When I Think of Child Development …

Over the past eight weeks, I have learned so much from my classmates in the  discussions and the Blogs.  I enjoyed reading each blog and learning from the week discussions. I am able to share what I learned with the teachers whom I work with. I would like to thank each of the my group members for all of their comments and feedback.


The following are my favorite quotes about children:

• Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. president  "Children are our most valuable resource."
• Princess Diana, Princess of Wales  "Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children."
• Wess Stafford  "Every child you encounter is a divine appointment."
• English proverb  "The soul is healed by being with children." ( My Favorite)

I love this image of children playing happily.

Testing for Intelligence?

Testing for Intelligence?

Teachers have for a long time teaching the whole children. In my opinion, the wholistic approach to teaching means to teach a child across the curriculum to include: cognitively, socially, mentally, and physically. Children need to learn in all areas. Today teachers assess children in language, literacy, math, science, social and emotional skills, adaptive learning skills, social studies skills, and physical health skills. As a teacher, I know the importance of measuring meaningful outcomes for children and to make sure that they learn what they they need to learn. In learning about the purpose of assessing children and learning why we assess children. Assessment and measuring student achievement is used to help determine where students strengths and weakness are. 


In the last decade, there has been a growing recognition of the value of assessment in improving the quality of education, in particular the use of continuous assessment (CA) for improving the teaching and learning process in South Africa to improve student achievement. South Africa is trying to improve test score by the use of continuous assessment.


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