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What do students think about marking?

Mar 03, 2019 | Category: Featured

Over the past year or so, I've been doing some very informal research into students' attitudes and opinions with some of the schools I work with on an ongoing basis.Two years ago I wrote 2 posts summa...

#marking #feedback

Triple impact feedback on the EEF marking review

May 24, 2016 | Category: Featured

1.The EEF publish a review of the evidence of marking. 2. I give them some feedback. 3. The EEF respond to my criticisms. 4. Well... we could go on for ever. Feel familiar?James Richardson and Robbie...

#marking #Education Endowment Foundation

Why I like 'tick n flick'

Dec 16, 2015 | Category: Featured

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less. William of Ockham Tick n flick - the practice of flicking through students' exercise books and ticking to indicate that they have been read (o...

#John Hattie #marking #workload #Greg Ashman

Could less marking mean more feedback?

Sep 27, 2015 | Category: Featured

Opportunity makes a thief. - Francis Bacon I wrote recently about the differences between marking and feedback. In brief, and contrary to popular wisdom, they are not the same thing; feedback is uni...

#marking #feedback #Chris Wheadon #No More Marking

What should written feedback look like?

May 04, 2015 | Category: Featured

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.Arthur Schopenhauer In response to my last post, Cristina Milos pointed out that I use the term 'feedback' without providing any further...

#marking #Joe Kirby #proofreading #RAG123 #written feedback

Practical differentiation: high expectations and the art of making mistakes

Feb 01, 2014 | Category: Featured

Differentiation? I hate the word as I hate Hell, all ludicrous bureaucracy, and thee!Er... Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Differentiation is one of the darkest arts in teaching. The generally accepted...

#Ofsted #Dylan Wiliam #differentiation #marking #Tom Sherrington #success criteria