[etni] Re: re; what laurie said about school grades
- From: "Aliza Levanon" <levad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <alshapirose@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:18:59 +0200
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Your story Aviva proves what we have been saying all along that there is
no connection whatsoever between the material taught in class and the
requirements of the written exam. Therefore how can there NOT be
discrepancies???
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From: "Aviva Shapiro" <alshapirose@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: [etni] re; what laurie said about school grades
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> Actually in response to what Laurie said, we had the opposite problem.
Our
> students all got high 'tzione magen' because they did all the work and
more.
> They submitted 3 projects and did more than the required literature and
so
> on... So our grades were not inflated but really reflected what they had
> done in class. Then they fell on the exam itself, (mostly module G of
moed
> A) which we hadn't expected BUT we stand behind the grades and did not
feel
> that we inflated them... What I understand from Laurie is that the
grades
> are lower because the kids don't do the required work. This is another
> problem we have .. What I do in these cases is I try not to hurt the
student
> but my grade doesn't help him..I don't like to think that there are
schools
> out there not teaching literature and poetry.. or trying to get kids to
read
> books..
>
> I think that maybe the whole way grades are given needs to be
revamped.in
> order to reflect the way we teach them..
> Anyone else feel this way too??? Again ... good luck to all our
students...on the EXAM Aviva
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