Face it, most students grow up hating tests. ... What is the purpose for standardized tests? ... During tests, but more specifically, standardized tests. ... Testing is expensive, that's a fact. ... Bubbles were no longer associated with fun and made with soap and water; but instead, associated with tests, and made with pencil...
Randall was run more like a prison than a school, kids had to walk on specific sides of the hallway, there no talking in the halls, and basically anything fun was bad according to the administration. ... The homework, in-school work, and tests/quizzes were very hard. The tests/quizzes for language would have a 5-paragraph essay on them. The questions that were on the test were never multiple choices, they were always long answer, short answer, and fix the sentence work. ... She made fun of her students, and was not a good teacher at all. ...
Education prevented me from having fun and it greatly challenged me. ... I practically spend every weekend studying for tests, doing homework or working on projects. ... It was clear that learning was not fun, and to change that, I needed friends to make school more interesting and exciting. ... This test is called the SAT. The test results I get will help me enter a good college. ...
In her class we got to have fun while doing math, by making games and having class discussions about it. She was always fun to be around and would always have a smile on her face. ... Even if I don't do so well on a test or quiz I know that I have tried my best. I try to study before tests by writing and repeating things but also by making a game out of it because that's how I learn best. ...
The other reason that it would benefit the teachers would be because they can have their retake tests. ... Most of the time students can't do anything fun after school because there is too much homework. ... Also, if there were longer lunches, students would be able to retake tests and also have enough time to eat their lunches without rushing. So by having more time to eat and retake tests, the students would be able to keep their grades up. ...
It doesn't matter for you, whether you have a quiz, test or something. ... What about tests, quizzes, or projects??? ... Also, if you have a quiz or a test (I have no idea why, but it looks like teachers just love to gives tests on Fridays) and you can't concentrate on it, it's obvious that you are not going to get anything near a perfect grade. A few Fridays with tests and you can say "good-bye" to your good grades. ... If you could have all of your work done Friday night, you could have a fun and relaxing weekend. ...
It was enjoyable to see that each girl not only improved her skills, and that they were able to help each other out, but that they had fun as well. ... Whenever they would bring home a test or a paper or even a regular assignment that they had done well on, it made my day to see how proud they were of their success. ...
What I learned in English 1 My experience in English 1 was a good one. My teacher, Mrs. Shingler, was the best English teacher ever. Taking into consideration that English is not one of my favorite subjects, Mrs. Shingler taught us in a fun and easy way. She was very outgoing and made me fe...
From that point on the child comes up to new strategies to test out until their work becomes successful. ... By incorporating lessons with games and songs it will allow my students to remember what they learn and apply what they remember when it comes to homework, quizzes or tests. ... I also want to showcase the work of my students whether it is art, their classwork/homework or their tests. ... I would have stations for every subject such as math and language arts; I would also want fun stations such as arts and crafts. ... Throughout all my years of school if a student was caught cheating,...
There is a time to cut-up and have fun and there are also times to pay attention and be serious. ... Although there will be times I class where we have a test or a paper that is graded, physical education is a lot of activities. ... So if you are not a good test taker, or you miss a few days of school, dressing out and participating help you tremendously. ... P.E. is a fun and sometimes very competitive class. ... Both fun and competitive. ...
It is a very tough field to get into but it can be very fun and rewarding at the same time. ... Other strategies have also been tested, such as mixed-ability classrooms with struggling students who do not have identified disabilities. ... (Bureau of Labor Statistics ) This is a lot of fun. ...
Through a series of tests performed by doctors and psychiatrists at my school, the school administration concluded that I should be placed into easier classes such as the ones offered to students in Special Ed. This made me feel really bad, and the other students weren"t of much help either; they made fun of me every chance they got. ... Being on stage, the spot light on me, the audience filled with those who used to make fun of me, and a chance of forgetting my lines was the greatest adrenaline rush I could get and I loved it! ...
As Alfie Kohn communicated in 'The case against competition', they continue to insist that there is 'healthy competition' and that it could be fun, (Kohn, 1987). ... The test was conducted with two groups of students in mind; one after a heavily competitive session and the other who did not participate in the competition but where equally taught the same thing with the other group of students. Final results showed that students in competitive condition performed better in easy tests than difficult ones, scoring as high as 25 points out of 30 but as low as 2.5 points out o...
Through assessments of the children's reading and mathematic abilities, I realized that many of the students were performing below their grade levels; this was evident in their low standardized test scores. I was given only three months to help the students improve their test scores and overall abilities. ... And, in order to combat their occasional defiance, I began using fun and creative activities that emphasized the same skills that we were trying to work on. ...
For one period everyday I would face a new challenge in making learning fun and more enjoyable for students with Attention Deficit Disorder and other academic difficulties. ... Children have different strengths and weaknesses in learning and I believe that one's patience would be tested on a daily basis. ...
Miss Narwin's class can be considered boring because she never does anything different except for the "official" things such as reading, writing, test-taking, and discussions. In fact, a typical day in Miss Narwin's class can easily consist of just reading, testing, reading, and testing. ... In Mr Keating's case, he was so outgoing and fun all the time in class. ...
Not very fun is it. ... But the funny thing is, is that your teachers or professors could care less if you don't turn your homework in or study for the tests you will have in the class. ... A time to sleep in, sit back and relax, go to the Saturday football game and a time to just have all around fun. ...
When children are home schooled parents can plan special field trip geared to help with the things they are teaching their children and can also use daily and weekly tasks to teach everyday education to children such as trips to the grocery store or preparing meals can collate with a math lesson and also help to make the task a fun learning environment. ... Also a family could plan family trips or vacations to include an educational value along with fun family time. ... Children that are home schooled normally are tested once a year to make sure they are learning the things that a person sho...
When I was a student, what motivated me were fun, interactive games that made me think we were just having fun, but we were actually learning too! ... When assessing my students, I will most likely give out pre-tests to see how much the students know about the subject we are about to learn. I will get to know each student's' individual capabilities and recognize that there are factors to bad test taking, like anxiety, ADHD, etc., and try to accommodate to the child's needs. One example is if a student has ADHD, I would give them more time to complete the test. ...
I've never liked writing papers, taking tests, or doing classwork. ... This reminds me of the recent science classes I've taken over the years where we were not allowed to do actual experiments, only bookwork which took the fun away from the class. ...
A press report claimed that in the 2014 national graduation examinations, where students could pick one out of four subjects to do a obligatory test, there was only one student who picked history out of 600 students at Quang Trung Highschool in Hanoi. ... Imagine what would happen if a famous and highly rated TV show such as The Amazing Race includes historic contents, such as cultural fun facts, historical events happened in a particular site. ...
The children therefore come up with ways to cheat the system or learn only what they have to for a test and then they forget it immediately afterwards, because they are simply not interested with the subject matter. ... School would be fun and interesting. ...
