Cited: Henderson‚ Judith Frame. “Dealing with Bias in Standardized Tests.” University of Phoenix. N.p.‚ 26 May 2009. Web. 7 Jul 2011. . Kohn‚ Alfie. “Standardized Testing and Its Victims.” Education Week. 27 Sep 2007:. Web. 7 Jul 2011. . Seale‚ Craig Allen. (2010). Commoditizing Education. The Validity of Testing Practices at an Urban Elementary School. Doctoral dissertation‚ California State
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Many students do extracurricular activities‚ and they devote a lot of time to these activities. However‚ as shown by both Alfie Kohn‚ a school principal‚ the current amount of homework assigned is enough so that the average student without extracurricular activities complain about being sleep deprived. Homework doesn’t leave any time for extracurricular activities. Kids who do
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Kohn argues that standardized tests simply teach students to think quickly and superficially rather than thinking deeply about situations they are presented with. Furthermore‚ the opposition claims that standardized testing seems to encourage a “teaching
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Motivation in Schools The topic I originally planned to look into for my Action Research Paper was the affect of reward systems on a student’s academic performance. My idea was that a student’s performance could be influenced by the presence of a reward system. I was interested in seeing if certain subject areas were more likely to use such systems than other subject areas. I strived to see if a student’s academic performance could mean more than just their exam scores and ability to complete
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Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Rewards can serve as effective incentives—if the person is interested in the reward. (Marshall‚ Marvin) The prospect of receiving something worthwhile for an effort one has exerted causes a person to work even harder towards that certain goal. Some students find that the grades they receive are enough of a reward‚ some students however do not agree. Rewards can also serve as wonderful acknowledgements—ways of congratulating merit and demonstrating
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Midterm Essay November 15‚ 2012 "Alfie Kohn‚ author of Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars‚ Incentive Plans‚ A’s‚ Praise‚ and Other Bribes (1993)‚ contends that rewards and punishments are “two sides of the same coin” (p. 50). Although rewards are certainly more pleasurable‚ they are “every bit as controlling as punishments‚ even if they control by seduction” (p. 51). According to Kohn‚ if we want youngsters to become self-regulating‚ responsible‚ caring individuals‚ we must abandon
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com/well-educated. Well. 2012. In Thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved February 2‚ 2012‚ from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/well. Everett‚ D. Retrieved February 2‚ 2012 from http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_mark_of_a_well_educated_person_is_not/260635.html Kohn‚ A
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Alfie Kohn says that studies have shown a‚ “statistical association between students with high scores on standardized tests and relatively shallow thinking.” Elementary school students were classified as being‚ “actively engaged‚” if they engaged in texts
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How well do you think standardized test measure your abilities? There are plenty of questions of whether or not standardized test can measure your abilities for life‚ but one answer remains firm in my perspective: Standardized test cannot measure one’s achievement in the qualities such as the ability to think critically or someone’s human traits that are so important when it comes to real life skills. Therefore‚ I do not think that a standardized test can measure one’s ability. As there are more
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Theory of Knowledge - Are Humans Innately Aggressive? The Oxford dictionary defines aggression as “feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour; readiness to attack or confront”1. This standardized definition gives ideas about the act of violence but doesn’t tell us about the root of violence‚ leading to a large scale debate of nature vs nurture as to whether feelings of aggression are innate or not. This essay will describe all of the sides of the argument2 – from
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