week 8

I love this quote. It reminds me that each child is unique and develop at their own pace, and shine in his/her own way.  As educators we have met a lot of children in various ways when it comes to classroom activities or outdoor or they mix up with their peers. Personally it makes me to have more patience in dealing with the  children and appreciate the differences they have.

        

I would like to take this time to that thank everyone that had the time to read and share their thoughts about the blogs.  As well, I would like to  thank all of you for all the support and encouragement that you have given me the past 8 week.

Testing for Intelligence?

I believe that the purpose of learning is help the children be well rounded adults and get ready to take their rightful place in the future and the testing is a way to measure children how much they learnt and their weakness and strengthens, at the same time, it also measure teachers effectiveness (Kelly, 2014). We know that we are unique and learn in different ways. When we think about testing a child holistically, the multiple intelligence, which is the idea that human intelligence is compromised of a varied set of abilities rather than a single, all encompassing one, should get involved (Berger, 2014).I think the test should take into account various aspects such as their learning styles, the age of the child, and even if they are under a disability.

Most countries use testing for tracking and for selecting students for admission into academic secondary schools or universities. In China, the students face a highly competitive and stressful examination. College admissions in China are based solely on national higher education Entrance Examination, Gaokao, which fall on 7, 8 and 9 June of each year. It is academically motivated Chinese teenagers spend 8-10 hours a day for three years in preparation. Senior High School in China has one purpose: test prep. There is no curriculum outside of the test, which tests math, English, Chinese, as well as a chosen subject like chemistry or political correctness. There is not any life outside of the test. Sadly to be said that the test prep actually starts from the elementary school. It is usually heard parents or teachers said that if you don't study hard how you can success in Gaokao and go to university so that have a good future, when the children in elementary school. Under this examination system, it causes some of the students who are good at having high scores and poor in ability to do things. Chinese Education Government has noticed the issue. They reform, however it doesn't work well so far(Rotberg, 2006).

 References
Berger, K. S. (2012).  The developing person through childhood (6th ed.). New York, NY: Worth
Kelly, M . (2014). The Purpose of Tests. Retrieved from http://712educators.about.com/od/assessments/tp/The-Purpose-Of-Tests.htm
Rotberg, I. (2006). Assessment Around the World.  Educational Leadership 64(3) pp. 58-63