Science teachers are discovering the value of Mindset. Recently, Anwar Samsodien (of Trafalgar High) noted the value of the Student Test Centre in quickly developing tests.
Once one is in the Mindset environment, http://www.mindset.co.za/learn/default.asp choose Physical Science -- select Tests – select Grade – select Student Test Centre and then Mock test. [You could also select the topics you want to test and then click Start Test at the bottom of the page..]
A random test will be generated covering the whole syllabus if you selected Mock Test.. Anwar then downloads the test. This he uses for the learners to complete. Then he proceeds to complete the test himself. Correct answers are not important because once submitted, the programme provides the answers when you click on Answers & Feedback. He then downloads this as his memorandum! Job done!
He has also made his learners aware of the Mindset resource which can be accessed in his School’s Khanya lab, and at home (for those who have an Internet connection). He feels that in this way learners can better prepare themselves for examinations.
Have you tried this approach?
Do you have any other approach to setting tests that involves ICT? Are there any other features in Mindset that can be useful to Science teachers?
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Give Me a Place to Stand
“Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth”
What was striking about Archimedes (the Greek Mathematician, Engineer, Inventor, Physicist and Astronomer) was his uncanny ability to solve many of his city’s challenges. One of his solutions to moving or lifting heavy objects was to design a block and tackle pulley system. This device was based on his extensive work on levers. A lever is any device (e.g rigid bar) which can be pivoted about a fulcrum so that minimum effort can be applied to gain the maximum effect. This is called mechanical advantage (load/effort). Archimedes used mechanical advantage to good effect and was quoted as saying : "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth."
Equate curriculum delivery to being a load. Is it possible that ICT is the lever? How much effort do we have to put in to gain “mechanical advantage”? Which form of ICT will be the appropriate lever to move curriculum delivery along?
If ICT is the answer to our challenges, isn’t it time to shout “Eureka”?
What was striking about Archimedes (the Greek Mathematician, Engineer, Inventor, Physicist and Astronomer) was his uncanny ability to solve many of his city’s challenges. One of his solutions to moving or lifting heavy objects was to design a block and tackle pulley system. This device was based on his extensive work on levers. A lever is any device (e.g rigid bar) which can be pivoted about a fulcrum so that minimum effort can be applied to gain the maximum effect. This is called mechanical advantage (load/effort). Archimedes used mechanical advantage to good effect and was quoted as saying : "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth."
Equate curriculum delivery to being a load. Is it possible that ICT is the lever? How much effort do we have to put in to gain “mechanical advantage”? Which form of ICT will be the appropriate lever to move curriculum delivery along?
If ICT is the answer to our challenges, isn’t it time to shout “Eureka”?
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