Education is necessary for everyone to live a better life. School plays an essential role in providing education to people. The main concern is how to evaluate a person’s knowledge which he/she gained from school education. Various ways can be used to evaluate knowledge such as tests, projects, and class participation. I believe that tests are the best tool to evaluate students’ knowledge for certain reasons: motivate students, keeps engaged, and self-assessment tool.
First, tests are a self-assessment tool for students. Students will get an idea about: what they did wrong, what they need to focus on, and how to improve. Moreover, it also helps them to overcome their fear of exam. For example, I completed my physical therapy school form India. I used to perform poorly in my theory exam, but I used to perform well in my practical exam. It means that I used to get my self-evaluation that I understood my topic thoroughly but somehow, I am not able to represent it well in my theory paper. I took advice from my class coordinator professor. He told me that he will give one test a week and that test score will not count in my grades, so I can take that test just to explain how much I understood about that topic. He also told me that eventually, my fear of low grades will go away with this practice and the same thing happened. After three months I had an internal exam I performed well in practical and theory both exam. It illustrates that tests helped me to understand my weaknesses and how to overcome that.
Second, tests keep learners engaged and focus on their goal. Tests and quizzes have always been a motivator to study harder when students know that their progress will be judged upon an exam. It sets a deadline for students to reach their desired goal. For example, my friend, Payal and I were classmates during my physical therapy school. She is a slow learner and gets distracted very easily during studies, but she was afraid of low grades in tests. That kept her focus on education. Further our anatomy professor use to take surprise tests because of that she used to attend classes regularly and engage more in classes. Thus, I definitely can say that if professors do not take tests then most the students do not pay attention in their classes.
In conclusion, to make society a better place, everyone should acquire education. I strongly believe that tests are a perfect tool to evaluate a person’s knowledge. It motivates students, it keeps them engage in learning, and it bets tool for self-assessment.
Education
is necessary for everyone to
live
a better life.
School
plays an essential role in providing
education
to
people
. The main concern is how to
evaluate
a person’s
knowledge
which he/she gained from
school
education
. Various ways can be
used
to
evaluate
knowledge
such as
tests
, projects, and
class
participation. I believe that
tests
are the best
tool
to
evaluate
students’
knowledge
for certain reasons: motivate
students
,
keeps
engaged, and self-assessment tool.
First
,
tests
are a self-assessment
tool
for
students
.
Students
will
get
an
idea
about: what they did
wrong
, what they need to focus on, and how to
improve
.
Moreover
, it
also
helps
them to overcome their fear of exam.
For example
, I completed my physical therapy
school
form India. I
used
to perform
poorly
in my theory exam,
but
I
used
to perform well in my practical exam. It means that I
used
to
get
my self-evaluation that I understood my topic
thoroughly
but
somehow, I am not able to represent it well in my theory paper. I took advice from my
class
coordinator professor. He
told
me that he will give one
test
a week and that
test
score will not count in my grades,
so
I can take that
test
just
to
explain
how much I understood about that topic. He
also
told
me that
eventually
, my fear of low grades will go away with this practice and the same thing happened. After three months I had an internal exam I performed well in practical and theory both exam. It illustrates that
tests
helped
me to understand my weaknesses and how to overcome that.
Second,
tests
keep
learners engaged and focus on their goal.
Tests
and quizzes have always been a motivator to study harder when
students
know that their progress will
be judged
upon an exam. It sets a deadline for
students
to reach their desired goal.
For example
, my friend,
Payal
and I were classmates during my physical therapy
school
. She is a slow learner and
gets
distracted
very
easily
during studies,
but
she was afraid of low grades in
tests
. That
kept
her focus on
education
.
Further
our anatomy professor
use
to take surprise
tests
because
of that she
used
to attend
classes
regularly
and engage more in
classes
.
Thus
, I definitely can say that if professors do not take
tests
then most the
students
do not pay attention in their classes.
In conclusion
, to
make
society a better place, everyone should acquire
education
. I
strongly
believe that
tests
are a perfect
tool
to
evaluate
a person’s
knowledge
. It motivates
students
, it
keeps
them engage in learning, and it bets
tool
for self-assessment.