Friday, 27 September 2013

Stop Standardized Test

From the video, it can be seen that there are various way to assess students’ comprehension and not limited to giving them a test. Test should be done by integrating hands-on activity and real-life situation instead of giving them a standardized test that does not really reflect the students’ development. Different way of assessing students learning process can bring a great change in students’ life. Students are too tired of being test with papers.

 Other than testing students with written test, teacher can give them a real-life task or project-based task. By assessing them through hands-on task or project-based assessment, they can really bring out the best in them. Project-based assessment will give teacher a clear focus on what to assess, which is the students performance and their performance will reflect what they understand from the learning process. Apart from that, it will also help the students. 

Students can learn how to utilize the knowledge they acquired. Project-based or hands-on task will give students some insights on what it will be like in the real life and what they will encounter in the future. This is, without a doubt, a better way of assessing students learning.

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