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Why 'triple marking' is wrong (and not my fault)

Nov 29, 2014 | Category: leadership

You can't blame celebrity edubloggers for teachers' unreasonable workloads - Albert Einstein In his indefatigable efforts to get schools and teachers to recognise that much of what is done in the name...

#Ofsted #marking #Triple impact marking #Mike Cladingbowl #workload

Are we fetishising marking?

Nov 14, 2014 | Category: learning

When you make something a fetish, ashes and dusts will laugh at you, because they know even the most valuable fetishes will turn into dusts and ashes!Mehmet Murat ildan Last night I innocently posted...

#John Hattie #homework #marking #Robert Bjork #EEF #Sunk Cost Fallacy

Back to School Part 5: Marking

Aug 24, 2014 | Category: assessment

This series of #backtoschool blogs summarises much of my thinking as it’s developed over the past few years and is aimed at new or recently qualified teachers. Each area has been distilled to 5 ‘top t...

#marking #back to school #Dunning-Kruger

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

A model lesson? Part 2: Marathon vs sprint

Sep 14, 2013 | Category: behaviour

Last week I questioned the concept of outstanding lessons full of gimmicks that look great but ultimately may not result in much actual progress being made. Instead, I argued, embedding classroom rout...

#marking #routines #planning #Vivo miles

Work scrutiny - What's the point of marking books?

Jan 26, 2013 | Category: assessment

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

The joy of marking

Oct 27, 2011 | Category: assessment

I'm a big fan of marking students' work. I love it so much I let a big pile of it build up to do over the holidays. As an English teacher I'm faced with a lot of marking and most of it needs to be rea...

#Ofsted #AfL #Ian Gilbert #literacy #marking #Triple impact marking