Junior Cycle students are experiencing "significant stress" caused by school workloads and many are struggling to balance homework, Classroom Based Assessments (CBA) and study for tests and exams, ...
SimCity, the classic city-building computer-and-video game that has spawned legions of armchair urban planners since its original launch in 1989, has a new purpose: All-in-one interactive science ...
Jovid Juraev, a mentor helping to train teachers in Tajikistan, noticed an important interaction when observing Fayzali Oimahmadov’s classroom: “I was observing a Grade 2 Tajik Language class where ...
Countries around the world are trying to bridge the gap between what modern day economies and societies expect of their citizens and what their school systems are delivering. Education leaders and ...
Sir, – The latest problem to beset the new Junior Cycle is becoming increasingly evident with the rollout of classroom-based assessments (CBAs). CBAs entail students undertaking a two- to three-week ...
If there's a domain where college faculty could most stand to learn from K-12 educators, it is assessment. Too often, assessment is treated in postsecondary education as synonymous with grading: as a ...
THE Education Ministry introduced the School-Based Assessment (PBS) system for secondary schools in 2011, and followed this later with the Classroom-Based Assessment (PBD) method. The aim of the ...
Sir, – An aim of the new Junior Cycle reforms is a move toward a formal approach to continuous assessment through the use of classroom-based assessment. Implicit in this movement is a reaction to ...