There are ideas on how to better assess students' work. It is not an art to make a grade, the art is to encourage the student, not discourage – remind the experts. The more that the data shows that more than half of young people feel a lack of motivation to act.
Crowds to the cinema hall in Krakow attracted not the premiere of the new film, but knowledge about the wise assessment of students. – We will be able to use it. These will be milestones in schools – says Anna Tracz, director of the School and Preschool Complex in Czubrowice.
In the case of mathematics, nearly 40 percent of students appear stress associated with tests written on grade. – To such an extent we are broken that when I teach students in the first year and I tell them: dear, now there will be a card, but she will not be a grade, this is the first question that is asked: why should I do it – says Dr. Tomasz Gajderowicz from the Institute of Educational Research of the National Research Institute.
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Seminar Institute of Educational Research
To fix these deeply rooted errors, the Institute of Educational Research organizes seminars for directors and teachers under the slogan “assessment for development”. Experts travel Poland, where they explain the assessment, which supports learning.
Set up is not enough. Informing a student about progress or motivating him should not be new – it is, after all, entered in the Act. – This is assessing, which on the one hand is sometimes a summary, but above all it gives me such information, what else I have to do – indicates Dr. Jędrzej Witkowski from the Citizens' Education Center.
Not only feedback is crucial, but also the way it is presented. – This is a very personal activity between the student and the teacher. We emphasize this individuality – reminds Ewa Nosowicz from the Institute of Educational Research of the National Research Institute.
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More than half of young people feel a lack of motivation to act
This approach is particularly important in the face of data, which shows that more than half of young people feel a lack of motivation to act, and a third of science reports.
– If we face the crisis of mental health today, we talk about it, we should take care of all possible dimensions of this well -being as adults. I think that assessment is very important – believes Aleksandra Najeswicz from the Institute of Educational Research of the National Research Institute.
The Ministry of National Education announced a great reform of education, which will start entering schools in 2026. A real change in favor of students is already at your fingertips and can start with assessing, which motivates to act.
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