https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts Reflecting on your practice and module learning so far, think of an assessment issue or area of the curriculum in a chosen context. It could be problematic. Briefly discuss your choice of issue and how you may seek to change it? Some examples of ideas and thinking from last year makes interesting reading and worth a look before you ADD your own comments (remember to click the POST button when finished). en-us 2018-05-09 22:59:32 UTC 2025-09-29 09:30:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/259751829 I will start off ..]]> 2018-05-10 18:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/259751829 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/259752199 when should i start thinking about the multiplication tables test that is going to be introduced in Y4 in 2020?]]> 2018-05-10 18:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/259752199 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/261611788 For me the paradox is that assessment should assess learning, but too often it becomes a huge stick to beat students and teachers with. The idea of it being a tool for measuring the actual learning of the students is lost. The learner becomes a number and I think that is very dangerous and unethical.  For me, the simple answer is fewer assessments which demonstrate progress. This would give students the chance to learn when they are being assessed on. It would also reduce teacher marking and allow more time for planning better lessons. I don't see why one assessment per term is not enough, particularly in KS3. However, without a massive shift in our current data / target driven world, that is unlikely to change. ]]> 2018-05-17 14:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/261611788 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270298616 I was thinking of feedback and its uses. This links to peer and self assessment, how students respond to this and how they respond to teachers feedback. ]]> 2018-07-16 11:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270298616 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270298726 I also wasn't sure whether to look into live AFL - questioning etc. as a second idea  - however I am edging towards feedback (my previous comment) as it is something which I want to improve within my own classroom. I have noticed that some students take the feedback seriously, however, how much the feedback resonates with the students and is useful is something which I am questioning. Is it better to have quick feedback ('live') or detailed but not as frequent feedback in books.]]> 2018-07-16 11:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270298726 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270307305 How can exam style questions be used in KS3 to support pupils when they reach KS4? Does this have any benefit at all?]]> 2018-07-16 13:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270307305 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270307508 In KS4, many pupils struggle to answer exam questions fully and miss out on marks because of this. I want to know if this format of assessment is beneficial to pupils and what can be done to support pupils further.]]> 2018-07-16 13:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270307508 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270403961 AFL is getting lost all the way from KS1 to KS5. How do we bring it back?]]> 2018-07-17 10:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270403961 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270409464 How effective is feedback for learning? potentially verbal feedback or group feedback (groups according to misconceptions or targets). Could use more peer feedback and self feedback. Trying to improve self awareness and learning how to learn, also to decrease workload for teachers. At the start (just thinking about it currently)]]> 2018-07-17 12:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/270409464 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/407865896 I am thinking of digital storytelling as a new summative assessment format within my Creative Problem-Solving module (Business Studies undergrad) - what do I need to consider to ensure consistency in marking the LOs?  ]]> 2019-11-07 02:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/407865896 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/407875393 Ofqual are to make MFL marking easier next year, especially French and German, but listening and reading GCSE assessment is still going to be tough for my students. How do I reduce product over process i.e. teaching to the test? My students struggle most with these but I do not want them to dominate my formative assessment strategies and my lesson planning?]]> 2019-11-07 03:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/407875393 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/816567254 Should we be formally assessing EY children in phonics - are formal assessments started to early or does it prepare them for an academic future full of assessment practices?]]> 2020-10-09 13:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/816567254 beverley_cole https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/817013556 Good point about EY phonics and formal assessments!]]> 2020-10-09 15:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/817013556 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/819459277 I'm interested in thinking about the efficacy of proxies. Even when we've decided what a good learning outcome looks like, we can still only assess it through some activity or product that necessarily adds in extra elements that may blur the signal. Which proxies are more accurate in their measurement of learning? Can we really know if something has been learned? Does it matter?]]> 2020-10-11 09:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/819459277 https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/923584443 2020-11-15 02:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beverley_cole/Earlythoughts/wish/923584443