I have to say AP Multiple Choice Quizzes are the hardest. I picked the second we told this semester because it had to be the most ridiculous one. I made a 50. I have never failed anything like this in school and it was like my first failing grade. Number 1 was the easy only because I can compare and contrast. We learned that around second grade, I really do not remember at this point. Number twelve I should have reread because it was almost the same as number thirteen. I got twelve wrong but thirteen right. Question seventeen was confusing because I could not read the choices. Number twenty was easy for me. I was just common sense. Over all, I think I did great, but how AP Quizzes are set up, I do not like them.
After scoring the survey, I noticed that I scored the highest in the section of During Test Administration with a perfect average score of 5 and scored an average of 4 in the section After Testing. The two lowest sections I scored in were in the General Considerations section with an average score of 3.3 and in the Prior to Test Design section with a score of 3.5. My greatest area of strength in assessment literacy is during the test administration, because I believe I do a wonderful job providing directions for the students, I monitor students and watch them to make sure they are not cheating on each other, and I make sure the testing environment is conducive to high achievement. When my tests are distributed to my students, I make sure to read the directions of each section of the students and ask my students if they need any more clarification on the section directions. If students forget the directions while the test is taking place, I make it a point to clarify them in private and then give the class a reminder for each section.
Throughout the semester I have learned an astounding amount of information. The English 101 curriculum has not only taught me how to write in general, but also taught me a variety of ways to get my point across to the reader. Before I took English 101 I was an average writer at best, but now that I am taking a class that focuses on writing strategies I feel that I have been able to improve as a writer. During the course we were taught how to write an informative essay as well as how to write a persuasive essay. The type of writing that this class has taught me will most definitely help me with future classes as well as my future in the real world. Throughout the English 101 course I have been able to improve as a writer by composing essays
For the PDSA cycle I am going to use individual journal entries because they are engaging and interactive to every student, and they are a great tool in reflecting on what each student has learned in the lesson. “Student-centered assessments must be engaging and interactive, while incorporating sharing, trusting, team building, reflecting, helping and coaching.”(Pitas, 2000) The students will be given the freedom to write anything that is on their mind and the students will answer three questions that will help generate well thought out answers. The students will write at the very least a paragraph for each day they are learning a lesson.
This semester has been long and daunting and with AP tests coming up, it will be a lot darker before the dawn of the upcoming semester. So in order to better prepare, I have decided to partake in mock AP tests at school and at home. Not only am I preparing to be successful on the days of the test but also I intend to be academically prepared to be even more successful in the future. These test do more than just assess my skills in English and history but also in time management and text interaction which includes highlighting, underlining, and annotating.
Before my senior year I was a high C low B student doing the bear minimum in all my classes and definably wasn’t college ready. I heard a rumor that AP English 4 was the hardest course at my high school so being stubborn person I was I decided to enroll in it. I remember walking into that class the first day and seeing a two headed demon baby doll among a collection of weird creepy dolls and I knew that I made a mistake. The teacher wore all black and contently discouraged us by telling us that a good chunk of us will drop the class before the semester ends. I constantly struggled with keeping up with the content because of my bad study habits I acquired over the years like procrastination and being unorganized but I made a great effort to
From each of my previous English classes from summer 2014 to summer 2015, I have learned a new method on writing a good essay and same method that I have learned previously. When learning the new method of writing a good essay, it was hard as I got too used to doing the regular way of writing an essay. That would be the reason why I would struggle sometime to write a good paper as each English class I take would learn a new unique or same method. I am getting better as I steadily improving my weak points in my paper, but I would still have some problems with grammars in most of my paragraphs, which is the reason why I would go to learning center and have peers review to see where I should change and improved the essay. Learning same and different methods from each English class is difficult to get used to and it takes little by little to develop an excellent paper to turn in.
When taking tests, try not to read deeper into the question by asking, "what if?" Instead, focus on the information given and decide what the question is asking. Strategic words make a difference when trying to understand what the question is asking. Look for words such as immediate, initial, first, priority, side effect, or toxic effect. When dealing with multiple choice questions, always use the process of elimination. Whyen options have been eliminated, reread the question to make sure the chosen answer makes sense. To answer the question, use all nursing knowledge, clinical experiences, and test taking strategies.
Yes AP classes are harder, they are suppose to be. They are preparing you for the next step. All of you that participate in sports, you know to get to the next level you practice daily. Student musicians, do you get to be best by just looking at your instrument in the corner? Well the same goes for studies. You can 't just look at the book and know what 's inside or look at the words without comprehension and expect to know the material. Teachers are not always fair, or even like you, but guess what, so what!!! Ten to fifteen years from now you won 't even remember their names, but what about that job you could of had if you graduated from college. And who is paying the consequences, certainly not that teacher or professor. Besides, I know I don 't want my next surgeon to have gotten C 's and D 's in biology operating on me. Or the car I 'm drving, designed by someone who failed physics.
The current attention on assessment in education has cause for concern about the appropriate and inappropriate practices teachers use in instructional design. Many teachers face ethical conflicts regarding assessment and the design of instructional materials for their students. This paper focuses on defining ethical behavior and examining educators' ethical judgments in relation to assessment. According to the study (2008), Educational Leader's Perceptions about Ethical Practices in Student Evaluation, “little is known about educators’ perceptions about the ethics of student evaluation practices.” This study was a web-based survey designed to examine how much administrators agree about ethical practices in student evaluation, (p.520). The most inappropriate use of test preparation involved high-stakes test and test for special populations. The survey findings suggested that explicit guidelines for defining and avoiding unethical behavior would be helpful to teachers in developing their assessment practices.
Assessments take on many forms, but all have one distinctive purpose, to empower a teacher with a resource that gathers information about students that will later be used for evaluating and analysing students’ knowledge and understanding, guiding teachers on what to report about a student’s achievement to the relevant stakeholders. Krause, Bochner, Duchesne and McMaugh (2010) describes assessment as “The gathering and analysing of information about a student’s achievement”. Assessing and reporting the achievement of a student is fundamental in the process of creating lifelong learners. Brady and Kennedy (2010) define “the purpose of assessment is a method used to make a diagnoses of students learning and progress. Principle one of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority states “Assessment should be an integral part of teaching and learning” (2013). Teachers have a responsibility to their students to ensure they are providing every
One situation that was a positive experience was in my Senior ELA class and we were studying Thoreau’s Walden. I always became engaged and motivated when small group discussions occurred. Additionally, I was surprisingly intrigued more than other students by philosophers like Thoreau and Emerson. We were discussing the metaphorical imagery related to nature Thoreau used to discuss the human experience. Not only did I seem to be one of the few to participate frequently in the discussion but also my responses were deep and concise. I received praise from my teacher and peers, it was one of those few times I felt really proud of myself.
Throughout my journey in my English 12, i've had many ups and downs which caused me to take a step back, slow down and focus on what's most important. Coming into this class I thought I would be able to breeze through it ,due to the fact that we didn't have an SOL and it was virtual. My initial observation of English 12 was totally wrong, and the class ended up being a slight challenge for me; especially since then new semester began I was working 3 jobs. After all, I decided that I was too young to be stressing and that my main priority should be school. I taught myself how to stay focused and how dedicate my time to my school work, all while remaining calm. Throughout this course I enjoyed doing most of the things we did such as watching
Macroeconomic class. I thought I was going to fail that class because it was a real challenge to me. On the other hand, my friend who also took the same course as me did way better. I was really stressed out because I tried ...
I had to remember the formula for equations, terms and everything that had to do with the numeracy exam. The exam was so hard that my brain couldn’t function properly, I couldn’t remember some of the equations and questions. If I don’t pass the numeracy exam I would have to redo grade six and also do the exams again. I did my literacy exam. It wasn't that hard, I knew what to do and I understood it but for the numeracy exam I couldn’t understand some of the
Pope, N., Green, S., Johnson, R., & Mitchell, M. (2009). Examining teacher ethical dilemmas in classroom assessment. Teaching and Teacher Education , 25 (5), 778-782.