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Thompson, Paul – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2006
Current approaches to oral assessment of English in English secondary schools tend to concentrate more on "confidence" and "participation" than on the quality of children's thinking. This undermines the rich possibilities in classroom talk for cognitive development. Behavioural assessment approaches deny the essentially…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Oral Language, Student Evaluation, English