Learn and Serve #8: 12/3...2:25

I was not supposed to attend learn and serve today but based on absences by the teacher and myself, i attended learn and serve for 2:25. Today was a little different. I wasn't expecting thursdays to be any different but today all the classes had tests, even the ones who were not the same class. She likes to give tests for all classes on the same day so she can grade all of them around the same time. To me that would seem like more work, but that is her teaching style. So i didn't have to do much today as concerned with teaching the students or helping them with work. I did however get to see the style testing that she uses. Because their school has to take regents tests she uses problems from past regents based on the info they learned as their test. She also uses the same format that the regents uses. According to her, if she can prepare them for regents type questions then they won't be suprised once they start regents preparation or when they get to the regents. "The level of anxiety that is associated with testing compunds their problems with learning and exacerates their learning difficulties" (p. 137). It makes sense to me.




Kirk, S., Gallagher, J., Coleman, M., Anastaslow, N. (2009). Educating Exceptional Children (12th ed.). Kentucky: Cengage Learning. Retrieved October 22, 2009, from http://college.cengage.com/education/kirk/educating/12e/resources/video_cases.html