Prompt 3: Shor

The culturally competent teacher should be able to use a variety of assessment techniques appropriate to diverse learners and accommodate sociocultural differences that affect learning.

Every student learns differently. Some are visual learners. Others are auditory. Still others are tactile (touch or hands on). Others learn by various combinations. Some learn best by participation (Shor), while others by interaction (Goldenberg). This is true even within the same culture. One of the problems with standardized testing is that the tests fail to take into account these different learning styles.
In the classroom that I was tutoring in, the students would learn by just hearing the teacher, but they wouldn’t get the full effect of the assignment. So since they don’t get the full effect, the kids would need to do a hands on assignment which is related directly to Shor because he stated that kids learn best by participating.
When I would go there and help tutor the teacher would send me to help the kids who were struggling with the assignment and help them out one on one. This would help them get the gist of the activity better and also would help them get more practice.
There are many techniques that can be used in the classroom that can be used in order to get the students involved in the lesson in order to assess the progress of the students. By using a variety of audio and visual props, group and individual exercises, as well as ensuring an equal participatory atmosphere in the class, are sure methods to grab the students attention in order to get them involved in the classroom. Shor states that in order to provide a quality education for children we must get them to feel as though they need to participate. By ensuring that all voices in the classroom are heard in a participatory atmosphere, the task of properly assessing the progress of each student becomes an easier task compared to the tactics of past education in which students were expected to memorize and regurgitate information by taking test after test.
So in conclusion, Participation is key in the students being involved and letting them get the most knowledge out of school and it will help them get the best experience that they can. Also there are many techniques that teachers can use to get the students involved and participating.