The video
reminded me of the days in my primary and secondary schools where the teachers
would love to give us tests/quizzes/ monthly exams. We were trained to be
exam-oriented. Because of that, we were always pressured to be prepared for
those exams. Furthermore, most teachers focused on the products rather than the
progresses of our learning. What they wanted were we producing grade-A answers
and not focusing on what we have learned throughout the whole teaching and
learning process.
This is why i think PBS is better in assessing the students’ abilities and performance as it needs
students to apply what they have learnt on hands-on activities. Students have
to understand that teachers cannot spoon-feed them all the time. Thus, they have
to learn to do the project by themselves. The teachers are there to guide and
facilitate them. I’m not saying that traditional testing brings no good. If
only both traditional testing and PBS can complement each other, it would be
better, for the sake of our new generations.
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