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B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010 (For the Candidates Admitted during the Academic Year 2009–2010) Optional Course : COMPUTER SCIENCE — PAPER I Time : 3 hours

Maximum marks : 80

PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks) Answer any TEN questions. Each answer should not exceed 50 words. Each answer carries 2 marks. 1.

What do you understand by computer hardware?

Po¨ö£õÔ°ß Áßö£õ¸Ò SÔzx }º AÔÁx ¯õx? 2.

What is a diagnostic test?

SøÓ¯Ôa ÷\õuøÚ GßÓõÀ GßÚ? 3.

What are the advantages of using Pen Drive? Pen Drive –øÚ øP¯õÐÁv¾ÒÍ {øÓPÒ ¯õøÁ?

4.

Mention any four criteria to be considered while selecting a teaching aid.

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What is meant by reliability of a test?

J¸ ÷\õuøÚ°ß |®£Pzußø© GßÓõÀ GßÚ?

6.

What are objectives?

SÔU÷PõÒPÒ GßÓõÀ GßÚ? 7.

List any four topics given in the Tamilnadu Higher Secondary Computer Science curriculum.

uªÌ|õk ÷©À{ø»¨ £ÒÎ Po¨ö£õÔ AÔ¯À Pø»zvmhzvÀ SÔ¨¤h¨£mkÒÍ uø»¨¦PÎÀ H÷uÝ® |õßQøÚ £mi¯¼kP. 8.

What is meant by correlation?

Ehßöuõhº¦ GßÓõÀ GßÚ? 9.

Prepare any two items for the objective ‘Knowledge’. ‘AÔuÀ’ SÔU÷PõÐUS H÷uÝ® Cµsk ÷\õuøÚ E¸¨£i u¯õ›UP.

10.

What is an assignment? Mention its types.

J¨£øh¨¦ GßÓõÀ GßÚ? Auß ÁøPPøÍ SÔ¨¤kP. 11.

List the uses of Mode.

•Piß £¯ßPøÍ £mi¯¼kP. 12.

What is a Analog computer?

AÚ»õU Po¨ö£õÔ Gߣx ¯õx? PART B — (6 × 5 = 30 marks) Answer any SIX questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each answer carries 5 marks. 13.

Enumerate the role of computers in education.

PÀ°À Po¨ö£õÔ°ß £[QøÚ £mi¯¼kP. 14.

Can CAI completely replace the conventional method of teaching in our schools? Discuss.

Po¨ö£õÔ xønU öPõsk PؤzuÀ ÁÇUPõØÔÀ EÒÍ PؤzuÀ •øÓ°øÚ •Êø©¯õP Dk ö\´¯ •i²©õ? ÂÁõvUP. 2

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What are the merits of microteaching?

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Explain the different modes of CAI. CAI–ß £À÷ÁÖ ÁÈ•øÓPøÍ ÂÍUSP.

17.

State the principles of curriculum construction in computer science.

Po¨ö£õÔ AÔ¯À Pø»zvmhzøu Aø©¨£v¾ÒÍ ÷Põm£õkPøÍ GkzxøµUP. 18.

“A computer science text book is a good teaching aid”– Comment. “Po¨ö£õÔ AÔ¯À E£Pµn®” –©º]UP.

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What are the merits of objective type questions?

¦ÓÁ¯ ÂÚõUPÎß {øÓPÒ ¯õøÁ? 20.

Explain the need and importance of audio-visual aids in teaching computer science.

Po¨ö£õÔ AÔ¯À Pؤzu¼À Põm] ÷PÒ E£Pµn[PÎß ÷uøÁ ©ØÖ® •UQ¯zxÁzøu ÂÍUSP. PART C — (2 × 15 = 30 marks) Answer BOTH the questions. Each answer should not exceed 600 words. Each answer carries 15 marks. 21.

(a)

Narrate the aims of teaching computer science at the (i)

Primary level

(ii)

Secondary level

(iii) Higher secondary level. 3

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Describe the Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives.

¨Ñªß PÀ SÔU÷PõÒPÒ ÁøP¨£õmøh ÂÁ›UP. 22.

(a)

Critically examine the computer science syllabus of XI standard of Tamilnadu and analyse the merits and demerits.

uªÌ|õmiÀ ¤ß£ØÓ¨£k® £vöÚõßÓõ® ÁS¨¦ Po¨ö£õÔ AÔ¯À £õh¨ö£õ¸ÍhUPzøu ~qUP©õP Bµõ´¢x AvÀ Põn¨£k® {øÓPÒ ©ØÖ® SøÓPøÍ £Szuõ´P. Or (b)

What are the principles of programmed instruction? Select any topic in computer science and prepare ten frames at XI standard level.

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