Assessment Techniques in EFL Brain-Compatible Classroom

Abstract

Neuroscience has disclosed important information about the brain and how it learns. Brain-Based Learning is student centered learning that utilizes the whole brain and recognizes that not all students learn in the same way. Assessment and evaluation are necessary and important elements of the instructional cycle. Feedback also motivates students and allows students to apply what they have learned to real-life situations. This chapter presents attempts to explain brain-compatible assessment and alternative or authentic assessment and its different forms that can be used in providing brain-based education.

دراسة أثر التنمیة المهنیة المستندة إلى الدماغ على التصورات والممارسات التربویة لدى معلمی اللغة الإنجلیزیة کلغة أجنبیة المبتدئین

“… Furthermore, assessment should be brain-compatible by adopting a balance of assessments that encompass testing along with classroom formative and authentic assessments (El-Henawy, 2017)  Additionally, current over-stuffed English language curricula need a radical shift to adopt a brain-friendly approach. The Egyptian educational system needs to move from a system that generates stress and downshifting to a better one that elevates creativity among teachers and students.…”