Maths Pedagogy For HTET Exam 2020-21

Maths Pedagogy For HTET

 Q1. Oh a trip to a historical monument, a teacher left her children on their own at the gate. While she was carefully observing each child, she asked them to trace their own paths and reach the building on their own. The teacher: 

(a) Wanted her students to appreciate spatial sense as they traced their own paths

(b) Wanted some free time

(c) Wanted to encourage group work

(d) Was following the instructions of her principal

Ans. (a) 

Q2. While teaching shapes, a teacher brought a model of a city that was made of geometric shapes. She wanted her students to : 

(a) Have a free class and enjoy the model

(b) Appreciate that shapes are an integral part of any planning and they cut across disciplines

(c) Make more such models that can be presented in a math exhibition

(d) Understand the role of models in mathematics

 Ans. (b)

Q3. The most important tool that a teacher can use in primary classes for introducing line symmetry is : 

(a) Grids
(b) Geoboards
(c) Mirrors
(d) Blackboards

Q4. A geometry teacher once planned to take her primary children on a visit to historical monuments. Her main intention of such an activity was to : 

(a) Encourage children to appreciate the role of excursions in primary classes
(b) Help children appreciate how shapes are important in our daily lives
(c) Comply with the recommendation of NCF that encourages field trips
(d) Take out some extra time, away from the school
 Ans. (b)
Q5. Students were asked to draw the similarities between a rhombus and a square. According to Van-Hiele’s levels of geometric thinking, the students are at which level? 

(a) Analysis

(b) Rigour

(c) Informal deductions

(d) Visualization

Ans. (c) 

Q6. A teacher asked her students to sort shapes according to the similarities. Her students are at which level of geometric thinking, according to van-Hiele’s levels: 

(a) Visualization

(b) Rigour

(c) Analysis

(d) Informal deduction

Ans. (a) 

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Q7. A child was given a set of squares in different orientations. He observed that in all the squares, the diagonals were respectively equal. The child is at what stage of van-Hieles level of geometric thinking? 

(a) Informal deductions

(b) Deductions

(c) Analysis

(d) Rigour

Ans. (c) 

Q8. The most effective teaching resource for introducing properties of shapes is: 

(a) Blackboard
(b) Geoboard
(c) Nets
(d) Cubes, cylinders, etc.
Ans. (b) 

Q9. Given below are some tasks involving the teaching shapes at the primary level. Sequence the tasks in an order that helps a teacher in building the concept of spatial understanding : 

(i) Discover the formula for area and perimeter 
(ii) Sort a classifies the shapes 
(iii) Analyze the properties 
(iv) Compose and decompose the shapes 
(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(b) (iii), (ii), (iv) (i)
(c) (ii), (iv) (iii), (i)
(d) (iv), (ii), (i), (iv)
 Ans.(c) 
Q10. Flip transformation is the same as: 

(a) Rotation about a point

(b) Reflection

(c) Glide symmetry

(d) Slide transformation

S10. Ans. (b)

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