NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 9

Assignment 9

Quiz 9

1 point

Direct Instruction is generally considered to be

 Most efficient in terms of resource utilization 

 Most effective in addressing learners of different cognitive abilities

 Most capable of engaging the learners

 All of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Most efficient in terms of resource utilization 

1 point

Which phase in the instruction unit based on Merrill’s model implements Merrill’s principles of “Information” and “Portrayal”?

 Activation and Motivation

 Demonstration

 Application/ Engagement

 Integration

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Demonstration

1 point

“Review” is part of _____ phase of Transaction Model of Direct Instruction.

 Presentation

 Practice

 Assessment & Evaluation

 Monitoring & Feedback

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Presentation

1 point

Probe and Respond of the Presentation phase of the Transaction Model of Direct Instruction consists of

 Quick and short formative assessments 

 Elaborate summative assessment

 Quick and short explanation

 Elaborate summarization

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Quick and short formative assessments 

1 point

In the Project based approach, students are expected to work on problems which

 Always permit an unique solution

 Are highly structured and well defined

 Open-ended permitting a range of solutions 

 Always confined to domain knowledge discussed completely in the core courses

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Open-ended permitting a range of solutions 

1 point

A project based approach to instruction gives importance to students acquiring and demonstrating

 Domain-specific knowledge and skills and not transferable skills

 Transferable skills and not domain-specific knowledge and skills

 Neither domain-specific knowledge and skills nor transferable skills

 Both domain-specific knowledge and skills and transferable skills 

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Both domain-specific knowledge and skills and transferable skills 

1 point

Project Management Principles are considered very important knowledge and skills to be acquired and demonstrated by students in

 A project-based approach to instruction but not in problem-based approach to instruction 

 A problem-based approach to instruction but not in project-based approach to instruction

 Neither problem-based approach to instruction nor in project-based approach to instruction

 Both problem-based approach to instruction and project-based approach to instruction

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

A project-based approach to instruction but not in problem-based approach to instruction 

1 point

Questions that arise during design thinking are exploratory in nature, and their basic objectives are to get

 true answers to the problem at hand

 additional ideas and intents of customers useful for framing the solution space 

 optimal solutions to the design problem

 all of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

additional ideas and intents of customers useful for framing the solution space 

1 point

In the context of the two types of thinking called Convergent thinking and Divergent thinking, which of the following holds?

 Convergent thinking corresponds to Traditional Engineering Courses, and Divergent thinking corresponds to Design thinking

 Convergent thinking corresponds to Design thinking, and Divergent thinking corresponds to Traditional Engineering Courses

 Both Convergent thinking and Divergent thinking corresponds to Design thinking

 Both Convergent thinking and Divergent thinking corresponds to Traditional Engineering Courses

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Convergent thinking corresponds to Traditional Engineering Courses, and Divergent thinking corresponds to Design thinking

1 point

Design choices are

 Always between “right” and “wrong” solutions

 Always between “right” and “right” solutions

 Not only between “right” and “wrong” solutions but also often between “right” and “right” solutions 

 None of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Not only between “right” and “wrong” solutions but also often between “right” and “right” solutions 

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