Educators around the world know that tests’ results don’t represent learners’ abilities and capacities. They produce a much-narrowed view of intelligence and often mislead learners, teachers, parents, and the whole society. If what is tested is just a set of knowledge and academic skills but not everything, then one can’t claim that tests’ results reflect […]
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Did you know that reading is really good for you? Search on why some of these people (Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Les Brown, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg) succeeded in their lives, and you will find that READING has played a major role in their success. Here are five compelling reasons to start reading
Feedback is a daily practice As noted earlier, feedback is an essential part of formative assessment practice, instruction, and everyday life, but who is the best person to provide feedback? The teacher? The classmates? The students themselves? Yes, all the above. People in different relationships with the student provide different types of feedback. Each from
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Why Don’t Students Like School? Children are naturally inquisitive and curious. Yet, when it comes to school and learning, it seems that this curiosity stops, and their minds no longer work. Not all kids of course, but I assume many of them don’t like school. A worth-asking question is: why is it that most of
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