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1. Which of the following best illustrates a teacher applying Constructivist Approach to student learning?

A. A language arts teacher provides students with a concrete reward each time they turn in a written assignment that is free of errors.

B. A Maths teacher has students use hands-on materials and real-world problems to acquire new concepts and practice skills.

 

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C. A Science teacher demonstrates the correct procedures for performing complex experiments before having students perform the experiments.

D. A Social Studies teacher uses visual aids and logical progression of ideas when presenting lessons about new or unfamiliar topics.

2. A JHS teacher gives students a term project that involves various activities such as conducting a research, interviewing people, writing a report and making a group presentation in class. Which of the following strategies should the teacher use to help the students successfully carry out their projects?

A. Explaining to students how the objectives of the project fit into a larger instructional plan.

B. Organizing project tasks in a step-by-step sequence and providing students with directions and reminders for completing each step.

C. Putting students into groups and scheduling regular times for them to meet.

D. Reassuring students that they possess all of the skills and abilities needed to complete the project tasks.

 

3. In a typical teaching and learning environment, students are most to be intrinsically motivated to learn when they ____________

A. Anticipate that they will receive positive rewards for achieving instructional objectives.

B. Are interested in what they are learning and understand how it relates to their own lives.

C. Know that they will be writing a test or examination in the near future.

D. Perceive that their performance compares favourably with that of peers engaged in the same tasks.

 

4. The Free SHS Programme in Ghana is funded by the _________________

A. Annual Budget Funding Amount

B. Chinese Government

C. Ghana Education Trust Fund

D. Scholarship Secretariat

 

5. Alhaji Musa has recently been appointed as the head of an educational institution. Upon assuming duty, he thought of carrying a statement of the ideal future of the school. This statement will provide a dramatic look at what the entire school will be like at a distant point in the future, say five to ten years. This statement is abroad image of the possibilities that lie ahead. This statement is called a/an ____________

A. Mission Statement

B. Operations Statement

C. Target Statement

D. Vision Statement

 

6. Which of the following statements about effective classroom management is false? Classroom management involves _____________________

A. Planning ahead of the first day of class.

B. Teachers having at least four rules to guide them.

C. The difference between calm productivity and total class disorder.

D. The same strategies, but may vary in the techniques used for each class.

 

7. Global citizenship education is a form of ______________ participation in projects that address global issues of social, political, and economic development.

A. Civic education

B. Civic learning

C. Global awareness

D. Global future

 

8. Which of the following affirms that quality is at the heart of education and therefore sets out the desirable characteristics for the various components for quality education – learners, content, and systems?

A. Global Education Policy Dashboard

B. Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action

C. World Bank Education Strategy

D. 2000 Dakar Framework for Action

 

 

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9. Which of the following in Ghana has the objective of equitable educational opportunity and the prioritization of the disadvantaged in society?

A. Disability Law

B. Inclusive Education System

C. Right to Education Principle

D. Special Education Provision

 

10. When making important administrative decisions, it helps to ____________

A. Enlist advice from the assistant school head.

B. Give teachers a chance to make their contributions.

C. Implement changes as quickly as possible.

D. Reward teachers who adapt more quickly.

 

11. The standards specified in the content of new GES Curriculum for Basic Schools, adopted for implementation in September 2019 in Ghana, are based on not only what Ghana as a nation requires of its workforce, but also on the demands of globalization. At the point of exit, it is expected that graduates for the curriculum will have attained knowledge and skills that will allow them to compete in the international job market. Which of the following goals of curriculum development is this reflected in?

A. Better Ghana Agenda.

B. Development of a sense of civic responsibility.

C. Globally competitive Ghanaian workforce.

D. Preservation of national resources and cultural values.

 

12. Ensuring high teacher morale is important because teachers with high morale ___________

A. Are more likely to remain on the job in spite of challenges.

B. Are rewarded for their efforts.

C. Ask more interesting questions about their students.

D. Produce higher test scores.

 

13. During teacher evaluations, the Circuit Supervisor or school head needs to take objectives evidence-based notes to share with teachers in post-observation conferences and use them to guide discussions. Which of the following statements illustrates such notes?

A. In a class of 42, the teacher calls on one student to answer four out of ten questions asked.

B. The teacher is highly responsive to the cultural and other types of student diversity in the class.

C. The teacher makes little or no effort to make instruction relevant to student’s interest and needs.

D. Throughout the lesson, the teacher uses a variety of effective strategies to monitor student understanding.

 

14. A school head is about to take over the leadership of a low-performing school.

One of the school head’s first goals will be to evaluate teacher quality in the school. The school head can best begin this process by _______________

A. Arranging to observe instruction in each classroom.

B. Comparing student grades in each subject area across the classrooms.

C. Having each teacher complete a teaching self-evaluation.

D. Interviewing each teacher about his her teaching practices.

 

 

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15. The basic assumption that supervision has an expert tag attached to it means the supervisor _______________

A. Must have PhD qualification,

B. Should ensure students have the requisite qualification before they are admitted.

C. Should ensure that teachers have the minimum academic qualification.

D. Should ensure that teachers have a lots of workload.

 

16. A school head has been transferred to a failing school. In order to turn it around, the school head can best avoid early mistakes and promote smooth transition by taking which of the following actions first?

A. Communicating a willingness to refer initially to the experience and judgment of long-time school staff.

B. Holding discussions with many stakeholders to learn about local values, views, and priorities.

C. Presenting for discussions a comprehensive, research-supported plan for improved student achievement.

D. Seeking information from the previous school head about leadership strategies that did and did not work at the school.

 

17. Which one of the following factors should and educator consider as the most important when evaluating programmes?

A. The cost involved in carrying out the evaluation of the programme.

B. The uses of the evaluation results.

C. Where and when the evaluation will take place.

D. Who the stakeholders of the programme are.

 

18. Which one of the following actions would you take in order attain a high level of consistency in scoring students’ responses to assessment tasks? By _________________

A. Constantly following the scoring guide as the scripts are graded.

B. Grading responses for all items for each script before the next script.

C. Regularly to previously scored items when scoring new item.

D. Scoring the responses based on the knowledge of students’ identity.

 

19. A student-teacher who had grade B+ in Assessment in School could not write good items for an End-of Term Examination. The headteacher of the school, therefore, questioned the teacher as to whether he really took part in the assessment course. Which one of the following characteristics of a good test might have informed the headteacher’s question?

A. Normality

B. Objectivity

C. Reliability

D. Validity

 

20. Which of the following purposes of assessment is often considered with a letter grade or number?

A. Assessment as Learning

B. Assessment for Learning

C. Assessment from Learning

D. Assessment of Learning

 

21. Criterion-referenced assessment would most likely be used to ______________

A. Decide a student’s position in Integrated Science and End-of-Term Examination.

B. Determine if a student qualifies for special education services.

C. Determine whether an individual student is meeting curriculum standard.

D. Select a student for government scholarship.

 

22. Which of the following statement(s) is/are false?

I. It is easy to achieve broad national goals of education when curriculum

development is decentralized.

II. Students who follow a decentralized curriculum in deprived school

districts are likely to be disadvantaged in the job market.

A. I only

B. II only

C. Both I and II

D. Neither I nor II

 

23. The following constitute special units under GES except the ___________

A. Girls Education Unit

B. Religion and Culture

C. Science Resource Centre

D. School Health Education Programme

 

 

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24. The tenure of office of members of the GES Council is _______________

A. Five years

B. Six years

C. Three years

D. Two years

 

25. The components of the Capitation Grant include all the following except __________

A. Improving access

B. Non-teaching staff

C. School facilities

D. School Management

 

26. Transfer Grant payable is equivalent to ________________

A. Two months gross salary

B. Two months net salary

C. One-month net salary

D. One-month gross salary

 

27. The government of Ghana mainstreamed KG into basic education is in line with recommendations of the _______________

A. Dakar World Forum for Education

B. Early Childhood Committee

C. Education 2030 Agenda

D. UNESCO Forum

 

28. The roles of the School Management Committees (SMCs) and head teachers in management of Capitation Grant are all the following except to ensure ___________

A. Accountability of funds used.

B. Effective utilization of the Capitation Grant.

C. Implementation of activities provided in the SPIP.

D. School opens a special bank account.

 

29. In the Computerized Schools’ Selection and Placement System, all the following are used except the scores of _____________

A. All subjects taken by BECE candidates.

B. BECE candidates and not grades.

C. BECE candidates’ core subjects.

D. Two best subjects of BECE candidates.

 

30. The purpose of the policy on girl child education by government is to ensure that ________

A. All girls of school-going age go to and stay in school.

B. All girls of school-going age register in school.

C. Girl in the rural areas have equal access to school.

D. Teenage pregnancy is eliminated.

 

31. The ‘Scheme of Service’ of teachers refers to the _______________________

A. Activities of the teachers for the term approved by the school head.

B. Outline of lesson plans presented to the Circuit Supervisors.

C. Scheme of Work prepared by the teacher for the term.

D. Various ranks a teacher passes through in the teaching profession.

 

32. One of the students of a class hardly take in activities. How would you encourage him to express himself?

A. By encouraging children to take part in activities.

B. By giving good marks to those who express themselves well.

C. By organizing discussions around classroom activities.

D. By organizing educational games/programmes which will make children feel like speaking.

 

 

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33. A teacher is to use appropriate teaching methods, techniques and sound principles of teaching and learning such as _________________________

I. Building on past learning or previous knowledge and positive reinforcement.

II. Providing guidance and practice in class before independence practice.

III. Motivating and sustaining pupils’ interest.

V. Distributing evaluative questions evenly.

A. I, II, and III only

B. I, II, III and IV only

C. I, II, III, IV and V

D. II and III only

 

34. A curriculum is the sum total of a school efforts to influence a child’s _________________

A. Behaviour

B. Course

C. Design

D. Logical sequence

 

35. Which of the following is a teacher-centered model that focuses on students’ activities being guided by the teacher?

A. Directive Model

B. Indirect Model

C. Pedagogical Model

D. Thinking Model

 

36. Any method of teaching which involves two or more students, can be termed as _________

A. Class task

B. Class work

C. Group task

D. Group work

 

 

SECTION B: TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS

37. Evidence of a positive school ethos includes consistent shared values and standards.

A. True

B. False

 

38. It is important that Circuit Supervisors keep their teachers’ lesson plan notebooks.

A. True

B. False

 

39. Students learn best in a multitude of ways rather than one dominant means.

A. True

B. False

 

 

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40. The competency-based training curriculum delivery methodology is suitable for TVET training at the second cycle level of education.

A. True

B. False

 

41. Every goal in the 2030 Agenda requires education to empower people with the knowledge, skills and values to live in dignity, build their lives and contribute to their societies.

A. True

B. False

 

42. A school head promoting a professional learning community can lead to a sense of competition among teachers in a school.

A. True

B. False

 

43. As a Supervisor, consulting your staff in advance when developing a plan may direct attention to potential pitfalls.

A. True

B. False

 

44. The need for a Supervisor to engage in a human relations angle of supervision means that the supervisor should be involved in problem-solving and learner-centered education.

A. True

B. False

 

45. In mainstreaming Special Education Students, it is important that they experience an educational environment that reinforces the differences between Special Education and General Education Students.

A. True

B. False

 

46. The school head should ensure that paid vouchers are numbered sequentially and entered same in the log book and properly filled.

A. True

B. False

 

47. Climate Change, Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development have become major tools for protecting the environment and ensuring sustainable development.

A. True

B. False

 

 

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48. Even though homework is important in the instructional system and teachers must therefore give homework as part of the instructional process, it is not scored as part of the Standard-Based Assessment in Ghana.

A. True

B. False

 

49. A teacher must test his/her students when assessing them.

A. True

B. False

 

50. Objective type tests cannot be used to assess higher-order thinking abilities.

A. True

B. False

 

51. Within the GES structure, decision-making takes place only within the GES Council.

A. True

B. False

 

52. Transfers within the GES is an external exercise.

A. True

B. False

 

53. The GES Act 1995 [Act 506] and the Education Act, 2008 [Act 778] are statutes that are directly related to the functions of GES.

A. True

B. False

 

54. In 1974, the new structure and content of education was introduced which brought about the JSS concept implemented on pilot basis from 1976 to 1987.
A. True

B. False

 

55. The Ministry of Education’s main mandate is to formulate education policies. A legal incident in this mandate is monitoring and evaluating their performance.

A. True

B. False

 

 

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56. Legitimate Power of a school head is conferred by virtue of his/her appointment to the position, and therefore, can exert administrative authority.
A. True

B. False

SECTION C: FILL-IN QUESTIONS

Answer all the questions in this section by writing the correct answer in the spaces provided on the question paper.

57. According to Skinnerian Operant Conditioning Theory, a negative reinforcement is ________________________ ANS: [Responses that allow escape from painful situations are likely to be repeated].

58. In classroom management, the teacher’s strategies and techniques must be_________ ANS: [varied].

59. The ultimate purpose of supervision is to ensure____________________________ ANS: [pupil’s welfare].

60. Which Sustainable Development Goal is directly related to education? _______________ ANS: [Goal 4].

61. What does the Sustainable Development Goal which directly relates to education state? ____________ ANS: [The Goal is to ensure inclusive and quality education for all].

62. The CSSPS seeks to improve the manual system of selection and placement of qualified BECE candidates into public and private senior high schools, technical and vocational institutes by __________________________ ANS: [Ghana Education Service].

63. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed ______________________ ANS: [5TH October as International

Day for Teachers in the celebration of the roles of teachers in the global world].

64. The rational of educational planning in our education system is _______________ ANS: [Access, equity and quality education for all].

 

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65. The primary role of the mentoring teacher in the school of the pre-service teacher is most appropriately described as_____________________________ ANS: [mentoring].

66. The basic purpose for instructional supervision is for ________________ ANS: [effective teaching and learning].

67. When the school head directs an investigation into suspected fraud, the only authorities to impose sanctions are _____________________ ANS: [SMC] and Board of Governors].

68. The method of obtaining information to judge the worth of a curriculum while it is being implemented is known as ___________________________ ANS: [Evaluation].

69. The ability of a student to use an appropriate rule or principle to help him/her solve a problem without being prompted is specified in the cognitive domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy as _____________________ [Application].

70. The type of assessment which is used to students’ strengths and weaknesses for correction and remediation is known as ______________________ ANS: [Diagnostic Test].

71. In the chain of command of the GES Headquarters, the Director-General is the Chief Executive accountable to the ___________________ ANS: [GES Council].

 

72. What is the core function of the National Inspectorate Board?______________ ANS: [Undertake inspection of schools to evaluate, set and enforce standards to be observed].

73. The main role of the Education Sector analysis (ESA) is to ________________________ ANS: [Identify progress made and outstanding challenges].

74. The GES was established in the year 1974 as a national organization under the Ministry of Education (MoE) by the Act ______________________ ANS: [506].

75. It is important for teachers to know the Code of Conduct because______ ANS: [it provides guidance for teachers in the performance of their functions].

 

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