Submitted by Anne (not verified) on March 30, 2007 - 00:08.
Although using project based learning can help to teach the students the concepts, unfortuantely, they have to have practice with the test-format itself or they do not recognize that they DO know the answer.
It is a two-fold effort. One is to teach the concepts in a meaninful and engaging way, but then Two is to teach students how to communicate that knowledge in a high-stakes test environment and to give them confidence going into the test that they know what to expect.
Although using project based learning
Submitted by Anne (not verified) on March 30, 2007 - 00:08.
Although using project based learning can help to teach the students the concepts, unfortuantely, they have to have practice with the test-format itself or they do not recognize that they DO know the answer.
It is a two-fold effort. One is to teach the concepts in a meaninful and engaging way, but then Two is to teach students how to communicate that knowledge in a high-stakes test environment and to give them confidence going into the test that they know what to expect.