Teaching Strategies: Standardized Test Practice
March 28th, 2007
Standardized tests are a part of our current educational paradigm, regardless of your opinion on their merits. So how can we continue to promote critical thinking in the context of preparing our students for district and state-mandated tests?
One idea that I’ve found really helpful is to focus on teaching test taking strategies. My favorite, which promotes the development of critical thinking, is teaching students to eliminate incorrect answers. Here are a few things that you can do with your students to teach them about eliminating wrong answers:
1. Pair work: Have them discuss which answers aren’t correct. Encourage them to be able to eliminate at least one possibility.
2. Individual work: Have them eliminate at least one possibility and have them write why they chose to eliminate that answer.
3. For more ideas on stanardized test activities, read my post on How to Make Standardized Practice Fun.
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1. joyce | February 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 am
I am making a reserach about the teaching strategies of englisg teachers pls. give me an example of questionnaires answer by teacher in an standardized test manners. tnx. send at joyzel_ann @yahoo.com
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