Assessment: is any form of feedback - verbal, written text from the teacher or any other student
Marking: feedback that includes justification of a grade of some description
In advance of the ideas below, it is advised to use these as part of a learning routine rather than a special one-off occasion.
"Assessment and marking must surely be a two-way activity"
- students respond to feedback
- communicate the focus of the marking and assessment to the students
- ask the students to identify something for you to focus on, such as where they have improved their spelling, presentations or explanation points
- students keep learning blogs: teacher can comment on it
- students write the comment they think you should write and justify why by writing comments in the margins of really good pieces of work that meet the success criteria
- ask students to mark the marking : students mark feedback in terms of how it helps them learn.
Other Assessment Ideas
- exhibitions to showcase work: "comments on this one please"
- 'guest marker': mayor, math professor etc.
- film group presentations with 2 groups at a time, post on VLE & in IT room get students to complete thought cards from presentations
- presenting to colleague's classes
- checking time in class: but the checker gets the penalty rather than the person who's work it is
