Testing for intelligence

The Whole Child Approach- “Each child, in each school, in each of our communities deserves to be healthy, safe, engaged supported, and challenged. That’s what a whole child approach to learning, teaching, and community engagement really is.” (The Whole Child, 2013).

This website was so much fun to look through. It talked about the learning strategies that create higher order thinking. I believe that children should be observed and tested through action. It should be able to show that what was taught can be used off a piece of paper and pencil. So the question asked in assessment is, what they were taught can it reciprocated to knowledge of the real world?

In Japan standardized testing is what is being done in the schools. In the article I found, it talked about how passive and quiet children are in school. They learn facts. The author stated that he noticed how different it is from students in the United States. The children in U.S stated facts but also stated their opinions. There was emotion in the classroom when children are learning (Moderator, 2010).

The development of the whole child is important. I feel that understanding all depths of a child first comes from observing, guiding, and actively assessing. Children should be able to explore their environment, learn facts, come up with their own reasoning/opinions based on facts, and be able to speak out!!