Category Archives: ASSET
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Testing rote learning using textbook questions vs real learning using unfamiliar questions
It is often found that among students getting good grades in exams gets a higher priority over ensuring that they are learning with understanding. Teachers emphasise concepts and types [...] -
Learning in Lockdown, the NEP’s Vision, and Strengthening Education Post-Pandemic: Ei Dialogues with Dr. Rukmini Banerji
To begin season four of Ei Dialogues, Pranav Kothari spoke to Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation. Pratham works to make quality education accessible to all and is [...] -
Building Capacity In Assessments For MOOC creators
The National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) has launched Mission Karymayogi to enhance governance through Civil Service Capacity Building. According to NTP, [...] -
Teaching Practices for 21st Century Learners
Background Anybody who has ever taught in a formal teaching capacity would agree with me when I say that teaching is one of the most complex and difficult tasks that one can do. Add to [...] -
Enabling Efficient Learning – Asking Ourselves: What, Why and How
Apart from effecting a devastating human tragedy, Covid has transformed the fundamental nature of our interactions with each other. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the lives of [...] -
Personalized Adaptive Learning for Post-Pandemic Education
This article was originally published by The Bastion on 7 Sept, 2021 To say that India’s children have suffered in this pandemic is an understatement. While the country opened up [...] -
Censuses, Samples or Opt-ins: How Should We Assess Our Education System?
On the first anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the Structured Assessment for Analysing Learning (SAFAL) , an [...] -
Learning Well in Lockdown: Muskan’s Journey with Mindspark
Muskan is a reserved child, at least in conversations. Her responses to questions tend to be a simple “yes, sir” or “no, sir”, punctuated by the occasional nervous giggle. “Uss ki umar [...] -
Covid Caused Significant Learning Loss – How Do We Emerge Stronger From It?
(based on a talk at Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas Conference, July 24, 2021) Covid has been devastating at so many levels – just the magnitude of the human tragedy is [...] -
Opportunities to Connect Maths with Real Life
Here is a conversation between 4-year old Ariha and her father. Ariha: [After applying a mosquito repellent] Papa, the monsoon has arrived. Mosquitos will come to bite us. So, I have [...]