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Formative assessment and the mark scheme

Jul 23, 2011 | Category: assessment

I’ve been consciously and actively using exam board mark schemes as an essential component of formative assessment with my classes for some time now and thought it was time to share what I was up to m...

#learning #English #AfL #formative assessment #mark schemes

100 Word Challenge entry

Jul 21, 2011 | Category: Featured

This is my attempt at Julia Skinner's 100 word challenge. Be gentle with me.[caption id="attachment_120" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="100 Word Challenge inspiration"][/caption]BronzedTanned....

Emerging leaders

Jul 20, 2011 | Category: leadership

Have just completed the last session of the leadership course I've been on for the last 6 weeks. What great CPD!For this final session we all had to prepare a presentation on a project which had lead...

#learning #PLTS #Guy Claxton #leadership

Does group work work?

Jul 18, 2011 | Category: learning

Have just been reading 59 Seconds by Professor Richard Wiseman (@RichardWiseman) and am rather dismayed to note that contrary to popular belief, but according to scientific research, groups are less c...

#creativity #group work

Rip it up: Hula hooping about literature

Jul 16, 2011 | Category: English

I keep this post on the site to remind me just how far I've come. When I wrote this in 2011, despite teaching for 12 years, I knew practically nothing about education. I am now rather ashamed and emba...

#learning #creativity #hula hoops #risks

The Learning Loop

Jul 12, 2011 | Category: learning

For last few years we (the English faculty) have been teaching our GCSE course over 3 years. I made the decision this time last year to begin our three year programme of study with a scheme of learnin...

#learning #Belbin #Carol Dweck #critical skills #growth #learning spies #messy learning #mindsets #PLTS #process #product

Zooming in and out

Jul 11, 2011 | Category: English

For some years now I have been using what I call The Grade Ladder with students to help them understand the skills required to perform at different grades. This isn't particularly original and has bee...

#analysing #bloom's taxonomy #English #evaluating #GCSE #Literature #Of Mice and Men

Using Learning Continuums