_Is Examination a Reliable Assessment?_

EXAMINATION?? This word had many obstacle to all of us as a student. Everyday we must aware that there have examination that we must always get a good mark. Is that the purpose of study?? To get A?? Here i would like to share some article that i have read from the internet.

In Malaysia, examination is the way to assess student's performances. In fact, there isn't any other form of assessment apart from examination. In reality, the purpose of examination is for a summative evaluation. These evaluations are to see if the students understand and could apply the concepts that they have learned throughout the semester. With the examination being the only form of assessment, therefore, it is crucial that the examination must be able to reflect on student's knowledge and performances. Because, being the nature of examination itself, the assessment is very traditional where student who score A would means that the student has gained knowledge on the particular subjects and vice versa. BUT, does that really mean so? How reliable are these examination in reflecting so?

Let us look at these students:

The "it's-about-getting-more-A" students
- For these students, getting A is their goals. They consider themselves as being academic successful as long as they could score all As for their examinations. Honestly, with the current education system, it does not take a genies to score A. The thing that I want to talk about is, are they getting their priority right? The priorities of these students are supposed to go to school to learn, not emphasis on scoring for their examinations. However, because the nature of assessment in Malaysia focuses on examination, student's priority can get side track and along the way, the process of learning is not viewed as learning but as a process of scoring. This process of scoring really isn't an honest evaluation on their performance... as we go on to the next point.

The "I-have-good-memory" students
These students usually do not have a problem when it comes to examination. All they need to do is to memorize every single fact that they read and ta-da... they did it. Now, this is very common in Malaysia. They might do it for all subjects or for a particular subject. Any students with good memory can score high marks. The thing is, how reliable are these results in reflecting the students' understanding? Take my friend, LZ who was doing pharmacy in one of the local university for an example. LZ has no problem scoring for her examinations but when she comes out and works, she finds it hard to cope because she never understands the concept as well as unsure in applying it. See the discrepancy?

The basic needs of students
The Humanistic philosophies believe that; in order for students to perform well, all basic needs must be provided. This would means looking at student's background as well as teacher's pedagogies. I do not want to go deep into this but I want to pinpoint that, different students with different background will have different expectation in education which will affect their learning abilities. Imagine a student coming from a background where they basic needs are not met, do you think they will perform at their best? For example, student A is from an alcoholic family, however, student A decided that he wants best for himself and study hard for the examination BUT on the night before the examination, his father came home drunk and start abusing him - do you think he will perform well the next day? Let me assure you, he will not. The example may seem a bit exaggerating but we know that Malaysian students comes from different backgrounds with diverse cultures, it would be surprise to hear that not each student's needs is meet.

When we are talking about basic needs, we are also looking at the nature of the examination itself. Some students work best without pressure. This is true. With the time limit given to them, how well do they perform compare to what they would normally have? In this context, the examination failed in providing a reliable reflection on student's best performance.

The spoon feeding students
We usually referred these groups of students as cheaters. Examination being an assessment that is so heavily relied on, in order to perform well, some students will choose to cheat - an easy way out. I don't think I need to elaborate on this - we all know about it.

With the above, clearly examination being the only assessment itself is not a good way of evaluating students. Of course, I could not deny the fact that there are students who do well deserve the merit that they've got but there are many who are out there do not deserve it. The thing is, I felt that assessment itself should be a continuous process, and not just through one process - the examination

So.... is examination nowadays is just to test the student memory?? what have happen to all the engineer that come from university? There are not all good in what they work. This happen just because they only study for the exam and not ready to use the knowledge that they have. This is what make our country does not have good doctor and engineer. Even though to build KLCC we have to hired engineer from other country... Is this what we want? Is this keep going, i do not think that our country can produce the greatest engineer and doctor ever. Try to think about it......

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_A Complete Review of Nokia N96_

Today... I want to share with you about NOKIA N96. This is the latest hand phone nowadays.
This is what i get from the internet about this hand phone. I want to share with all of you.

The ubiquitous name in the world of handset manufacturing "Nokia" has now come with the so called successor of N95. It's called the new Nokia N96. It falls in the same category of smart phones produced by Nokia and branded under the N series. A smooth and shiny surface, bigger screen, slider hinge, ultra fast responses, touch pad navigation and an inbuilt stand for watching video clearly gives the new Nokia N96 an edge over the others and also over its predecessors.

The N96 is really a slicker and stronger upgrade to the Nokia N95.The Nokia N96 is packed with all the features you could ever imagine inside a cell phone. So time to get deeper into the specs and specialties of this killer application called The Nokia N96.

The N96 mobile phone is 4.05 inches by 2.16 inches by 0.71 inches in dimension and weighs about 4.41 ounces. The N96 is basically a quadraband enabled (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) handset and will also support the new third generation (3G) bands. It has an elegantly designed 2.8 inches wide screen with very good bitrates to watch quality videos, movies and TV shows. The Nokia N96 would easily give a run for money to any of the portable media players in the market currently.

The new Nokia 96 boasts of a 5-megapixel camera with lenses from Carl Zeiss, a flash and a VGA camcorder that helps in playing and recording clips at a speed of 30 frames per second. The camera comes with the latest geo tagging functionality (via GPS) which when enabled, tags the images automatically with their geo coordinates. The Nokia N96 can also capture Videos in MPEG-4 format and there is a secondary VGA camera especially to facilitate video calls.

As far as storage goes, the N96 can literally carry all your media on go with a whopping 16 GB of in built flash memory and it also has a slot to extend its storage capacity to 24GB. The N96 mobile phone has 950 mAh battery which would last a 220 minutes talk, 220 hours of standby time. The N96 also features 5 hours of video performance, 14 hours of nonstop music and about 4 hours of live TV telecasts. In fact you would never run out of battery with the Nokia N96.

To make life easier through connectivity the N96 comes with WLAN-IEEE802.11 g/b ports, Bluetooth ver. 2.0. The inbuilt WLAN in N96 can be utilized to access wireless broadband at move. So you are sure to remain connected where ever you go if you have the new Nokia N96 in your pocket. Some of the other cool features that the N96 carries with itself include a digital music player, FM radio, email facilities, a 3.5 mm headset jack, USB 2.0,integrated GPS navigation system, stereo Bluetooth and lots more.

With the high end connectivity features The Nokia N96 can easily share pictures, videos and all your media with any other device like phones, computers etc. So the new Nokia N96 is a power packed booster in the list of smart phones and will definitely give tougher competitions to other phones in the same segment. If you want to make a cool gizmo you style statement, then the Nokia N96 is a must have one!

So... what do you think about this kind of hand phone? This is very suitable to be use these day because of its multifunction and it will make you be like king. So.. you can try have it as for me also. I will try to have this kind of hand phone when i have enough money someday.

_DIET???_

Hello.. What do you think about diet??
It is good for us?
here I want to share with all of you some fact about diet that i get from the internet. Try to read it........


You've started a new diet. You've been good all week, making sensible meals, managing your portions, even exercising a little...then the weekend hits. You eat too much. You drink too much. You give up.

Not so fast! A couple of slip ups won't undo all your hard work. The key is to know the dieting pitfalls you're likely to make and plan ahead to avoid them.

Here are the top seven dieting mistakes. How many are you making?

1. Skipping breakfast.Research shows that people who don't eat breakfast actually weigh more than those who do. There's a mistaken belief that if you skip breakfast, you're saving calories. Problem is you end up snacking and eating more at other meals because you're body is so starved for food. Always begin your day with a healthy breakfast. Black coffee, an egg, whole wheat toast and a half grapefruit has only 250 calories and will stave off hunger pangs till lunch.
   
2. Too many liquid calories. Did you know that a regular soda can pack on 15 pounds in one year? Not to mention lattes, fruit smoothies and alcohol. These liquid calories do little to satisfy any hunger and the calories add up fast.
   
3. Not exercising. If 30 minutes is too much to even think about, start with 10 and see how it goes. If exercising is a drag to you, try something fun like bowling, playing ping-pong, or dancing. The idea is to get moving and have so much fun you'll stick with it.
   
4. Using extreme diets. These don't work and can be very detrimental to your health. When you deprive your body of food two things happen: your metabolic rate slows down to make up for few calories and your desire to binge increases. In addition extreme dieting may lead to the bloating of fat cells, shrinking of muscle cells, accumulation of toxic fats and fatigue. Rather than thinking "diet" think lifestyle change.
   
5. Mindless munching. Even if it's not on a plate, it still counts. A couple of cheesy crackers before dinner, test-tasting a sauce, finishing food from your kids plates while washing dishes, all adds up to more calories. On average figure 25 calories per bite. Do that 4 times in a day and you've just added 100 extra calories to your waistline without even realizing it.
6. Going overboard on low fat. It's psychological. You pick a low-fat snack and you justify eating more of it because it IS low fat. Research backs this up. More food, even if it is non- or low-fat still means more calories.
   
7. Not taking vitamins and supplements. In a perfect world, we'd get all the nutrition, vitamins and minerals from our three perfectly balanced daily meals. Truth is, few of us do. Even if you think you're eating right, modern food processing can deplete whatever nutrients were in the food originally. That's why many take daily vitamins and supplements. While it's important for everyone, it's especially important for those who are trying to lose or maintain weight. It starts with a good, high-quality multivitamin. For those seeking weight loss support AND total health, nothing beats Apple Cider Vinegar Plus™, which is a proprietary formula fortified with green tea for calorie burning and energy.

As quickly as the pounds add up, they can also come off. The key is knowing what your pitfalls are and how to avoid them.For natural weight control remedies, visit Botanic Choice.


So... What do you think?
Are you on the right in diet? Or you just do not know nothing about it? This tip will help you on doing diet in the right way. This is very important because everyone want to diet but lot of them does not know about diet at all. With this kind of essay will help us in order to do better in diet. Diet not only to fat people but also to everyone in order to get a good shape of body and can easily attract another people.

That's all from me.....
Hope you will enjoy dieting.......