On 29th September in our central training session we looked at Assessment for Learning (AFL). AFL is the governments educational buzzword at the moment and it's something I had to write about in my first assignment. We started off by identifying types of assessment and discussed the difference between summative and formative assessment. In conclusion we defined summative assessment as assessment of learning (in other words exams) and formative assessment is assessment for learning (in class assessment). We then discussed the pros and cons of each concluding that formative assessment is far superior.
Effective dialogue:
fat questions - questions that require more than a five word answer.
skinny questions - questions that require five or less word answers.
We should aim to ask fat questions all of the time.
Things to think about:
why do you think children put up their hands? (these are answers that children said - I know the answer, I want the teacher to notice me and think I'm clever, I want to make my friends think I'm clever...)
why don't you think children put up their hands? (these are answers that children said - I don't know the answer, I never get it right anyway, I might get the answer wrong and look stupid...)
Ways to check a student's understanding - traffic light system: red - I don't understand, yellow - I sort of understanding, green - I understand.
We then discussed questions for remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating and creating.
Effective feedback:
Students learn better if the lesson is objective led.
WALTs (We Are Learning Today)
WILFs (What I'm Looking For)
WII FM (What's In It For Me)
The ultimate aim - Peer and Self assessment
Effective use of curricular target
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