<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>the lives of teachers &#187; assessment</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.livesofteachers.com/category/assessment/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.livesofteachers.com</link>
	<description>teaching and learning languages</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:10:32 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>on standardisation</title>
		<link>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2011/01/26/on-standardisation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2011/01/26/on-standardisation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classroom practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learner autonomy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.livesofteachers.com/?p=846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;..standardisation is a reasonable way of maintaining minimal standards, not the best way of ensuring the highest possible ones. Establishing minimally acceptable standards and imposing them on everybody, even on those who can exceed them, can create a powerful but stultifying myth about what constitutes &#8216;good&#8217; teaching. Creativity in teaching is then stifled in favour [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2011/01/26/on-standardisation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>what does it mean to know a word?</title>
		<link>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/10/what-does-it-mean-to-know-a-word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/10/what-does-it-mean-to-know-a-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classroom practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learner autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vocabulary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assesment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Schmitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extensive reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jo Moir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norbert Schmitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.livesofteachers.com/?p=38</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A vocabulary test in which the students merely have to vomit the words onto the page, and once purged walk away fresh with no memory of the incident, is no good to anyone. How can we ensure our students LEARN words, rather than just REMEMBER them. Learner Autonomy &#8211; Are students more likely to learn [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/10/what-does-it-mean-to-know-a-word/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>do androids dream of electric test papers?</title>
		<link>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/02/do-androids-dream-of-electric-test-papers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/02/do-androids-dream-of-electric-test-papers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assesment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.livesofteachers.com/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this article recently, about artificially intelligent marking machines. Whilst not as terrifying as the corpse-eating battlebots which have also been in the news, my initial reaction was still one of distaste. But the more I thought about it, the more ambivalent I became. People like tests. Students like to have a piece [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.livesofteachers.com/2009/10/02/do-androids-dream-of-electric-test-papers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

