Child Development and Pedagogy · Pedagogy

A teacher along with his students is carrying out a study on the germination of seeds. They take some dry seeds of different kinds and plant them under different physical conditions. They observe, measure, and discuss the growth over a period of time. During the activity, the teacher asks questions that require various process skills. Match the teacher's questions in Column I with the appropriate process skills in Column II: Column I (Teacher's Question)Column II (Process Skill)(A) What are the differences between seeds of different types?(i) Communication(B) Why do you think some seeds are growing more quickly than others?(ii) Predicting(C) Draw a diagram to depict the changes in the seeds.(iii) Observing(D) Based on your observation, what do you think would happen if we double the amount of water?(iv) Hypothesizing