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Discuss your reasons for disagreeing with the statement regarding tests over papers. Why do you prefer papers?
I prefer papers because they allow me the opportunity to take the time to process the information that I have learned, consider other questions that arise as I process this new knowledge, and explore information beyond the classroom setting. In some circumstances, I have found that writing papers has actually led me to discover that information that I received in a classroom setting was either incorrect or sufficiently incomplete as to give me the wrong information.
What is better about writing papers than taking tests?
Writing papers is better than taking tests because writing papers allows for a greater exploration of the subject. When students are tested, it is impossible for the instructor to cover all of the information covered in class in a test scenario. As a result, the investigation of the student's knowledge is limited. A student could perform very poorly on the test, but actually have significant overall knowledge of the material. More importantly, a student...
In a real world scenario, it would be irresponsible, and possibly even dangerous, to be forced to answer questions in limited time periods while developing expertise in a subject. However, tests, which are administered while students are gaining knowledge, replicate such a scenario. Papers are more similar to an actual work environment, in which a person would double-check knowledge up until the time of gaining expertise in an area before proceeding to act upon that knowledge.
What do you gain from writing papers that you would not get from taking tests?
Perhaps the greatest benefit of writing papers is that it allows the student an individual opportunity for self-directed additional study. If a teacher is teaching the class appropriately and a student is even moderately curious, then the teacher is going to introduce topics, facts, and ideas that are intriguing, but not be…
references regarding papers or tests as a means of knowledge-assessment in a scholastic setting. I have no idea whether those similarities would translate outside of the test-taking scenario and inform other areas of our experiences.
The shift toward standardized testing has failed to result in a meaningful reduction of high school dropout rates, and students with disabilities continue to be marginalized by the culture of testing in public education (Dynarski et al., 2008). With that said, the needs of students with specific educational challenges are diverse and complex, and the solutions to their needs are not revealed in the results of standardized testing (Crawford &
Students Will Select a Construct of Interest My construct of interest is whether there are any prejudice tests that can accurately measure prejudice to races other than Blacks. Do the currently available standardized tests on prejudice measure prejudice to individuals other than Black people? Conduct research on other assessments used to measure the same or similar construct, The Modern Racism Scale According to the SAGE Handbook of prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination (Dovidio, 2010), the scale
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Now we have examined two extremes in educational thought that have developed over the past century. Teacher centered and student centered philosophies differ significantly in their approach to the student-teacher relationship. Teacher centered philosophy does not depend on the student's wants and needs at all. Teacher centered philosophy uses antiquated methods, such as rote learning. However, these methods are quickly being replaced by a more student-centered approach. Student centered approaches
The next three categories deal with the lack of information: 4) lack of information about the career decision-making process, itself; 5) lack of information about one's own capabilities, personal traits or interests; 6) lack of information about occupations and what work is involved and the type of work available; and 7) lack of information about ways of obtaining career information. The final three categories deal with the inconsistent information