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Within NCF 2005's constructivist pedagogy, 'intelligent guessing' by children is best regarded as:Read the answer and worked solution →NCF 2005 cautions that labelling individual students or groups as 'learning disabled' tends to:Read the answer and worked solution →NCF 2005 defines cognition as the capacity to make sense of the self and the world primarily through:Read the answer and worked solution →NCF 2005 criticises the 'Herbartian' lesson plan tradition primarily for being:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Within NCF 2005's constructivist pedagogy, 'intelligent guessing' by children is best regarded as:

  1. A sign of poor preparation
  2. An indicator of misconceptions
  3. A valid pedagogic tool to be encouraged
  4. An informal stage to be quickly bypassed
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Correct answer: C. A valid pedagogic tool to be encouraged

1. NCF 2005 §2.4.1 states plainly: "'Intelligent guessing' must be encouraged as a valid pedagogic tool." 2. The framework adds that guesses arise from everyday experiences or media exposure that the child cannot yet articulate in classroom language. 3. Treating guessing as poor preparation or as a stage to bypass would contradict the constructivist position that knowledge takes the form of skills cultivated outside school as well. _Source: NCF 2005 Ch 2, p. 17, §2.4.1_

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NCF 2005 cautions that labelling individual students or groups as 'learning disabled' tends to:

  1. Improve targeted remediation outcomes
  2. Reduce socio-cultural bias in classrooms
  3. Make inclusion easier for the teacher
  4. Create helplessness and stigmatisation
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Correct answer: D. Create helplessness and stigmatisation

1. NCF 2005 §2.3.4 reads: 'Labelling an individual student or a group of students as learning disabled etc. creates a sense of helplessness, inferiority and stigmatisation.' 2. The framework also warns that labels overshadow real difficulties arising from socio-cultural background or inappropriate pedagogy. 3. The other options invert the framework's stance on inclusion. _Source: NCF 2005 Ch 2, p. 16, §2.3.4_

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NCF 2005 defines cognition as the capacity to make sense of the self and the world primarily through:

  1. Action and language
  2. Storage and retrieval of facts
  3. Memorisation and rehearsal
  4. Imitation and reward
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Correct answer: A. Action and language

1. NCF 2005 §2.3.2 begins: 'Cognition involves the capacity to make sense of the self and the world, through action and language.' 2. The framework explicitly contrasts this with 'storage and retrieval of information' and adds that thinking and doing are intimately intertwined. 3. Imitation-and-reward and rehearsal are behaviourist framings that NCF 2005 critiques. _Source: NCF 2005 Ch 2, p. 14, §2.3.2_

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