Teaching Support Systems Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The statement that is not a characteristic of a good teaching aid is It should be very small.

A teaching aid must be clearly visible to the whole class, so it should be large enough to be seen from the back of the room. 'Very small' works against its purpose.

The other three are accepted characteristics. A good aid is accurate in every respect, since an aid that misrepresents facts teaches errors. It is easily portable, so it can be carried and used in different rooms. And it is up to date, showing current information rather than outdated material.

Answer: A

The modern teaching support system among these is Smart Boards.

A smart board (interactive whiteboard) is a touch-sensitive digital display connected to a computer and projector, on which teachers can show multimedia content, annotate it and save the lesson. It belongs to modern ICT-based teaching support.

Green boards (chalkboards), charts and maps are traditional teaching aids that have been in classroom use for generations.

Answer: D

The traditional teaching support listed is Three-Dimensional Models.

Traditional teaching aids are the non-electronic materials a teacher has long used in the classroom: the chalkboard, charts, maps, specimens and models. A three-dimensional model lets learners see and handle the shape of an object, such as a globe or a model of the heart, without any technology.

The key treats the three boards in the other options as the newer generation of board aids. The smart board and the digital board are electronic, interactive displays of ICT-based teaching, and the white board is grouped with them as the modern replacement of the traditional chalkboard.

Answer: B

The overhead projector, the epidiascope and the slide projector are projected aids, since each throws an enlarged image on a screen by means of light. The blackboard is not projected: it is a non-projected visual aid on which the teacher writes by hand. So the blackboard is the one that does not belong. The answer is the blackboard. Other aids of the same kind are the film projector and the LCD projector, which also depend on light and a screen, whereas charts, models and the blackboard are displayed without projection.

Answer: C

CIET stands for the Central Institute of Educational Technology, a unit of the NCERT that works in educational technology and produces radio, television and other media material for schools.

The other expansions given, such as an institute for engineering and technology, are not the meaning of the letters.

Answer: C

The blackboard can be used best by a teacher for writing the important and notable points.

The board gives a lasting visual record of the main points of the lesson so that students can see and note them. This supports understanding and revision.

Putting the whole matter of teaching in black and white overloads it. Making students attentive and highlighting the teacher are not the board's best use.

A teacher should also keep the writing neat and legible and clear the board between points, so that what remains on it is only what students should note.

Answer: C

The statement means that the teacher should use teaching aids in the class.

The saying praises visual means of expression: a diagram carries information in a form that is easier to understand and remember than a long spoken description. The teacher is therefore advised to use teaching aids.

It does not mean using diagrams alone, speaking more, or speaking less, since a diagram is only one kind of aid and the point is about aids in general.

Answer: B

The e-content generation for undergraduate courses was assigned to the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), a UGC inter-university centre, under the National Mission on Education through ICT of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

INFLIBNET provides library networking, the National Knowledge Commission was an advisory body, and IGNOU is an open university. None of these was given the task. The centre's work forms part of the digital resources offered to students through a national portal.