Standardized Tests Failing to Prepare Students for Real World Manuel Gaona Tarrant County College Federal Government 2305-11511 11/29/12 Abstract The first part of the essay discusses the issues with the topic of why standardized testing is failing students on their education. The second part explains why I chose to write about the issue on standardized testing. The third part explains the history behind standardized testing. The fourth part of the essay explains how the issue I chose
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First‚ standardized tests cannot measure the true capacity and measure student performance. To get a good score on standardized tests‚ students just try to memorize all contents of what teachers told and taught them. By this process‚ students do not only try to understand deeply about the contents‚ but they also just memorize things whose notions that they do not know and comprehend well. This may cause students to forget the substances so easily. Moreover‚ in multiple-choice tests‚ students can guess
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sense‚ initiative. . . everything intellectual can be reduced to . . . relations or correlates. . . adjustment or adaptation to the environment. . . global capacity to act purposefully‚ think rationally‚ and deal effectively. . . the ability to plan and structure behavior. . . the process of acquiring storing‚ retrieving‚ comparing memory. . . the ability to solve genuine problems or difficulties. . . You can see that we still have not reached a common definition. There are other approaches
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Test Review: Woodcock-Johnson III Battery Abstract This assignment will focus on the Woodcock-Johnson III Battery (WJIII). There will be a review of the general features of the assessment‚ which will include information about what the purpose of the assessment is and about the authors‚ and demographic information about the intended test takers‚ will be reviewed as well. A description of the test will be provided in the review along with discussions of the psychometric properties
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An Introduction Of PepsiCo’s Brand New Energy Drink Name: Nguyen Chau Phi Yen ID: 1116462 Date: August‚ 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main purpose of this marketing plan is analyzing and examining the New Zealand energy beverages market to prepare for PepsiCo brand new energy drink category: Strawberry Sting – no fat‚ low sugars‚ high sodium and calories with sweet strawberry flavor to meet one of PepsiCo objectives: “sustainably and profitably develop company’s beverage business worldwide”
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A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 1 I. Objectives At the end of the lesson the students should be able to: 1. Identify the different parts of a green plant like roots‚ stems‚ and leaves. 2. Describe how things feel and appear. 3. Draw or paint a picture inspired by green plants 4. Demonstrate how to take care of plants II. Subject Matter Subject: Science Grade Level: 1 Lesson 1: Looking at Green Plants III. Materials * A large pot plant * A number of
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U of M LESSON PLAN (2014) TEACHER: DATE: April 14‚ 2014 SUBJECT/UNIT: Manipulative/ “Freezamania” GRADE: 3-5 TIME: 35 min LESSON # OF IN THE UNIT: Chapter 12 NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 28 LOCATION: Gym 250 LESSON FOCUS: Throwing and Catching CONNECTION TO NATIONAL STANDARDS: Standard 1 - The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. Standard 2 - The physically literate individual
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billion aid to Western Europe including grants‚ loans and in-kind transfer. The effects of Marshall Plan are all-encompassing‚ for example‚ contributing to the cold war‚ helping the recovery of European economy and European integration. Someone called in question about its necessity‚ someone embraced it as the saver of the world. It is wondered what is the deep reason that pushed America to launch the plan. Though many scholars have written about this topic‚ this paper will call for reassessment of the
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CHI-SQUARE TEST (χ²): Chi-square is a statistical test commonly used to compare observed data with data we would expect to obtain according to a specific hypothesis. For example‚ if‚ according to Mendel’s laws‚ you expected 10 of 20 offspring from a cross to be male and the actual observed number was 8 males‚ then you might want to know about the "goodness to fit" between the observed and expected. Were the deviations (differences between observed and expected) the result of chance‚ or were they
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Marykris A. Rivera BEED 3D [POT2] A Detailed Lesson Plan in Science (Kindergarten) I. Objectives: A. Identifies the different means of transportation. B. Classifies the different means of transportation. II. Subject Matter: “Means of Transportation” Reference: “Me and My World Textbook for Kindergarten” pp. 58-62 Materials: real objects‚ pictures‚ charts Chapter III: Me and Other Things Vocabulary: land transportation‚ air transportation‚ water transportation. Science
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