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Which of the following statements is true about open schools?
Open schools only offer the curriculum that is offered in the formal school system.
Incorrect answer: Open schools can also offer subjects not offered in formal schools
Open schools do not offer a curriculum that is offered in the formal school system.
Incorrect answer: Open schools offer curriculum that is offered in formal schools, in addition to other offerings
Open schools offer vocational and technical courses in addition to the curriculum that is offered in the formal school system.
Correct answer: Open schools offer curriculum offered in formal schools as well as technical and vocational courses
Open schools are only established in countries where the quality of school education is very poor.
Incorrect answer: Open schools are offered even in countries with good education
Which of the following is not an advantage of having open schooling in a country?
Open schooling provides a second chance for learners who fail in the formal school system.
Incorrect answer: Providing a second chance is an advantage of having open schools
Open schooling is flexible enough to accommodate learners who have passed formal school-going age.
Incorrect answer: Flexibility of accommodating learners who are above formal school-going age is an advantage of having open schools
Open schooling has potential to enrol larger numbers of learners than the traditional schooling system.
Incorrect answer: One of the advantages of open schools is that they have the potential to enrol larger numbers of learners than formal schools
Open schooling does not make use of technology.
Correct answer: Not making use of technology in an open school is not an advantage of having this type of education
Which of the following statements is not true?
Subjects like plumbing, house electrification, automotive mechanics can be included in the open school curriculum.
Incorrect answer: Vocational and technical subjects can be included in open school curriculum
Open school offerings should be informed by contextual analysis data.
Incorrect answer: Open school curriculum should be informed by contextual analysis
Open school learners do not sit for end of year examinations.
Correct answer: Open school learners sit for examinations at the end of the year, just like formal school learners
Once they enrol in open schools, learners cannot move back to the formal school system.
Incorrect answer: Open school learners can proceed to tertiary level without going back to the formal school system
All of the following are natural phenomena that can disrupt formal schooling except
Volcanic eruptions.
Incorrect answer: Volcanic eruptions can disrupt formal schooling
Tsunamis.
Incorrect answer: Tsunamis can disrupt formal schooling
Flooding.
Incorrect answer: Flooding can disrupt formal schooling
Waterfalls.
Correct answer: No waterfalls can disrupt formal schooling
Which of the following statements is true of Blue economies?
Blue economy refers to the sustainable exploitation of ocean resources for economic growth.
Correct answer: Blue economies involves sustainable use of ocean resources to grow country economies
Blue economy refers to improving the livelihoods of people from water resources without preserving the ocean ecosystem.
Incorrect answer: Blue economies involve using resources whist at the same time preserving them
Blue economy refers to avoiding using oceanic waters because they are polluted.
Incorrect answer: Blue economies involve using ocean resources wisely enough to keep them sustainable
Blue economy refers to the sinking of as many mines in oceans as possible in order to provide employment.
Incorrect answer: Blue economies does not only refer to mining
Which of the following is an advantage of using tablets over desktops in teaching and learning?
Tablets are portable and therefore can be used by the learner away from school.
Correct answer: Tablets can be used anywhere because they are portable
Tablets have bigger screens than desktops.
Incorrect answer: Tablets have smaller screens than desktops
Tablets have Wi-Fi connection all the time.
Incorrect answer: It is not true that tablets have Wi-Fi connections all the time
Tablets are small and therefore more vulnerable to thefts
Incorrect answer: That tablets are small and vulnerable to thieves is not an advantage of using them over desktops
For your open school learners to access learning resources on Moodle, they need to have stable Wi-Fi.
True.
Correct answer: Accessing Moodle requires stable Wi-Fi
False.
Incorrect answer: You cannot access Moodle resources without stable Wi-Fi
Assessment for learning is important because
It always involves shorter tasks.
Incorrect answer: It is not true that assessment for learning always involves shorter tasks
It consists only of authentic tasks.
Incorrect answer: Assessment for learning does not always involve authentic tasks
It is easy for the teacher to do the marking.
Incorrect answer: Assessment for learning is not always easy to mark
It supports learning.
Correct answer: Assessment for learning is important because it supports learning
One of the reasons why assessment raises intense emotions in learners is because:
learners associate it with grading and placement.
Correct answer: Learners become emotional about assessment because they associate it with grading and placement
learners love assessment.
Incorrect answer: It is not true that assessment raises intense emotions because leaners love it
it is rarely administered in schools.
Incorrect answer: It is not true that assessment raises emotions because it is rarely administered in schools
it is always used for teaching and not for grading.
Incorrect answer: It is not true that assessment raises emotions because it is used for teaching and not for grading. In many schools, assessment is used for grading
As a teacher, you would want to make use of peer and self-assessment because:
It increases student responsibility and autonomy.
Correct answer: Peer and self-evaluation increases responsibility and autonomy
You want to avoid marking.
Incorrect answer: Teachers do not use peer and self-evaluation because they want to avoid marking
You can’t afford to mark all the assignments for your learners.
Incorrect answer: Teachers don’t use peer and self-evaluation because they can’t mark all their learners’ work
You can’t meet your learners physically because they are distant.
Teachers don’t use peer and self-evaluation because they don’t meet their distance learners
For formative assessment to be effective,
It must always be done by the teacher.
Incorrect answer: Formative assessment does not need to be administered by the teacher all the time for it to be effective
It must be done every week.
Incorrect answer: Formative assessment does not to be done every week for it to be effective
There must always be timely feedback to students.
Correct answer: Formative assessment is only effective if there is timely feedback
It should not be based on what learners have learned.
Incorrect answer: Formative assessment should be based on what learners learned
Assessment as learning:
Promotes self-directed learning.
Correct answer: Assessment as learning promotes self-directed learning
Is only possible in a face-to-face learning environment.
Incorrect answer: Assessment as learning is not only confined to face-to-face learning
Cannot be encouraged through learning design.
Incorrect answer: Assessment as learning can be encouraged learning design
Is applicable only at tertiary level.
Incorrect answer: Assessment as learning is not only used at tertiary level
In open schooling, where there is more independent learning than in face-to-face schooling,
Teachers should not assess learners.
Incorrect answer: Teachers should assess learners in open schooling, even if there is more independent learning
There should only be assessment of and not assessment for learning.
Incorrect answer: Both forms of assessment should be used in open schooling).
All three forms of assessment (assessment for, assessment of and assessment as learning) should be used.
Correct answer: All forms of assessment should be used in open schooling
There should be no recording of assessment results.
Incorrect answer: Assessment results should be recorded in open schooling
Which of the following is a typical characteristic of authentic assessment?
Learners recall facts learnt.
Incorrect answer: Recall of facts is not authentic assessment
There is a call for indirect evidence.
Incorrect answer: In authentic assessment, there is direct evidence of what know and what one can do
The learner solves a practical, real-life problem as part of assessment.
Correct answer: In authentic assessment, learners solve real-life problems
The learner is not aware of how they will be assessed.
Incorrect answer: In authentic assessment learners know how they will be assessed because the rubric is shared in advance?
You cannot give open school learners a project task for assessment
True.
Incorrect answer: You can give open school learners a project task for assessment
False.
Correct answer: It is not true that you cannot give open school learners a project task for assessment
Which of the following activities would be at the highest level of the Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Remembering the year the COVID -19 pandemic occurred in a country.
Incorrect answer: Remembering is not at the highest level of the Bloom’s Taxonomy
Identifying all the neighbouring countries of one’s country.
Incorrect answer: Identifying neighbouring countries is not at the highest level of Bloom’s Taxonomy
Distinguishing between the different modes of transporting learners.
Incorrect answer: Distinguishing is not at the highest level of the Bloom’s Taxonomy
Design a strategy for alleviating negative effects of flooding on schooling.
Correct answer: Designing a is at the highest level of Bloom’s Taxonomy
All of the following factors can be potential threats for an open school except
The absence of a funding policy for open schooling in your country.
Incorrect Answer: Lack of a funding policy is a potential threat for open schooling
The acute shortage of schools in your country.
Correct answer: Acute shortage of schools is not a potential threat for open schools. On the contrary, it is an enabling factor for establishing them
Lack of personnel with ODL expertise in your country.
Incorrect answer: Lack of ODL expertise is a potential threat for open schools
Negative perceptions of distance education by the public.
Incorrect answer: Negative perceptions of distance education by the public is a potential threat of open schooling
Which of the following measures would not be useful in retaining qualified staff in your organisation?
Supporting staff development initiatives, including providing study grants.
Incorrect answer: Supporting development initiatives helps retain staff
Appreciating the contribution staff play in the organisation.
Incorrect answer: Appreciation staff contributions helps retain staff
Providing employees with access to free or affordable grievance and other dispute resolution mechanisms.
Incorrect answer: Providing staff with access to free and affordable grievance and dispute resolution mechanisms is a way of retaining staff
Keeping information about opportunities away from staff.
Correct answer: Keeping information about opportunities away from staff is not a way of retaining staff
Which of the following communication methods would be least suitable for open school learners?
Putting up notices on the school notice board.
Correct answer: Notice board notices are the least suitable method of communicating with open school learners because they hardly come to the offices
Sending a WhatsApp or Short Message Service (SMS).
Incorrect answer: This is one way of communicating with open school learners, depending on the technology they have easy access to
Making a radio announcement.
(Incorrect answer: This is one of the ways of communicating with open school learners
Using a courier system.
Incorrect answer: Use of couriers is a suitable way of communicating with open school learners
All of the following should be considered when giving assignment feedback to open school learners except
The timing of feedback.
Incorrect answer: Timing of feedback should be considered when giving assignment feedback to open school learners
Clarity of feedback.
Incorrect answer: Clarity of feedback should be considered when giving assignment feedback to open school learners
The language used in giving the feedback.
Incorrect answer: Language should be considered when giving assignment feedback to open school learners
The weight of the learner
Correct answer: The weight of the learner should not be considered when giving assignment feedback to open school learners)
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