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Jun. 16th, 2004 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
melwilTwo exams down.
The first one, maths, went really well. I answered all the questions - well, I think - in two of the three allotted hours.
The second exam was mad. Multiple choice. I ask you, does my teaching really depend on whether I can tell you if it was Glasser or Ford who came up with some pretty interchangable theory? And if I tell a parent that I use a particular teaching method because "Glasser's work recommended it." won't that parent punch me.
I think this would have been a subject better assessed by producing a portfolio of written work - an example of how to deal with a certain situation, a plan to deal with a misbehaving student, a letter to parents explaining our educational ideas and values.
It was also the worst written exam I have ever seen in my life. Misspelt words, grammer train wrecks, sentences that seemed to have no beginning, no middle and no end. I spent the time before I could leave correcting the exam. It reduced stress.
One exam to go.
~*~
BTW. Have a photo of me from the Harry Potter Thursday. Taken by Cara
The first one, maths, went really well. I answered all the questions - well, I think - in two of the three allotted hours.
The second exam was mad. Multiple choice. I ask you, does my teaching really depend on whether I can tell you if it was Glasser or Ford who came up with some pretty interchangable theory? And if I tell a parent that I use a particular teaching method because "Glasser's work recommended it." won't that parent punch me.
I think this would have been a subject better assessed by producing a portfolio of written work - an example of how to deal with a certain situation, a plan to deal with a misbehaving student, a letter to parents explaining our educational ideas and values.
It was also the worst written exam I have ever seen in my life. Misspelt words, grammer train wrecks, sentences that seemed to have no beginning, no middle and no end. I spent the time before I could leave correcting the exam. It reduced stress.
One exam to go.
~*~
BTW. Have a photo of me from the Harry Potter Thursday. Taken by Cara
