Sunday, April 20, 2008
Once again, a chapter that means something to me, this book is great. Essay questions that get the students thinking and using their own opinions...who would have thought we could do that? Gallagher's suggestion questions were great, I love the idea of getting students thinking and not trying to trick them with questions but rather continue to guide their learning by asking them to explore their own opinions of a text. I've started selling most of my books back but the ones from this class are definitely taking a permanent place in my collection.
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I agree that we shouldn't trick our students. Multiple choice, short answer, or true/false questions are just testing students' memorization skills and knowledge rather than their analysis and understanding of the work. I think the way that students' express their opinion of a work and connect it using examples is the most important assessment that teachers can give.
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