INTEGRATING MICRO:BIT INTO BOARD GAME DESIGN
Innovating Play: How Micro:bit Transformed Our Design Unit At Manila Xiamen International School, our Grade 9 Design students embarked on an exciting and innovative journey. Their task? To design and create interactive board games using cardboard as the primary material and the micro:bit as the technological core. The results were nothing short of extraordinary. From…
Reflections on Assessment Perspectives
Reflecting on My Perspectives Before the Course Before taking the course ‘Assessment in Science Education,’ my perspective on assessment was primarily traditional. I viewed it as a means to evaluate student learning at the end of a module or course, primarily through tests and quizzes. I believed that assessments were largely about measuring knowledge retention…
Instructional Design and Assessment in Science Teaching
Key Takeaways The exploration of assessment and instructional design in Module 6 has been profoundly enlightening. The connection between clear, measurable learning objectives and robust assessment strategies, as highlighted by Davies and Short (2019), has reshaped my understanding of the foundational aspects of educational assessment. Sewagegn (2020) emphasized the critical role of aligning assessments with…
Student Feedback and Teaching Assessment
The significance of student feedback in appraising and refining teaching methods was a pivotal focus of this module. It highlighted that students, as the primary beneficiaries of educational endeavors, possess critical perspectives on the efficacy of teaching approaches, materials, and class activities (University of Western Ontario, n.d.). Techniques such as One-Minute Papers, Muddiest Point exercises,…
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