A teacher of Class III had asked children to classify the leaves of the following trees/plants into different groups—lemon, mango, basil, mint, neem, banana, etc. Some students classified leaves as (a) leaves with medicinal values and leaves without medicinal values, (b) big leaves and small leaves. The teacher marked group (a) as right and group (b) as wrong. Which of the following statements reflects the teacher's view of learning and assessment?
A teacher of Class III had asked children to classify the leaves of the following trees/plants into different groups—lemon, mango, basil, mint, neem, banana, etc. Some students classified leaves as (a) leaves with medicinal values and leaves without medicinal values, (b) big leaves and small leaves. The teacher marked group (a) as right and group (b) as wrong. Which of the following statements reflects the teacher's view of learning and assessment? Correct Answer Classification task is very specific and structured and there is one right answer.
Environmental Studies at primary level possesses some special characteristics which other subjects do not possess.
- The way the teacher assessed group (a) and group (b), reflects that he/she views classification as a very specific and structured task with one right answer.
- It shows that the students will be better able to achieve success if they more clearly understand the structure of the instruction provided to them.
Thus, the above observation clearly reflects the teacher's view of learning and assessment as "classification task is very specific and structured and there is one right answer".