Derek posted this article from the BBC in his blog. The Danish are trialing the use of computers in examinations - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8341886.stm
Here is one quote from the article
“In Denmark, the government has taken the bold step of allowing pupils full access to the internet during their final school year exams.
A total of 14 colleges in Denmark [...]
Claire replied to my last post on standards and I commented. As I wrote the comment I felt this is possibly more that just a reply, so I have posted it here. Thanks Claire
There is a sign on a wall of an office near my classroom that says “Presume good intent“. I believe that intention [...]
I don’t have a problem with standards and I suspect most of us don’t have a problem with standards either. I use standards all the time whether they are standards of behaviour, standards of dress or in fact educational standards.
Educational standards provide a platform for equity, a target to work to and beyond, a framework [...]
I had heard from my safe and comfortable position in New Zealand about the “No child left behind” program in the states. I had heard too, from colleagues that this was a major problem and a concern. But isolated from direct exposure, this was of passing interest.
The reality of NCLB in schools is completely different [...]
I have updated and modified the Activity analysis tool for Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy.
This tools analyses the taxonomic level of the learning activity, task or unit. The process is essentially similar to the Bloom’s Assessment Analysis Tool. This tool allows you to look at a simple overview of the activity or unit and provides a simple [...]
Thanks for the feedback and comments about the assessment tool for Bloom’s Digital taxonomy.
I have revised the tool and included an instruction sheet for the analysis. The tool is prepared under the creative commons share and share-alike licience. Here is the pdf file of the assessment sheet.
blooms-and-assessment-21 (PDF)
As usual comments and suggestions are appreciated.
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This is another tool I am developing. I would appreciate comments and feedback. What are the missing verbs which are misplaced?
This tool is an attempt to analyse the structure of examinations and tests and look at the balance between higher order thinking skills (HOTS) and lower order thinking skills (LOTS). Many examinations have a large [...]
Research has indicated that timely and effective feedback is second only to teaching of higher order thinking skills in its benefit to learning.
Today we had a presentation looking at Formative assessment (more on this) but one of the aspects of this presentation that I liked was a model for feedback. The model is ranked from [...]
I have been working on a simple method of analysing teaching and learning technologies against Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. I have taken the verbs associated with each of the taxonomic levels and arranged them across a sheets and then added a column for the activity components.
The idea is that you take your activity and break it [...]
This is an update to a wiki page on Educational Origami on Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and Assessment
Higher order thinking skills like analysis, evaluation and creativity incorperate lower order thinking skills like remembering, understanding and applying. We aim to teach and facilitate higher order thinking skills in our teaching, knowing that these higher order skills [...]
