Now that we are in the final week for the first reading assessment, I would like you to write some feedback about the article, your performance, how you might approach the second assessment differently etc. These questions might help you form some sort of self-evaluation.
How did you feel doing the assessment in exam conditions?
Did you prepare enough?
What will you do differently next week?
What did you think about the subject matter of the article?
Any other comments?
I look forward to your comments - good, bad or indifferent!
Mark
Hi Mark,
ReplyDeleteI like exam conditions. I really appreciate silence so for me it's good. I don't tolerate noise or distraction well. I believe I'm a minority though, other people work well with earphones in and music on but to me that's a nightmare.
Prep - ??? The fact I had remediation...no I didn't prep well.
Next week- I will remember what I did wrong and not do it again! Evidence in Q1!!
Subject matter of the article - I suppose it was interesting to me in the sense I drink a lot of wine and get hangovers but truthfully I didnt find it as interesting as the practice papers. I can't pinpoint why but maybe because it was obvious to me and the article didn't stir any emotion in me. I know hangovers affect my productivity, as most people who drink
Alcohol will, whereas the article about plagiarism was a relatively new concept to me and got my hackles up, as did the article about mental health care among mental health professionals.
Introducing me to a new thing makes me more reactive to a subject and likely to have an instant emotional response so for me so
I find analysing it easier. I found the hangover piece a bit self explanatory and obvious...but I do drink and so I'm sort of the subject of the piece.
I think I've said enough above but will say I thoroughly enjoy the forum you've created for us to comment. I have a lot to say (as you know) and no one to say it to so I do enjoy the change to have an opinion free from Facebook crazies calling me names!
P.s. I know there are typos but I couldn't risk it deleting from my phone so posted it anyway!
DeleteOh, and as a rejoinder to your comments regarding Facebook. Just freeze those out who call you names. Nobody needs that in their lives! Your comments here (and everybody else’s) will always be read, treated with respect with encouragement to reflect. That’s how I like to roll with equality for all!
DeleteThanks for the comments Laura and glad you’re enjoying the blog. We have a good regular band of contributors which is fantastic. I’d like to see more members jot their thoughts down though! Re remediation, as I’ve said before, and for all students, this isn’t a negative thing, it’s merely part of the assessment process. You did well in the assessment and if you have a strategy worked out for the assessment tomorrow, it’s likely (at least in theory) that you’ll have fewer amendments to make. That should be the same for all learners. I think the assessment tomorrow will be of interest and again, it’s a brand new addition picked by me. I look forward to seeing how everybody deals with it. Don’t worry about the typos, I don’t have the red pen out on the blog but I’m glad you’re engaging regularly with my posts! See you tomorrow, Mark
ReplyDeleteI felt that it brought a lot of stress and looking back was very unnecessary. I personally don’t have a lot of time to to revise and study at the moment and all the exams coming at the same time plays a huge effect on my stress and anxiety unfortunately. But feel that I’m stressing over nothing regarding college. Could do better with a few of the questions.
ReplyDeleteIt is always important to reflect on your own performance and the result was that you passed that one, which was a good result of course. If you are anxious about things you should (if you haven't already of course) put some sort of study diary in place for yourself. I will always ensure that you know when the assessments come, which hopefully will relieve as least some of your time. I take your comments as a positive and you are doing well, so keep up the hard graft Cameron. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteHello!! Sorry it's late!! I really enjoyed both assessment article because u can relate to both! Especially the hangover one!! I do however hate the exam conditions, I feel under pressure and don't feel I do my best in any assessment but I better get used to that though lol - I find it hard to study for the reading assessment because we don't know what's coming however having notes in with me really helps and takes the pressure off!! Glad that's another one tackled - fingers crossed!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your reflections. The “controlled conditions” aspect is indeed something you need to get used to and might be something a lot of members of the class haven’t experienced for a while. That said though, we had the example texts, discussed them, shared answers in the class, helpnotes, sample answers etc. as you say. This merely give the rubric, or the formula to answer the questions. Not knowing what the text is on is the ‘exciting’ part, if that’s the word?! The proof of success is in the marking and feedback ultimately. Your approach has been methodical and measured which worked well in assessment one. In theory, for all students, there should be less remediation to do in the second one!
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