Educational tools and methods have significantly improved over the years. One of the educational aspects that still have arguments on is how to assess educational achievement. Many people insist that formal examinations are not the best method. In this essay, I will evaluate this approach, as well as other assessment techniques, and how combining them is the most efficient way of assessing.
The first method of assessment is, as said, the formal examinations. These examinations are set at the end of the term to measure the educational achievement of students by answering questions and solving problems. Some of the advantages of this approach are assessing the academic skills of the students and their intellectual response to problems in a limited time. However, there are many drawbacks, such as providing only one chance for students to prove their abilities. Moreover, its assessment focuses more on memorizing information rather than learning and improving.
Another assessment approach is through doing projects, seminars, and research. This method allows a great opportunity for self-learning and applying the knowledge the students acquire in real-life problems. Students would feel the connections with the subjects, which will improve the level of learning. As well as developing communication skills and working as a team. However, some difficulty could face the teacher in ensuring that each member participates.
The third method is continuous assessment through the term. The teacher assesses how much each student understands and learns a specific skill or a topic of the subject. This approach allows the student to catch up with his/her colleagues, and for the teacher to determine the strengths and weaknesses of each student individually, to modify the teaching plan. But this technique could be applied only in small classrooms.
Overall, each assessment method has its advantages and disadvantages, and that implies the efficient approach of combining between at least two of them. This could be an optimal solution to compensate for the weaknesses of each of them to improve the students learning experience.
Educational
tools and
methods
have
significantly
improved
over the years. One of the
educational
aspects that
still
have arguments on is how to assess
educational
achievement.
Many
people
insist that formal examinations are not the best
method
. In this essay, I will evaluate this
approach
,
as well
as other
assessment
techniques, and how combining them is the most efficient way of assessing.
The
first
method
of
assessment
is, as said, the formal examinations. These examinations
are set
at the
end
of the term to measure the
educational
achievement of
students
by answering questions and solving problems.
Some of the
advantages of this
approach
are assessing the academic
skills
of the
students
and their intellectual response to problems in a limited time.
However
, there are
many
drawbacks, such as providing
only
one chance for
students
to prove their abilities.
Moreover
, its
assessment
focuses more on memorizing information
rather
than learning and improving.
Another
assessment
approach
is through doing projects, seminars, and research. This
method
allows
a great opportunity for self-learning and applying the knowledge the
students
acquire in real-life problems.
Students
would feel the connections with the subjects, which will
improve
the level of learning.
As well
as developing communication
skills
and working as a team.
However
,
some
difficulty could face the teacher in ensuring that each member participates.
The third
method
is continuous
assessment
through the term. The teacher assesses how much each
student
understands and learns a specific
skill
or a topic of the subject. This
approach
allows
the
student
to catch up with his/her colleagues, and for the teacher to determine the strengths and weaknesses of each
student
individually
, to modify the teaching plan.
But
this technique could
be applied
only
in
small
classrooms.
Overall
, each
assessment
method
has its advantages and disadvantages, and that implies the efficient
approach
of combining between at least two of them. This could be an optimal solution to compensate for the weaknesses of each of them to
improve
the
students
learning experience.