ECS 410 Assignment #2 Week Nine

I had a negative feeling towards standardized testing (still do). But after reading this article, I can see why people think it's important to take those tests. To summarize (with my understanding), making students write standardized tests (or LSA, large-scaled assessment) has many reasons, but it's basically to check how everyone is doing and to …

ECS 410 Assignment #2 Week Seven

What key questions or concerns do you have about assessment as you prepare to enter your three-week block? - I don't know which assessment methods work well with the students. - I don't know which assessment methods my coop teacher prefers. = What if I don't think that method is effective? - What if they …

ECS 410 Assignment #2 Week Six

Now that I think about it, except for the very last year of high school, when I didn't know I wanted to become a teacher, all I cared about as a student was getting as highest grade as possible. I didn't care if I had to write tests, essays, make presentations, or whatever. Of course, …

ECS 410 Assignment #2 Week Four

Giving feedbacks are like raising kids. I think kids are the best learners. It's just a comparison and I know nothing about raising kids and have no idea what parents go through when they are raising their kids... Just my humble opinions. What do I mean by that? Let me explain... When I read Sackstein's …

ECS 410 Assignment #2 Week Three

Assessment in the 21st Century: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Traditional Forms of Assessment. Yes!... and no. Here are my humble opinions. I'll briefly talk about technologies in classrooms. I like it! It lets teachers or students do what they couldn't do if they only had papers, with computers or other technologies, they …

ECS 410 Assignment #2 Week One

What is assessment? What is its aim?. I always thought of assessment and evaluation as one thing. Whenever students do homework or quizzes, they get scored. But now I can see the clear differences between those two. I see assessment as giving feedbacks and evaluation as giving grades. Ok, then what really is an assessment, …