PREPARING AND USING SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS A summative assessment is intended to summarize student attainment at a particular time, say end of an academic year. It is designed to assess the student achievement all the year round and lay grounds for next year. Here again, I have to carefully look back at the syllabus, schemes or […]
LEARNING DISABILITIES IN KENYA
LEARNING DISABILITIES IN KENYA I am simply appalled to see my government sitting on its hands while a whole generation of promising youngsters grinds to waste in pursuit of an education. Kenya is a country that has adopted an inclusive system of schooling for its citizens across all levels of school. The gifted, talented and […]
HOW EARLY SHOULD KIDS REPORT TO SCHOOL?
I read an article in The Telegraph, a respected UK newspaper, that suggested that children in England face being at school for nine hours a day and see their holidays cut drastically under plans being examined by the Conservatives. The newspaper suggested the extended days could reduce youth crime, boost education standards and prepare children […]
PROCESSING SPEED DIFFICULTIES
PROCESSING SPEED DIFFICULTIES Have ever tried to recall a word you want to use to express something and you can’t? Or to recall the name of a person or place and you find you cannot? But-wait- How can you know something so well yet you can’t remember it? What’s stopping you from getting it? […]
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Research has shown us that teachers’ actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as do school policies regarding curriculum, assessment, staff collegiality, and community involvement. We also know that one of the classroom teacher’s most important jobs is managing the classroom effectively. Of all the variables, classroom management has […]
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