... students should not be tested every Monday. I have several reasons to support my position. First of all, students will be tired; students who are poor-test takers will continuously fall, and finally, the students will have less fun time. Teachers give us too many tests already during the week. Now, they want to gives more! I strongly disagree with the proposed testing schedule ... is very important and a job of a teacher to make their students learn and understand everything clearly. So, that they can improve instead of failing every test. Finally, with a test every Monday, the students...

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... they are actually learning, but possibly remembering or being able to repeat information. However, I do believe a teacher can influence a kids life and make school fun and rewarding so they will want to learn. As I stated earlier, there is not one way to go about this but instead many different directions. When ... problem. I believe these things fall under having a well-managed classroom. The students know when it is okay to be a little noisy and to have fun, as well they know when it is uncalled for, and they understand the importance of getting their work finished. If you have earned...

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... child more because a child would then realize why something does not belong, or why something does not work. From that point on the child comes up to new strategies to test out until their work becomes successful. Due to its effectiveness, I will incorporate hands-on learning within my lessons. When I become a teacher I want to let the children ... my students. I would like my classroom to be broken down into stations. I would have stations for every subject such as math and language arts; I would also want fun stations such as arts and crafts. When I write on the board, it is important...

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... 's role is to motivate and educate students, as well as to manage the classroom time, and students behavior. When I was a student, what motivated me were fun, interactive games that made me think we were just having fun, but we were actually learning too! As a teacher, that is one of my goals in the classroom. Children learn in a way that they are engaged ... see how much the students know about the subject we are about to learn. I will get to know each student's' individual capabilities and recognize that there are factors to bad test taking, like anxiety, ADHD, etc., and try to accommo...

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... important education really is. To me this doesn't seem right. Sipher makes many points in his article that I don't agree with. At the beginning of his article, Sipher writes, "Standardized test scores indicate American education is in trouble." In schools the standardized test scores are not part of your grade and do not reflect academic performance. Schools do make it a mandatory ... waived by the parents of the student. Nonetheless, schools encourage parents and students to take the test seriously. From my experience, most students just fill in the bubble at random which make these "t...

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... way can a student become uncomfortable and stressed? Well, one example that the authors give is that of tests. They write that if students do not possess "motivation speed, practice in test taking" (Miller et. all 430) than pupils will have no desire to improve their skills or even partake in classroom discussions. A teacher must be able to be willing to work ... down their thoughts on a simple questionnaire. The worksheet would ask questions such as was there something that they did not understand? or How did they feel as they took the test? Such feedback would give me further insight ...

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... some bad news, she started smiling. She starts messing with the piano expression on her face saying, "I have gooood neeeewwwsss!" She told me that my sight reading test was great and asked me if she could play it for the class. At that moment my first thought was "Thanks to you, Mrs. Feazell!" My ... was shocked to see a C. After all my hard work I still ended up with a C? I decided to practice more and try to focus more in class, and my test scores improved drastically. Soon my overall grade started to stabilize. I realized that in order to get the grade I want, I had to be consistent w...

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... and data from student appropriate records of student progress will be maintained. A mnemonic technique that can be used in the classroom to help learners acquire information, in an active and fun way.Establish a good rapport with Janice. Building rapport with your students by getting to know them and showing a personal interest in them will do much to improve your teaching effectiveness ... . Presentation skills are important because they create the enthusiasm and interest that make Janice want to attend classes Student will be given criterion reference test to see if objectives are bein...

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... of everyday, class. Randall was run more like a prison than a school, kids had to walk on specific sides of the hallway, there no talking in the halls, and basically anything fun was bad according to the administration. Randall was by far, the toughest school I've gone to, the classes were hard, the activities were equally as difficult, and the teachers were ... especially tough. The homework, in-school work, and tests/quizzes were very hard. The tests/quizzes for language would have a 5-paragraph essay on them. The questions that were on the test were never multiple choices, they were ...

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... to be worn on Fridays. Some things that one must have to become a teacher is a bachelor's degree, to complete a teacher training program, and to successfully complete the appropriate teacher certification test for the subject and grade level that you wish to teach. "Even after being a teacher for thirteen years I still must go to work shops during the summer." She adds, "During ... summer is also the time that I think of a yearly plan for next year." Teaching first grade is her favorite because there are more things that are fun to choose from. She puts pride in doing fun projects such ...

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... and talk to the class. She was my pre-algebra teacher at Running Brushy Middle School. In her class we got to have fun while doing math, by making games and having class discussions about it. She was always fun to be around and would always have a smile on her face. Even when she was mad at us she never yelled. She ... have is a good sense of humor. I think that I am a good math student, not because I am particularly good at it but because I try hard. Even if I don't do so well on a test or quiz I know that I have tried my best. I try to study before tests by writing and repeating thing...

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... Gardner's MI Multiple Intelligence As a teacher it will always be my responsibility to keep up to date on new research done on learning theories. That way I am able to provide a fun and exciting learning environment for my students. After learning about Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences I now realize how important it is to make sure I work hard to include every child into ... everyone is able to recognize a student that does scores great on an exam is smart, that does not mean that a student that falls short of doing good on the same test is not as brilliant as the other student. ...

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... its time to turn in assignments. We as students should listen to what the teachers say, because we can miss something important, for example they could mention when the next test is. Some teachers don't care if you come to class or not. They can fail you and still get paid. Other piece of advice I wish I had gotten before coming to ... to go to class because no one is forcing me any longer to go. The final thing I wish my friends and family told me is that I should have fun but not too much fun because it can affect my studies. From mot having this information I have gotten myself into ...

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... . Katie had to do the testing on Natasha for her IEP meeting. First of all, she had done the Reading Assessment and STAR reading test, afterwards did the Math problems. During the Assessment and STAR reading test, Katie had Natasha to read the story out loud to her, she was being timed on how fast or slow she was reading the story ... like. Finding the pistil and how it is different from the stamen. Also, the ovary of the flower and doing the observation on what the ovary looks like. If was fun to join the activity, I went to every desk to make sure that all of the students understand wh...

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... 1 was a good one. My teacher, Mrs. Shingler, was the best English teacher ever. Taking into consideration that English is not one of my favorite subjects, Mrs. Shingler taught us in a fun and easy way. She was very outgoing and made me feel comfortable. For all my hard work and efforts I received a final grade of an A-, which I was definitely satisfied with. When ... also how other countries rules and regulation are so different from the U.S. The English final was a piece of cake. The class did a lot of reviewing for this test. After the review, we all took the test. It was simple and s...

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... of days, or even this night?? At this point of time nobody cares what teachers say, no one listens to them. It doesn't matter for you, whether you have a quiz, test or something. One thing that does matter for you is that today is Friday. Friday - the week is over, the next couple of days no school, no waking up early ... or other stuff like that. This can lead to a fight with your teacher and it can ruin your reputation in front of the teacher. Also, if you have a quiz or a test (I have no idea why, but it looks like teachers just love to gives tests on Fridays) and you can't concentra...

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... focus on other learning, such as art or song and dance. Rochester states that school is no longer about mastery. It is about dabbling (87). More students would rather have fun than to learn how to solve a quadratic equation. This will hurt students entering college, where you must take these core classes in order to graduate but were too busy learning ... we really learning anything? If teachers don't crack down on students we will never learn what we need for college or the work force. Students are held responsible for every test and assignment, but there is no point if it's not even t...

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... . This of course is unless they "learn" everything they are "taught." The children therefore come up with ways to cheat the system or learn only what they have to for a test and then they forget it immediately afterwards, because they are simply not interested with the subject matter. Holt makes the point that on the first day of school every child ... laws that are in place to force children to go to school a certain number of days in a school year. They would just go because they wanted to. School would be fun and interesting. Kids would most likely be kept off the streets more than th...

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... going to create movie advertisements for their books and write brief summaries about their books. The teacher told me that the whole class was excited about their projects. It was a fun and constructive way to learn. The project was also a great example of the teacher's specific content pedagogy because it showed the children how book reports can relate to the real ... time that I can think of when the teacher used feedback is when she marked their tests. The teacher would always let each student know how well they did on the test or if they needed to improve. She would also let each st...

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... the door I was shocked to see that she had a class in session. She then said to me, "They"ll be heading out soon, they"re just finishing up on their test." As I made my way around the room to an empty chair I observed many things in Donna's classroom, such as; there are many skeletal pictures up in her room and like ... time a since the opportunity came I took it." I proceeded to ask her what she liked about teaching, she jokingly answered " I like everything about it except all the grading. But it's all fun. I like knowing that I have the opportunity to teach all my students everything...

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... styles are as different as day and night. Miss Narwin's class can be considered boring because she never does anything different except for the "official" things such as reading, writing, test-taking, and discussions. In fact, a typical day in Miss Narwin's class can easily consist of just reading, testing, reading, and testing. There is no excitement in the class because some ... ) to Dr Palleni. He just generally hated how Miss Narwin was so uptight about things and how she never cracked a smile. In Mr Keating's case, he was so outgoing and fun all the time in class. As a result, Richa...

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