Educational Psychology A Practitioner-Researcher Approach (An Asian Edition) 2nd Edition by Tan Oon Seng Test Bank

Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 1 –Education and the Leaner: 21^st Century Challenges, International Contexts and Educational Developments in Singapore

1. One of the following is not a reason cited for asking for change in the current US education system:

1. Poor performance of students in international achievement tests
2. Repetition of similar content at several different grades
3. Narrow focus on content knowledge in teacher education
4. Poor basic skills in younger children

ANS: d

1. “No Child Left Behind” Act in 2001 entails which of the following?

1. By enacting a system of annual assessments for measuring student progress, the act aims to improve the quality of education offered in the United States and consequently, student achievement.
2. Policies suggest that good schools with high standards are important as a means of maintaining national security and preserving democracy.
3. Allowing students to undertake vocational and occupational training while attending school.
4. Both a & b

ANS: d 

1. National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies (1998) in the United Kingdom aimed

1. at tackling poor literacy and numeracy; the strategies required all primary schools to allocate part of the daily curriculum to teaching literacy and numeracy
2. at attacking the poor performers at tertiary level of education
3. Both a & b
4. None of the above

ANS: A

1. Which of the following is a reason for considering the need for reforming the Japanese Education system?

1. Poor literacy
2. Educational crisis brought about by educational credentialism, severe academic competition, increasing school disorder, and no creativity
3. No competitiveness among tertiary level students.
4. Poor training of teachers and bad performers

ANS: b