Testing the Joy Out of Learning

0 Sharon L. Nichols David C. Berliner 2008 Testing the Joy Out of Learning Educational Leadership "From the motivation literature, we know that learners are more likely to enjoy learning when activities are meaningful, fun, or interesting. Yet, again and again, high-stakes testing diminishes the fun and meaning of learning," write Nichols and Berliner. The authors share examples of classroom transcripts of test preparation, discuss the risk of disengaging and alienating students that too much emphasis on high-stakes testing poses. The article ends asking, "What can we do?" Berliner, D.C. & Nichols, S.L. (2008).Â Testing the joy out of learning. Educational leadership (Mar 2008 Vol. 65 No. 6). Link: http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.459dee008f99653fb85516f762108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_journaltypeheaderimage=%252FASCD%252Fimages%252Fmultifiles%252Fpublications%252Felmast.gif&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_viewID=article_view&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_journalmoid=f0d11e9098a78110VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_articlemoid=6a021e9098a78110VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_journalTypePersonalization=ASCD_EL&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=token&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=token http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.459dee008f99653fb85516f762108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_journaltypeheaderimage=%252FASCD%252Fimages%252F