student evaluation

How to Prepare Students to Take Part in Evaluation

A child’s mind is unpredictable, in that it is not possible to ascertain what effect doing an evaluation, or its results, are going to be on his/her mind. As adults, both parents and educators know how important it is for a child to go through processes of evaluation. Clear Expectations Dealing with the technicalities first, an evaluation has to be based on what has been [...]

Deciding the Best Student Assessments

The whole educational scene, world over, is in the throes of change. This has been brought about by the huge advances in information technology. The old system of equating a child’s worth with academic performance is out. True, the child needs a certain score to get promoted to different levels of education, but more and more, emphasis is being placed on diagnosing a child’s ability [...]

Mastering the Challenges of Student Evaluation

The whole concept of evaluation is closely linked with education and at the core of education is the student. Education is the child’s first formal contact with the written and spoken word. Evaluation is an assessment of how much of the written and spoken word has been absorbed by students, how it has influenced thinking, and how it has impacted their lives. Since in today’s [...]

Involving Students in the Evaluation Process

The other day my 12 year old nephew called to ask about a class assignment. He had to select a word to describe a boy who helped his team by allowing another teammate to score the winning point. I suggested team player. He felt the word generous described the boy’s actions. I explained that although the boy was generous maybe there was a word more [...]

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