MATHEMATICS WITH ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT By Godfred‚ Kwame Abledu - Koforidua Polytechnic godfredabledu@yahoo.com Introduction The purpose and scope of formal education have undergone various changes over the years since the time of the Castle schools. Consequently‚ assessment has also undergone a massive reform. This has led to a wider range of assessment now than there was twenty-five years ago (Gipps‚ 1994). Evidence has shown that educational systems have undergone assessment reforms‚ which are coincident
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Assessment plays a crucial role in the education system as it is a process of evaluating or appraising a piece of work in order to determine where a child is at‚ and what further teaching needs to be delivered. It is about making a judgment and identifying strengths and weaknesses. As assessment involves making a judgment it will almost inevitably include an element of subjectivity by the assessor. However‚ we should strive to make assessment as objective‚ fair‚ reliable and relevant as possible
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Describe the scientific method of research. Be sure to identify the key components‚ providing examples of each. Use external sources to support your answer. The methods of science are the methods of all correct thinking. In all thinking we are concerned with getting and organizing knowledge‚ or with testing‚ applying‚ and developing the knowledge we have already acquired (Jones‚ 1909). According to Zikmund‚ Babin‚ Carr‚ and Griffin‚ “the scientific method is a set of prescribed procedures for
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allocated by using two common methods known as the direct method and step-down method. The direct method is used “ to allocate costs from the general services departments to each patient service department in one step” (Smith‚ 2014). The direct method calls for financial accounting to document the immediate movable expenses that is in each cost pot and to choose a cost controller for the indirect pot (Smith‚ 2014). The step-down method is almost like the direct method‚ the only difference is that
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Two strategies can be used to promote lifelong physical activity of children with disabilities: an individual transition plan (ITP) and ongoing assessment (Kim‚ So-Yeun (2008). Most children with disabilities have an individualized education program (IEP)‚ which measures the child’s educational goals and objectives‚ levels of performance‚ and provides authorities and parents with the child’s progress report. Children that have an IEP should also have an ITP by the age of 16 to be in accordance
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1. Domains of learning Bloom’s taxonomy (cited in Petty 1998) provides the basis for classifying learning into domains and thus highlights learning outcomes should be hierarchical and concerned with different forms of learning. The cognitive domain is concerned with knowledge and knowing‚ the psychomotor domain is concerned with physical skills and the affective domain concerns itself with attention‚ awareness‚ moral‚ aesthetic and other attitudes opinions or values. Reece and Walker (2009)
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SPEECH ANALYSIS REPORT Adora Svitak emphasized that learning between adults and kids should be reciprocal in her presentation which is ‘What Adults Can Learn From Kids?’. Although she accepted kids learn a lot of things from adults‚ she asserted that kids have a lot of things to share with adults. She proved that her presentation is realistic by real examples and pictures. According to several criteria‚ I liked this presentation. Although little girl has some deficiency‚ I admired her and her
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data. These steps are critical for researchers. Not only is it important to follow the steps of research‚ but it is allow important to know which research to choose. Research methods determine what kind of research is being done. Quantitative research involves numbers‚ qualitative research involves words‚ and both mixed methods and action research combine both quantitative research and qualitative research. The Research Process The five major objectives of educational research include exploration
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The attributes of the learners and how they can help the learners to be successful in an online learning environment Education of children is compulsory‚ formal and standardized. Adult learning is voluntary and intentional. The purpose of adult education is the independent self-directed learner. Adults tend to resist a learning process which is incongruent with their self-concept as autonomous individuals and does not correspond to their needs and interests. Adults focus on direct application
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Issues of blended learning in University Centres Communication methods of students Over the past decade technology has advanced so much that I personally believe it is taking up too much time in people’s lives and that some people may believe they cannot live without their computers or mobile phones. Thirty years ago people in western society would communicate through face to face communication‚ telephone calls and letters. In today’s society people can communicate through many different technological
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