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102 PLAYGROUND OBSERVATION

PLAYGROUND OBSERVATION OBSERVATION OF CHILDREN AT PLAY Day-1 HOPSCOTCH A group was observed. The group had both girls and boys. The size if the group was small. There were 8 children in the group. The duration of the game was 30 minutes. Before the game to be started, the rules and regulation were discussed. The leader announced the rules of the whole game. The rules were    Props: Chalk, taw (stone, stick, woodchip), The students describe the patterns they use and eventually the variations of taw they used although they were not familiar with the expression 'taw'. They explained that they might throw the stone or beanbag into a square and then hop all the way to the other end and pick up the object on their way back. Other informants mentioned throwing a dice and hopping to the square shown on the dice. Hopscotch was a game where the children utilise a configuration of squares painted onto the asphalt (usually drawn by the children, or scraped/gouged in...

ASSESSMENT OF CLASS 6TH REPORT CARD

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ASSESSMENT OF CLASS 6TH REPORT CARD ASSESSMENT-Definition In education, the term  assessment  refers to the wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students. “ Assessment is essential not only to guide the development of individual students but also to monitor and continuously improve the quality of programs, inform prospective students and their parents, and provide evidence of accountability to those who pay our way. ” Assessment-MEANING The term assessment is derived from ‘ad sedere’ – to sit down beside. The implication of the etymology is that it is primarily concerned with providing guidance and feedback to the learner. For our purposes we can define assessment as any procedure used to estimate student learning for whatever purpose. Assessment is more than grades To many, the word "assessment" simply means the proces...