This essay discusses assessment and sets out to discover if assessment is one the most powerful tools for promoting effective learning. Some of the different forms of assessment and their advantages and disadvantages will be explored. Assessment the process of documenting‚ in measurable terms‚ knowledge‚ skills‚ attitudes and beliefs as well as how it is applied in the work of teachers on a daily basis will be discussed. Assessment is a global term and can incorporate oral‚ written‚ observational
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A TEACHING AND LEARNING SOFTBOARD APPLICATION Andresile Peter and Benedict Oyo Department of Computer Science Gulu University peterandresile@gmail.com and benoyo@gmail.com Abstract: A soft-board application allows users to write‚ draw‚ and manipulate graphics just like they would do with physical aids such as chalk/white boards or pen and paper. These applications have over the years advanced from basic shapes and colouring to merged shapes‚ rotating shapes‚ patterns‚ and web themes. At the same
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SEMESTER MEI / 2013 OUMH 1103 LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS NO MATRIK :*************** NO PENGENALAN : *************** NO TELEFON. : *************** E-MAIL : *************** PUSAT PEMBELAJARAN : *************** “THE ISSUES OF PLAGIARISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION”. Plagiarism in education seems to operate under a very different set of rules from the pragmatic fields of politics or business and can create emotional responses that deploy
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Creating a Teaching-Learning Environment Priscilla M. Valbuena NUR 650 Excelsior College January-April 2013 Abstract The challenges of creating an innovative teaching environment in today’s schools of nursing can be arduous due to budget constraints and faculty shortages. However‚ the health agencies in government and private sectors have been collaborating with initiative campaigns to improve patient safety and quality in care delivery in order to bridge the gap between
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Support assessment for learning 1. Compare and contrast the roles of the teacher and for the learning support practitioner in assessment of learners’ achievements. 2. Summarise the difference between formative and summative assessment. 3. Explain the characteristics of assessment for learning. 4. Explain the importance and benefits of assessment for learning. 5. Explain how assessment for learning can contribute to planning for the future learning carried out by:
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Produce an autobiography of your learning experiences to date‚ illustrating how they have influenced your view of how teachers can help learners. Since the age of three education has played an important role in my life‚ with certain teachers and experiences having a major influence on my life‚ more so now that I am studying to become a teacher. My earliest memory of my education is when I was in reception in primary school. My teacher‚ Mrs Herbert was the best teacher in the school‚ to me at the
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CERTIFICATE IN TEACHING IN THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR (CTLLS) Unit 5 : Assessing Learners in Lifelong Learning Contents 1.3 Assess how questioning and feedback contributes to the assessment process Page.2 2.1: Review the assessment requirements and related procedures of learning programmes Page.3 2.2: Carry out and record assessments to meet internal and external processes and Page.5 requirements (Appendix A) 3.1: Review ways in
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education institution. There are fourteen modules on the course and I teach on up to ten of these modules over a two year programme of study. The course is delivered through a blended learning approach‚ encompassing both face-to-face and online ‘Moodle’ sessions‚ the latter being the name for the college’s virtual learning environment. The scheme of work (Appendix 1‚ pp8-15) that I have chosen for the purposes of this assignment relates to the module‚ ‘Perspectives on Play’‚ which is the first module
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A visual learner is a person who learns things better when they see them because they prefer watching demonstrations than listening to the teacher. They will often find it hard to understand things until it is explained in a form of a picture or chart. These students need to be in a quiet space because they learn better when studying alone and are easily distracted by noises around them. They tend to start getting impatient when listening to an explanation as they rely on their sense of sight to
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QUESTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT 1 COURSE : TEACHING ASSISTANT STUDENT : NAME : 1. My contribution would be to follow instructions given by the teacher for that particular lesson. To organise an area to seat 7 children . I would prepare the area and set out the learning material and instruments and instructions for each child to use . I would assist the children in following the teachers instructions and encourage all of the children to take part in the lesson .I would also watch the children carefully
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