How Often Should the Students be Tested ?
You can give classroom tests once every few weeks -- sometimes even once a week. But even informal classroom tests, however, can break up learning rather than encourage it if they are set too often. This is particularly true if they are given to the class in a nervous and formal atmosphere.
So, always try to make sure that your students don’t feel anxious when you give them the test.
Don’t give the impression to your students that you are making a judgment on them every time you give them a classroom test. Remember that students’ work and abilities will not normally change greatly from week to week. For example, a student who is near the top of the class one week will not be near the bottom of the class the following week. If there is such a change, there is something wrong with the test or with the student’s conditions.
學生多久需要考試一次?
每隔幾周，就要有一次當堂測試———有時甚至每周一次。但是，即使是不正規(guī)的課堂測驗，如果太頻繁的話，也只會打斷學生的學習，而不會起到鼓勵的作用。如果在緊張、正規(guī)的氣氛下進行課堂考試，就更是如此了。
因此，在考試時，盡量保證不要讓學生感到緊張。不要讓學生感覺每次的課堂測驗都是你對他們的一種評價。記住：學生的學習和能力通常不是每周都會看到巨大變化的。比如，這周班里的尖子生不可能下周就變成墊底的差生。如果真的有這樣的變化，不考試出了問題，就是這個學生的狀態(tài)，不對頭了。
