ESSAY - UNIT 11
STUDENT: NATALIA AGUIRRE
HOW MUCH EMPHASIS IS PUT ON GRADES AND EXAMS? DO YOU THINK
THIS IS A GOOD OR BAD THING?
Introduction:
In this essay it is based on the central theme about how much emphasis is placed
on qualifications and exams, in the same way, explanatory reasons will be written
about why I consider this emphasis as something good or bad, for its due study.
Finally, a conclusion will be developed in which the answer to this hypothesis will
be determined.
Body:
As a first point, exams continue to be the most popular method when evaluating
the knowledge learned by the student in each of the subjects of the course.
Through them, it is decided whether a student has achieved the goals set at the
beginning of the school year. In the traditional class method, the teacher stands in
front of the class, explains the lesson prepared for that day, gives homework to do
at home and, at the end of the term or the course, takes an exam to measure
which students have achieved the objectives and which have not.
However, most members of the educational community have confused "grading
with evaluation” and have assimilated evaluation with a figure that appears in the
report card at the end of the term, which is a bit frustrating for many of the
students.
For this reason, studies have been carried out, where they point out that many of
the teachers find final exams useful because "they have the particular strength of
forcing students to review the material, think critically about what they have read
and even talk among themselves. colleagues on the relevant topics. All of this
improves learning.”
Conclution:
