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Students must be evaluated to determine how well they aborbed the material, however how that evaluation process is calculated is critical to the student.
Hi Lori,
We often have to put our creative hats on to sort of think outside of the box when preset, prepared curriculum is established for us to use. I think in almost every setting, when a curricular practice is "set in stone" we can still approach delivery of the material in an upbeat, fun, and interesting way. We just need to put some thought and effot into planning for it.
Barry Westling
I have found this to be true. I have only been teaching for 6 months and my course has to many competencies which total 40% of the students grade along with a few projects included in this. Because this is the hands on part of the class and they MUST pass these to have proper knowledge in the field they could just skim through the rest and pass. But this is the way the program is set up, I have not control over this.
Steven,
Having a balance of weight to different components of the subject is the best way (and most difficult task) to determine how much or to what degree the students learned. Putting more weigh on assessment that is most critical to their understanding of needed material and contributes to job readiness takes thoughtful planning, and maybe a bit of trial and error to find the best fit.
Barry Westling
