PSTET Paper 1 study plan

Map the Child Development and Pedagogy syllabus into a one-page checklist of every sub-topic, marking each as known, shaky, or unknown

Solve 40 arithmetic and number-system questions under timed conditions to establish a Mathematics baseline score

Write out definitions of development, growth, maturation, and readiness in your own words and note one classroom example for each

Build a weekly error log template with columns for domain, sub-topic, error type, and corrective action

Explain Piaget's four stages with the key cognitive achievement and one classroom implication for each stage

Compare Vygotsky's zone of proximal development and scaffolding with Piaget's constructivism in a written table

Apply Kohlberg's three levels of moral reasoning to three short classroom scenarios you write yourself

Identify the practical difference between formative and summative assessment by classifying ten assessment examples

Distinguish intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and list three strategies for each that fit an elementary classroom

Describe inclusive education, individual differences, and learning disability categories without confusing them with each other

Master fraction operations, decimals, and percentage conversion by solving 50 mixed problems

Draft answers to five short-answer pedagogy questions within a 5-minute-per-answer limit

Solve mensuration problems for perimeter, area, and volume of standard 2D and 3D shapes without formula sheets

Compute averages, ratios, and proportions in word-problem form, including unitary-method questions

Explain the pedagogical purpose of place value, pattern recognition, and number sense in early mathematics teaching

Diagnose your own recurring calculation errors and write a correction rule for each

Review the Punjabi alphabet, matras, and orthography rules, then transcribe 20 sentences accurately

Practise Punjabi comprehension by reading two passages and answering inference and vocabulary questions

Revise English grammar areas most tested at this level: tense, articles, prepositions, subject-verb agreement, and voice

Write 10 short English paragraphs correcting deliberate grammatical errors you plant in them

Explain the pedagogy of language teaching: LSRW sequence, communicative approach, and the role of mother tongue in the classroom

Practise Punjabi vocabulary and idiom usage by writing 15 original sentences with target words

Complete 30 English vocabulary and synonym-antonym items and record unfamiliar words in a personal glossary

Draft two short lesson-plan outlines, one for Punjabi and one for English, each naming an objective and an activity

Organise the Environmental Studies syllabus into family and friends, food, shelter, water, travel, and things we make and do

Explain how EVS teaching connects observation, classification, and local environment to classroom activities

Answer 40 EVS objective questions covering plants, animals, human body, and safety

Design one outdoor or local-environment activity suitable for primary classes and justify its learning outcome

Take two full-length timed mock tests under exam conditions and record section-wise scores

Revisit every entry in the error log and confirm each weak sub-topic now yields a correct answer

Memorise key names, stages, and definitions from Child Development using spaced-repetition flashcards

Finalise a one-page revision sheet per domain for last-day review