional Unit, which of the following is not true?

 One Instructional Unit must address only one competency

 One Instructional Unit must be completed in one classroom session 

 One Instructional Unit may include both theory and laboratory sessions

 One Instructional Unit may require more than one classroom session

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

One Instructional Unit must be completed in one classroom session 

1 point

The summative instruments should be designed to ensure that all students are required to pay attention to the

 attainment of what the instructor considers as important COs

 attainment of initial COs (CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4 of eight COs of the course)

 attainment of all COs

 attainment of the later COs (CO5, CO6, CO7, CO8 of eight COs of the course)

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

attainment of all COs

1 point

Student feedback during the semester can be on two of the following:

 The pace of instruction

 The credit load of the semester

 Scope of the course content

 Alignment between the COs and instruction

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

The pace of instruction

Alignment between the COs and instruction

1 point

Course Exit Survey is

 Formative in nature

 Summative in nature

 Encouraging to students

 Encouraging to teachers

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Summative in nature

1 point

In an exit survey for a course, responses to all questions were on the scale of 1 (worst rating) to 3 (best rating). A total of 50 students responded to the survey. There was only one question related to CO3, and the responses to this question were: 10 students gave a rating of 1, 35 students gave a rating of 2, and 5 students gave a rating of 3. The attainment value(rounded) of CO3 from this data is:

 38%

 63%

 95%

 73%

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

63%

1 point

After considering all the feedback received the instructor must do two of the following

 Identify what went right

 Modify the assessment instruments to improve pass percentages

 Request for improving the access to the library

 Prepare a list of recommendation to improve the instruction

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Identify what went right

Prepare a list of recommendation to improve the instruction

1 point

The good learning environment is importantly characterized these two 

 Positive interaction between students and instructor 

 Students’ attendance

 Teacher sharing many personal anecdotes

 The ready availability of required learning resources 

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Positive interaction between students and instructor 

The ready availability of required learning resources 

1 point

Specific improvements to instruction are planned using mainly these two

 Instruction schedule

 CO Attainments and Attainment Gaps and Feedback from students

 Profile of students crediting the course

 Inputs from peers and observations by the instructor himself/herself 

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

CO Attainments and Attainment Gaps and Feedback from students

Inputs from peers and observations by the instructor himself/herself 

1 point

Formative Evaluate activities in designing a course as per the ADDIE model consists of

 Getting the output of the Analysis phase peer-reviewed and making the necessary revisions.

 Getting the sub-processes of all phases peer-reviewed and making the necessary revisions at the end.

 Getting the output of a phase peer-reviewed at the end of that phase and making the necessary revisions.

 Getting the sub-processes of Design Phase peer-reviewed in the context of course being designed.

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Getting the output of a phase peer-reviewed at the end of that phase and making the necessary revisions.