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WCPT CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

2012-07-04T10:37:40Z

Hello.

Just say hı, please.

Interesting blog about Women in Science

2012-03-30T20:36:53Z

RE: Assessment

2012-01-15T21:12:22Z

You are right. In Portugal, at secondary school, students can use Graphic calculators on national final exames in math and physics&chemistry.

Of course that questions are made in such a way that the use of the calculator memory is not a problem for the assessment. The main focus of the assessment are the skills rather than knowledge.

RE: school collaboration projects

2012-01-09T08:27:11Z

Hello Valeria

Very interesting link.

Let me suggest:

http://www.etwinning.net/pt/pub/index.htm

You can chose the language. A lot of interesting european projects.

Carlos Cunha

Assessement of skils

2011-11-24T17:12:22Z

This is one of the biggest discussions among Portuguese teachers now a days:

What is the best way to do the assessement of skills?

Wich ones are more important in MST?

Are lab skills important?

I think that evaluate skills is a challenge and for young students makes more sense to evaluate skills than concepts. What is your opinion?

RE: Role models

2011-11-12T15:03:46Z

http://www.gulbenkian.pt/questaodequimica

Loock for

As Químcas do Nobel

RE: Role models

2011-11-12T14:57:07Z

The Nobel prize is the most know international prize. It is a very important rolle model. Thats why some countries are using the four female nobel prizes on the International Chemistry Year as rolle models to encourage girls to study science.

RE: Role models

2011-11-12T14:53:23Z

Did you know that only less then 2,5% of the Nobel prizes were wemen?

And two of them were for the same women? Madame Curie won the Chemistry and the Physics Nobel prize

RE: Assessment

2011-11-12T14:32:57Z

In POrtugal more and more teachers are using IBL methodologies to teach and evaluate. But that depends interely on the teachers interest and knoledge on this methodology...

RE: Assessment

2011-11-12T14:31:00Z

Thats exactely wath I am sayng.

Other wise we should have students with very high grades that goes to medecine but without the human skills to became a good doctor.

RE: Assessment

2011-11-12T14:29:28Z

For grade reasons yes. The University should than interview the students in order to determine if they have the right skilss and motivation.

RE: Assessment

2011-11-12T14:26:43Z

Because if the exam is ment to grade students for university acess, it should be less IBL.

For evaluate students learning and skills, than they should be interely IBL and they would evaluate skills, literacy and knowledge.

RE: Assessment

2011-11-12T14:26:11Z

Depends on the objectives of the National Exams