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How to subvert target grades

Jan 15, 2012 | Category: assessment

Target grades are good aren't they? They must be otherwise why would Ofsted be so damn keen on them. Consider this: how would Monsieur d'Ofsted respond when asking an unsuspecting student in your clas...

#Ofsted #formative assessment #Dylan Wiliam #grading

Why aren't we supposed to teach anymore?

Nov 28, 2011 | Category: learning

[caption id="attachment_725" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Teacher committing the cardinal sin of teaching from the front"][/caption] I read this comment on the Guardian Teacher Network recen...

#Ofsted #Dylan Wiliam #John Hattie #Guardian Teacher Network #Pose Pause Pounce Bounce #Ross McGill

Forget the answer, what's the question?

Sep 24, 2011 | Category: learning

We all know the value of effective questioning, but should it be the students rather than the teacher doing a bit more of the asking? After reading about Question Formulation Technique (getting studen...

#Of Mice and Men #Dylan Wiliam #Hattie #QFT #Question Formulation Technique #Steinbeck #Tait Coles

What can engineers teach us about assessment?

Sep 14, 2011 | Category: assessment

If, like me, you thought the answer to the above question was almost certainly nothing, take a look at this:[caption id="attachment_367" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Slide from Dylan Wiliam'...

#AfL #formative assessment #Dylan Wiliam #engineering

Should we stop doing good things?

Sep 12, 2011 | Category: training

Surely doing good things is something we should do more of? Especially at school. I have seldom met a teacher who is not interested in doing the best for their students and therefore pretty keen to do...

#AfL #Dylan Wiliam #brain gym #learning styles #Pareto #Weight Watchers

What's the point of assessment?

Aug 22, 2011 | Category: assessment

Came across an interesting challenge by @purposeducation - #500words campaign, This week the topic is #purposedassess, so here goes... Everyone knows that there's two different types of assessment, ri...

#learning #AfL #formative assessment #Dylan Wiliam #Sir Ken Robinson #summative assessment