Digital Alternatives to Test Preparation - Kevin's Multimedia Essay - 0 views
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they were being tested everyday.
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Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10Wow....amazing. And obviously "tests" of the wrong kind.
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As a AP US History teacher I constantly find myself pitted in a struggle against content memorization versus using 21st century skills within the classroom
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College Board recently changed their policy of letting students know what the topic of the DBQ would be, students going into the DBQ had no idea what it would be the day of the test students had to complete a DBQ on the Puritans, a subject last covered in 8th grade. I found myself asking how well students possibly could do on a question like this, a question which was covered before students were even accepted into the honors track
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Bring technology to every student, closing the digital divide needs to be a national goal, it can't be a program that waits five years. Forget about immigration, partisan divisions, tax policy, gays in the military, and healthcare, our national needs to make it a priority that by August every student will have access to technology and every teacher will get the training to use that technology effectively within the classroom.
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I am always amazed at how little our country cares about education. We focus too much on reacting to problems instead of attacking root causes. If we developed a world-class education system, we would be able to solve more of our problems, in better time.
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The reaction component is signifcant. I guess that reaction is easier than the problem solving but certainly not as effective.
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research about how people learn
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We need to pay more attention to the learning sciences: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_sciences
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Develop assessments that test the students ability to create authentic learning experiences that demonstrate their growth as an individual.
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So why don't we do this? THE TRUTH ABOUT TESTING will hopefully shed some light.
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Great challenge. I was thinking after my article review this morning about how this can be achieved in a national way. There must be a way to incorporate a measurement of authentic knowledge into the measurement of our school and student success. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as just creating test questions it would involve other means of data collection
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Kevin's Multimedia Essay