The benefits

Learning

The majority of students reported that they learnt a lot from the online case study and that it prepared them well for assessing children in a professional capacity. A common theme that emerged in the students' free text was that the case study was a real-life application of assessment of children. A typical comment was that the case study was "far more practical, gave ideas of what to expect in the real world of education" by modelling real life situations, providing hands-on practice, relevance, and providing a practical focus.

In comparing the literature review and the online case study assessments, the majority of students indicated that they learnt more from the online case study and again reported that they felt that the online case study prepared them better for assessing children in a professional capacity. The students who felt that they learnt more from the literature review cited reasons such as being able to choose their own topic, as well as gaining more in- depth knowledge about their topic. The students who stated that they learnt more from both assignments cited reasons such as the practicality of the case study and the in-depth focus of the literature review. Most students thought the online assessment was easier as they felt that they worked harder for the literature review assignment.

In response to the question asking which assignment students felt they had enjoyed more, 10 reported the online case study, seven the literature review and five both. For those who chose the case study, it was for reasons such as "more applied, more reality like." Those who chose the literature review felt that it allowed them to expand and increase their understanding on their topic. Those students who cited both assignments said they enjoyed both the theoretical basis of the literature review as well as the practical experience provided through completing the online assessment.

The students' learning, as evidenced by the quality of the assignments, was pleasing from the lecturer's point of view. The paradigm shift from seeing assessment of children as performing a battery of tests was definitely replaced by a hypotheses- driven model, although with varying degrees of success for individual students. The previous year the lecturer had written in her general comments that students were still collating all the reports on a referred child from various specialists, such as learning support teachers and speech language pathologists, and then always assessing intelligence (no matter what the problem or indications there was not a cognitive problem) and any other test the school possessed. This year, the students were actually a little reluctant to use any psychometric tests, (probably the pendulum swinging too far) although at least were now suggesting appropriate tests for the hypothesis.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

وفد العتبة العباسية المقدسة يهنئ الأمين العام للعتبة الكاظمية المقدسة بمناسبة تعيينه

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تنظم دورة في الإسعافات الأولية لعدد من ملاكاتها

في مستشفى الكفيل.. فريق طبي ينجح بمعالجة مسن يعاني من انسداد القناة الصفراوية

المجمع العلمي يقيم جلسةً قرآنية لتعليم أحكام التلاوة في النجف الأشرف

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

الأطعمة الحارة.. "سر صغير" يغير صحة قلبك وعقلك

وباء صامت.. الملايين حول العالم مصابون بالسكري دون أن يعلموا !

لماذا ينصح بتناول تفاحة يوميا؟

8 فواكه طبيعية تمنحك نوما هنيئا.. وتخلصك من الأرق

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

ثلاث علامات على وجود مشاكل خطيرة في محرك السيارة ؟

ماذا نعرف عن اللقاح الروسي ضد السرطان؟

مركبة فضاء تعثر على دليل عن وجود حياة قديمة على المريخ

لتدريب الذكاء الاصطناعي.. الصين تخطط لإنشاء شبكة حوسبة موحدة

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Reinforcing Effort

REINFORCING EFFORT AND PROVIDING RECOGNITION

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Summary

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Classroom Example

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Classroom Recommendations

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Generalizations from Classroom Instruction That Works

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Practice

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Classroom Example

Adapting Homework to the Stages of Language Acquisition

Classroom Recommendations

Generalizations from Classroom Instruction That Works

HOME WORK AND PRACTICE Homework