This is my first Draft of this post. i would appreciate comments, thoughts and suggestions
Even if you have a 21st Century classroom, flexible and adaptable; even if you are a 21st Century teacher ; An adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and [...]
I have been thinking about assessment and where we need to head with this for a while. This is the second draft and I would appreciate comments, suggestions etc. Many thanks to Nick and Brett for their comments.
Assessment, in the form of examinations, has be a constant feature of education since the 18th Century. Some [...]
In my last blog on assessment I looked at some of the key words we use in assessment and the fact that these are often Lower Order Thinking skills (LOTS) rather than the Higher Order skills (HOTS).
So I went on to the NZQA (New Zealand Qualifications Authority) web site and downloaded a paper [...]
I have never been a huge fan of examinations. In fact, many current forms of assessment leave me cold. We are required to assess our students; to measure their progress, to track their learning, to identify weakness and perhaps to measure our own performance as educators.
But do they do our students justice?
We know that [...]
