SAMPLE QUESTIONS OF NDDC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP APTITUDE TEST STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR EDUCATION

1. Several students in a kindergarten class tend to monopolize classroom materials and have difficulty sharing with others. Other students in the class are becoming increasingly reluctant to work or play with these students. Which of the following actions by the teacher would best help these students develop positive and cooperative relationships with their peers?
A. assigning a partner who readily shares classroom materials to the students who have difficulty sharing
B. providing abundant classroom materials to minimize the need for the students to share
C. scheduling a conference to inform the students' parents/guardians of their children's sharing difficulties
D. utilizing role-play activities to help the students practice successful sharing behaviors

2. A prekindergarten student is completing a pattern activity by stringing large beads of different colors. The teacher established the initial bead pattern of red, blue, yellow, and purple and the student is stringing beads to repeat the initial pattern. During the activity, the student whispers, "Red, blue, yellow, purple . . . now blue. No, that's not right. It should be red next." According to Lev Vygotsky's theories, the student's behavior clearly illustrates which of the following concepts?
A. chunking information to promote recall
B. linking new information to known information
C. using private speech to facilitate problem solving
D. categorizing objects according to common characteristics

3. Students in a high school history class are studying the American and French Revolutions of the mid-eighteenth century. Which of the following assignments related to this topic would best promote students' higher-order thinking skills?
A. Construct a diagram showing similarities and differences in the social and economic conditions of each country at the time of the revolutions.
B. Create a timeline of events leading up to each country's revolution.
C. Describe in a brief essay the important political figures of the period and the roles they played in their countries' revolutions.
D. Summarize the key goals of the revolutionary movement in each country.

4. Which of the following statements describes a long-term implication for the learning of students who live in homes or communities characterized by high levels of stress?
A. High levels of stress cause the body to release cortisol, which can interfere with neurological function in the brain.
B. Students who live in highly stressful environments tend to prefer solitary activities over group interaction.
C. High levels of stress increase the body's need for sleep, which can lead to frequent tardiness and absenteeism.
D. Students who live in highly stressful environments tend to resist forming personal relationships with nonfamilial adults.

5. Which of the following teacher actions would best help establish a foundation for a culture of learning in the classroom?
A. recognizing academic achievement by displaying exemplary student work
B. ensuring that students have more than enough assignments and tasks to keep them fully occupied during class
C. incorporating a social component into each instructional sequence
D. communicating consistently through words and actions that the knowledge students are pursuing is important and interesting