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Cognitive validity requires content that isRead the answer and worked solution →Content validity forbids simplification that isRead the answer and worked solution →Which validity engages learners in the methods of science?Read the answer and worked solution →Which validity shows how science concepts evolve with time?Read the answer and worked solution →Which validity places science in the learner's surroundings?Read the answer and worked solution →Established laws of science are viewed asRead the answer and worked solution →The scientific method has which order of steps?Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with science, technology isRead the answer and worked solution →Unlike open-ended science, technology usually hasRead the answer and worked solution →Science is called the most reliable and powerfulRead the answer and worked solution →Science has limited power in which natural systems?Read the answer and worked solution →The rationale for science education is that science tempered with what is the surest way to human welfare?Read the answer and worked solution →In a changing world, key skills are flexibility andRead the answer and worked solution →Mixed answers about air in an upturned glass showRead the answer and worked solution →The air-in-glass lesson also taught the class toRead the answer and worked solution →Janabai's plant knowledge suggests rural childrenRead the answer and worked solution →Process skills are stressed because they areRead the answer and worked solution →Up to Class X, science should be learnt asRead the answer and worked solution →A main objective of primary science is toRead the answer and worked solution →The most natural medium of learning for young children isRead the answer and worked solution →Primary content should be relevant, meaningful and ofRead the answer and worked solution →Primary science and social science combine asRead the answer and worked solution →For Classes I and II, progress is shared throughRead the answer and worked solution →Throughout the primary stage there should be noRead the answer and worked solution →Health and hygiene are best taughtRead the answer and worked solution →Upper primary concepts need not followRead the answer and worked solution →Upper primary experiments use cheap materials soRead the answer and worked solution →Upper primary science is not aRead the answer and worked solution →Upper primary groups should investigate problems thatRead the answer and worked solution →Which practice inspires upper primary students?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Cognitive validity requires content that is

  1. taken from university books
  2. identical for Classes I to X
  3. age appropriate for the child
  4. limited to recited definitions
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Correct answer: C. age appropriate for the child

1. Cognitive validity concerns the learner (the child) and what the child can grasp. 2. It requires content, process, language and pedagogy to be age appropriate and within cognitive reach. 3. Identical content for all classes or university level content ignores the child's stage, so those options fail. _Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 1.3 Science Education: Types of Validity_

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Content validity forbids simplification that is

  1. so trivial it becomes flawed
  2. tied to local examples
  3. linked to learner activity
  4. given in the mother tongue
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Correct answer: A. so trivial it becomes flawed

1. Content validity asks for significant and scientifically correct content. 2. Simplification for the child is allowed, but not to the point of conveying something basically flawed or meaningless. 3. Local examples, activities and the mother tongue are not threats to content validity. _Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 1.3 Science Education: Types of Validity_

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Which validity engages learners in the methods of science?

  1. Historical validity
  2. Ethical validity
  3. Process validity
  4. Environmental validity
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Correct answer: C. Process validity

1. The focus group lists six validities: cognitive, content, process, historical, environmental and ethical. 2. Process validity engages the learner in methods that lead to generation and validation of knowledge, helping in learning to learn science. 3. Historical validity deals with how concepts evolve, ethical with values, environmental with context. _Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 1.3 Science Education: Types of Validity_

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