Category Archives: Principles and Methods of Assessment ( EDS 113)

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela As an aspiring educator, this quote inspires me to not only continue but rather to thrive in my teaching-learning journey. The responsibility of helping each learner to be equipped to change the world is worth all the challenges.  IContinue reading “How can I change the World?”

Reflecting on the topics for Module 7, I was reminded of my daughter’s book by The New York Best Selling Author Todd Parr entitled “It’s Okay to Make Mistakes.” As the name suggests, it talks about common mistakes children make. The pages say “It’s okay if you spill your milk. You can always clean itContinue reading “It’s Okay To Make Mistakes”

I cannot count how many assessments I took, maybe close to a thousand assessments. Internal, external, formal and informal, traditional and non traditional types of assessment. I took them feeling scared, concerned, excited, relieved and even accomplished. I remembered taking NEAT and NSAT as it required when graduating from elementary and high school but haveContinue reading “Make or Break”

Imagine yourself driving a car to an unknown place for a team building activity. It is a four-hour drive, you have your google map for direction however the organizer informed you that there is no cellular network coverage 50 kilometers away from the location. You know where you are going, you know you’re on theContinue reading “Driving my Learning Journey”

“Pamatay ung exam.” Back in high school and college, this statement was commonly muttered by students after an examination. It is as if our teacher intended to torture us, to make us fail, or worst to make us fail the subjects. Students like me, perhaps, are so used to assessments given at the end ofContinue reading “Thank you”

With the enormous impact and value of good assessment to our learners, it is important to understand the process behind it. This process because of its evolving nature is referred to as the assessment cycle. It is conducted in different institutions to further improve the teaching and learning using different assessment frameworks. The frameworks usedContinue reading “Evidences of Assessment”

Students dreaded assessments. Quizzes, term papers and examinations are not something students are looking forward to at any levels, whether it be in elementary or in college.  These are activities that take away the fun in school. I am guilty of this but now, I know better. I am now an informed student. Instead ofContinue reading “Just Do it Right!”