Individual Differences among Learners Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The Assertion is true but the Reason is false.

Teachers should respect individual differences and adapt teaching so that all learners are served; this is the basis of inclusive and differentiated instruction.

The Reason is wrong. In a diverse class, collaboration, group work and interaction are especially valuable: learners support one another, share different perspectives and learn from peers at different levels. Avoiding them would work against the needs of diverse learners, so the Reason cannot explain or support the Assertion.

Answer: A

The average intelligence quotient is taken as 100, and the average range, as commonly given, is between 85 and 115. The ranges below that point to lower or borderline ability. The answer is option A.

IQ scores have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, so 85 to 115 is the range within one standard deviation and covers about two thirds of people. The other ranges listed fall in the mildly or more seriously below-average bands.

Answer: C

A learner's consistent way of responding to and using stimuli in the context of learning, the way in which he concentrates, processes and retains new information, is the definition of the learning style. The answer is learning style, option C.

Learning ability is the capacity to learn, a learning disability is a difficulty in learning and a learning method is the teacher's way of teaching, so only learning style names a learner's own consistent way of responding.

Answer: D

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

The assertion is sound practice. Wait time, the pause after asking a question, gives students time to think; research by Mary Budd Rowe found that longer wait time leads to more and fuller answers from more students.

The reason is also true: inclusive education treats learner diversity as a resource. But it does not explain why teachers should wait after a question. Wait time is justified by the time needed for thinking, so the two statements are both correct but unconnected.

Answer: D

The correct matching is (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii).

• Delayed milestones, such as late sitting or walking, point to the physical and motor domain (ii).
• Being quiet and aloof concerns relationships and feelings, the socio-emotional domain (iv).
• Frequently asking questions reflects curiosity and thinking, the cognitive domain (i).
• Repetitive behaviours like banging can involve several domains at once and call for assessment by specialists such as paediatricians (iii).