Proctor Reflection

I want to reflect on my personal thoughts regarding proctoring in exams in Ruppin, before reading the reflection you sent us.

I must admit that at first I was a little bit confused. I really didn't figure out what is the right way or the best way to handle this issue.

I was asked by Hana and by Galit to replace them as a proctor in their classes while their students were tested. It was the first time in Hana's class but not in Glait's class, therefore I knew what to expect in Galit's class.

Galit told me from the beginning that if someone needs help, they raise their hands and we (one of us) approach and help them if we can. That means that we do not give the answer of course but try to mediate the question, or just make them feel more self-confident about theirselves. I went along with this approach as I believe that some kids need reassurance of their skills or maybe they really don't understand what is expected from them or don't understand the question, and so on.

Therefore, I was surprised to hear from Hana that help is forbidden. I can't help them in any way: not

I don't believe in letting them cope with the text alone, without help. I test my pupils in order to know whether they studied and know the topic. I don't test them purely on reading comprehension (understanding the questions literally). I test them to find out who needs more help with the topic, who assimilate it, and who doesn't. Therefore, I don’t believe in Hana's approach. I think that I as a teacher I should do my best to enable my pupils to succeed in their tests and their learning experience. If it means mediating the question, than mediating will be.

I think it is a very narrow point of view, which suffers from lack of understanding what LD are or forgetting how pressure can influence pupil's ability. What will happen if a teacher mediate the question? How bad can it be if the pupils has the opportunity to understand the question but in another