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jack_b57
Joined: 02 Sep 2010
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 Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:13 am Post subject: Teaching to the Test |
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This article on teaching methods had a good quote about teaching to the test vs. teaching the main concepts. I wish schools back home and, of course, schools in Korea would adopt this approach more.
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One notable early finding, Ms. Phillips said, is that teachers who incessantly drill their students to prepare for standardized tests tend to have lower value-added learning gains than those who simply work their way methodically through the key concepts of literacy and mathematics.
Teachers whose students agreed with the statement, �We spend a lot of time in this class practicing for the state test,� tended to make smaller gains on those exams than other teachers.
�Teaching to the test makes your students do worse on the tests,� Ms. Phillips said. �It turns out all that �drill and kill� isn�t helpful.� |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds logical doesn't it bro? But logic and Korea are two words never used in the same sentence...that can go for a lot of American schools too, btw. |
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Vimfuego
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| I can't believe these attitudes/approaches still exist in EFL. Read some HLT http://www.hltmag.co.uk/index.htm for some more modern approaches |
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