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MSCE) MSCE) As on MSCE use)

MACHINGA TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE

IPTE 13 END OF MODULE 5 EXAMINATIONS
EDUCATION FOUNDATION STUDIES
(100 marks)
- July, 2019 Time Allowed: 2 Hours
13:30-15:30

Instructions:

1. This paper contains 10 pages. Please 4. Before answering any questions follow
check. instructions
2. There are two sections in this paper; A 5. In the table provided on this page, tick
and B. against questions you have answered.
3. Write your names and any other detail in 6. Hand in your question paper to the
the appropriate spaces in the table at invigilator when time is called to stop
the top of this page. writing

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 Section A (60 marks)
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1. (a) Explain any two implications of the knowledge about child development to
teaching and learning of learners who are at the following stages:
(i) Concrete operational stage
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(b) Compare the stages of cognitive development for Jerome Brunner and Jean
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How can a teacher plan a lesson for a class in which there are learners at both
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2. (a) Explain any two factors that will make a teacher to change teaching methods
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(b) Using the experiences gained during the teaching practice, explain any two
strategies a teacher would use when teaching a large class.

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3. (a) Why is it important to consider levels of Bloom’s taxonomy when developing

assessment items?
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(b). What is the highest level of the revised bloom’s taxonomy
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(b).State the importance of diagnostic assessment to
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(c) Explain any two roles of a teacher in assessment for learning?

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(d). Describe any two requirements a teacher must provide for effective
assessment of learning.
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4. (a)With a relevant example explain how the following Microsoft Data
Interpretation activities can help a teacher in the process of teaching, learning
and assessment.
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(b) Explain in any one way how a teacher can work out the sum of the following
learner’s recorded assessment scores on a spreadsheet, 40, 75, and
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(c) What would be the advantages of using spreadsheets in assessment grading?

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(c) A student teacher wrote the following as success criteria in a Religious Studies
lesson plan. By the end of the lesson learner must be able to:
 Discuss why people are happy when a child is born.
Identify any two challenges in the success criteria.
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5. (a) How can a teacher help both visually impaired and hearing impaired learners
to get the information from a power point presentation more easily?
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(b) Explain any four advantages of local Area Network (LAN)
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6 (a) Describe any three challenges which you experienced in managing large
classes during your teaching practice?
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(c) Using your teaching practice experience, how did you address the learning
needs of short sighted learner’s in a large class? Give two points
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(2 marks)

SECTION B
Essay Questions
Answer all questions in this section. Each question carries 20 marks. Write your
answer in an essay form in the spaces provided. Failure to answer the questions in
essay form will lead to a loss of 3 marks.
7. Discuss any four effects of social media during the process of teaching, learning and
assessment in class. (20 marks)
8. Discuss any four ways on how you can encourage class participation as a strategy
for teaching a large class. (20 marks)

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 SURNAME FIRST NAME OTHER SEX CLASS SCORE (For
(As on (As on NAMES examiner’s
MSCE) MSCE) As on MSCE use)

MACHINGA TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE

IPTE 13 END OF MODULE 5 EXAMINATION
EDUCATION FOUNDATION STUDIES
(100 marks)
- July, 2019 Time Allowed: 2 Hours

Instructions:

7. This paper contains 10 pages. Please 10. Before answering any questions follow
check. instructions
8. There are two sections in this paper; A 11. In the table provided on this page, tick
and B. against questions you have answered.
9. Write your names and any other detail in 12. Hand in your question paper to the
the appropriate spaces in the table at invigilator when time is called to stop
the top of this page. writing

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Section A (60 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. (a) Explain any two implication of the knowledge about child development to
teaching and learning of learners who are at the following stages:
(iii) Concrete operational stage.
 Involve learners in subtraction, addition, multiplying dividing,
ordering, seriating and reversing tasks
 Create activities that require conserving
 Continue to ask learners to justify their answers
 Use visual aids as well as familiar examples when teaching
complex ideas
(2 marks)
(iv) Formal operational stage.
(2 marks)
(b) Compare the stages of cognitive development for Jerome Brunner and
Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
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(6 marks)
(c) How can a teacher plan a lesson for a class in which there are learners at both
concrete and formal operational. Give two points
Include the use of hands on activities to benefit the concrete operational
learners

Include tasks in which learners will be engaged in classification, conservation,

reversibility and seriation
(4 marks)

2. (a) Explain the factors that will make a teacher to change teaching methods in
the process of teaching and learning. Give two points
(i) To ensure learner engagement and participation in the lesson
activities
(ii) To care of learners’ learning styles
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 (b) Using the experiences gained during the teaching practice, explain any two
strategies a teacher would use when teaching a large class.
(i) a teacher can create a small class atmosphere in the following ways,
learning names of learners, moving around the class room, interacting
with learners freely, getting feedback from learners in small groups.
(ii) Encouraging class participation by diving the class into manageable
groups, plan participation of learners by choosing appropriate methods,
make learners contribute resources for the lesson, award marks for
participation and make proper use of group leaders.
(2 marks)

3. (a) Why is it importance to consider levels of Bloom’s taxonomy when

developing assessment items?
(i) In order to vary the levels of questions
(1 marks)

(b). What is the highest level of the revised bloom’s taxonomy

Creating (1 mark)
(c)Explain any two roles of a teacher in assessment for learning?
(i) Identify particular needs of learners
(ii) select and adapt resources to suit the learning environment
(ii) Create different teaching strategies and learning opportunities for
helping individual learners to move forward in their learning
(ii) Provide immediate feedback and direction to the learners
(4 marks)
(d) Describe any two requirements a teacher must provide for effective
assessment of learning.
(i) Provide a rationale or basis for understanding a specific
assessment of learning at a particular point in time.
(ii) Provide clear descriptions of the intended learning
(iii) Provide processes that make it possible for students to
demonstrate their competences and skills
(iv) Provides descriptions of the assessment process
(v) Provide public and defensible reference points for making
judgements.
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4. (a)With a relevant example explain how the following Microsoft Data
Interpretation activities can help a teacher in the process of teaching, learning
and assessment.
(iv) Colleting: helps the teacher to effective organise information in a
systematic order for example when compiling class register,
progress record or staff returns
(v) Processing:eases the teachers work when calculating the learners
grades by applying a formulae in a specific excel cell to get the
totals.
(vi) Visualizing: Can help the teacher to present the learner’s
performance from numerical data to a chart of graph.
(6 marks)

(b) Explain in any one way how a teacher can work out the sum of the
following learner’s recorded assessment scores on a spreadsheet, 40, 75, and
97
(i) Highlight the row of scored entered including a blank cell next to the
scores
(ii) Then right click the highlighted row
(III) Then click auto summation sign
(3 marks)

(c) What would be the advantages of using spreadsheets in assessment grading?

Give two points
(i) able to filter the grades in a specified range and it will give you the
required information quickly
(ii)can be used to rank the learners according to marks scored.
(5 marks)

(d). A student teacher wrote the following as success criteria in a Religious Studies
lesson plan. By the end of the lesson learner must be able to:
 Discuss why people are happy when a child is born.
Identify any two challenges in the success criteria.
(i) Use of the word ‘discuss’ is not appropriate
(ii) Starting with a capital letter D is not appropriate
(iii) Using a bullet where there is only one success criteria.
(2 Marks)

5. (a) How can a teacher help both visually impaired and hearing impaired
learners to get the information from a power point presentation more easily?
By equipping power point presentations with different types of media
including images, sounds, and animations
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 (2 marks)
(c) Explain any four advantages of local Area Network (LAN)
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(4 marks)

6 (a) Describe any three challenges which you experienced in managing large
classes during your teaching practice?
(i) Difficult to give individual help
(ii) Difficult to vary activities and manage groups
(iii) Most learners who are below average or average are usually
passive
(iv) Marking and recording learners work is difficult.
(v) Classes are generally crowded.
( 3marks)
(b) State two importance of teaching large classes to the teacher.
(i) It helps the teacher to learn how to manage a large class.
(ii) It helps the teacher to improve the interpersonal skills while dealing
with different learners with different experiences and ideas.
(2 marks)

(d) Using your teaching practice experience how did you address the learning
needs of short sighted learner’s in a large class. Give two points
(i) Ask them to seat where they feel comfortable
(ii) Prepare resources which are large enough

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 SECTION B
Essay Questions
Answer all questions in this section. Each question carries 20 marks. Write your
answer in an essay form in the spaces provided. Failure to answer the questions in
essay form will lead to a loss of 3 marks.
7. Discuss any four effects of social media during the process of teaching, learning
and assessment in class. (20 marks)
8. Discuss any four ways on how you can encourage class participation as a strategy
for teaching a large class. (20 marks)
A large class is the one with more learners than the teacher can prefer to
manage and available resources can support.

A large class is when the workload for a subject or learning area is higher
than normal because of the number of learners in a particular class. There are
a number of ways a teacher can use to encourage class participation as a
strategy for teaching a large class which include; learn names of learners,
move around the classroom, interact with learners freely, get feedback from
learners in small groups.

Learning names of learners will assist teacher to manage a large class such a
way that when a particular learner is making noise a teacher can call him/her
and reinforce him/her appropriately for instance if a learner is making noise
the teacher can call him/her to seat in front.

Movements around the classroom, as the teacher is teaching a large he/ she
is supposed to be moving along the passages created in the class to ensure
he/she takes note of noise makers or able to monitor what is going out
amongst learners and be able to take appropriate measures.

Free teacher learner interaction will also help the teacher to create a good
classroom environment that will assist the teacher manage a large class for
example engaging learners in learning activities and monitor.

As it may be very difficult to monitor progress of every learner foe a particular

task, feedback of the learner performance in some tasks can be done through
small groups for instance group members presenting for the group.

Introduction
Defining large class

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Highlighting the ways for large classroom management (2 marks)
Body
Mentioning the point (1 Mark)
Explaining the point (2 Mark)
Giving a relevant example (1 mark)
Conclusion
Summarising the main points of the essay
Own opinion (2 marks)

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