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Back after a Quick Break

  Another week of online classes pass by. This week was free from programs and competitions😁😅.

 The week started with Joju sir's class on the qualities of a good evaluation and how one should be unbiased and give an objective evaluation of the paper irrespective of their emotional states. I think most of us have been a victim of improper evaluation at least once in our lifetimes. Then sir also gave a brief idea about the first work of the semester which is to develop a tool to evaluate a person's intelligence, mindfulness etc.

In Maya ma'am's class we discussed about 'Kanthalloor Saalai' one of the first universities of the South of India. Few network issues forced ma'am to cancel one of the classes. 

We learned about perception and sensation in Giby ma'am's class. Ma'am shared the story of the 'Professor and the Coffee Mug" to help us understand how perceptions can influence our thoughts.
In the optional hours we learned about Concept Attainment Model and were divided into groups to prepare a lesson plan using CAM.

Ancy ma'am is way ahead of everyone and has completed one unit in psychology. Usually ma'am asks us to switch on our video, but Uthara switched on her video voluntarily and motivated the rest of us to do the same. Ma'am was very delighted and must have even shed a happy tear.


Our exams are approaching but we don't know when it is to happen. I think everyone has started their preparations and I'm hoping that I'll be able to stick to my timetable. 

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