My First Workshop

Today I start my first ever 3-day workshop in RECSAM. There are 15 participants from all over Malaysia.Alternative Assessment for Primary/Secondary Mathematics, the workshop deals with the various assessment in mathematics. During the first day, we discuss about the trends and issues in mathematics assessment, the different test formats, and rubrics. On the second day, we discuss about the art of questioning, journal writing and portfolio and project work. On the third day, we discuss about assessment in using ICT, and interpreting results.

This has been my fifth month here and I am glad that within that time I already conducted a regular course, prepared various papers and now this workshop. It is quite challenging to me yet enriching. I have been given the opportunity to expand my horizon and improve more with my craft.

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The Course Starts

Today the course of which I am the superviosr started. I had 15 participants. There was no one from Myanmar, 4 paying participants from Thailand and one from Kenya. This afternoon, I gave them the briefing and it turned out to be wonderful. Though there were those who could not communicate well with English, it should not deter them in fully participating in every session. When I was one of the particpants back in 2004, I felt the difficulty of having them as co-participants. It is as if asking them why were they here in the first place. Now that I am the supervisor, I see it in different perspectives. Language is important but should not be a barrier to communication. I told them if they could not say it, then write down. If they could not put it on papers, then make use of sign language. If still it is not possible, then use facial expressions. The thingi would like to get across at is that we have to find ways and means to express ourselves. In our first session this afternoo, I enc...

Moment

Stupid! That was how my mathematics teacher called me once during my senior year in high school. I was in front of the class, on the board, having answered incorrectly a math problem he said was easy. Stunned and stupefied, I could not remember how long have I stood there. I thought my legs kept me from moving, when so many eyes were upon me, I was enveloped with embarrassment and numbness. After the class, I declined to have my lunch, afraid that my classmates would poke fun at me. And yes they did, behind me (which i would learn later). That was the turning point of my life with mathematics. I really could not blame my teacher. Mathematics was something I detest then, and it was my waterloo. But that unfortunate incident, it dawned upon me that I better put myself together and redeem myself. Not to prove to my teacher that I am what he thinks I am, I embarked on a journey. And this I did with mathematics as company. Years later, I earned my degree in mathematics. When it came to my t...

Discovery

The more I study the more I realize how much I do not know. The more I learn the more I become aware of my ignorance.

Reflections

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