Formative Assessment: Weaving the Elements Together

29 June 2007Jo Walls

Overview

Learning objectives

Success criteria

Effective Questioning

Learning Objectives

Learning objectives - outline

Treat open and closed skills differently

Share long and short term objectives

Separate the context from the objective

Link success criteria with the objective

Open and closed skills

Closed skills

Open skills

Knowledge

Concepts

Direct speech Using a multiplication grid

Drawing conclusions Using effective adjectives

Key events of World War II Angles of a triangle = 180˚

The effect of exercise on the heart

The need for a healthy diet

Sharing long term objectives

Interactive displays: What we know What we want to find out What we’ve learned

Separate the context from the learning objective

Before AfterLearning objective muddled with context

Learning objective

Context

To write instructions for making a cake

To be able to write instructions

Making a cake

To present an argument for and against school uniform

To present a written argument including ‘for’ and ‘against’ viewpoints

School uniform

Separate the context from the learning objective

Before AfterLearning objective muddled with context

Learning objective

Context

To analyse five different diets and decide which would constitute a balanced diet

To be able to analyse different sources of information and reach conclusions

Healthy eating

To understand why Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan

To understand why parables are important in the Bible

The Good Samaritan

Success Criteria

Success criteria

Step-by-step instructions for completing a task…..

Or ‘remember to’……

Or ‘choose 3 from the following list’

Example success criteria

Learning objective

Context Success criteria

To be able to use direct speech

To be able to use speech marks

‘Harry Potter’ excerpts

Put “__” at the beginning and end of spoken wordsUse a capital letter at the beginning of speech

Example success criteria 2

Learning objective

Context Success criteria

To understand the physical and human features of a mountain environment

The Lake District

Use an atlas to locate the Lake District Use at least 3 different sources to locate information

MapsInternetPhotographsText books

Identify the physical featuresWeather Climate Landscape

Identify the human featuresTourismHousing Work

Successful success criteria…

Ensure focus, not quality

Clarify understanding

Allow reflection

Identify areas for improvement

Generating success criteria with pupils

‘Do you know how to….?’ – Prove it! ‘This is how you….’ (Proceed to do it

incorrectly and wait for students to correct you).

Generate from a given example. Generate after pupils’ first attempts

(‘What did you do first?...Next?’) Ask pupils to generate their own

Questioning

Effective questioning

Management strategies to make questioning more effective – Wait time No hands up Taking partners

Creating a supportive climate – Gather responses Stall Make a suggestion Avoid recall questions Allow ‘pass’ as acceptable

Effective questioning strategies1. Give a range of answers……

Q: What is 52? 3, 7, 10, 25, 125

In a test, Sarah put 10 as the answer. How did she get this answer?

Q: What makes a good friend? kind always honest shares sweets a bully good looking loyal

Effective questioning strategies2. Give a statement

Original question

Reframed Further examples

Which drugs are bad for you?

All drugs are bad for you.Agree or disagree and give reasons.

Goldilocks was a burglar.

Cars should be banned from outside schools.

Effective questioning strategies3. Right and wrong

Original question

Reframed Further examples

How do you do this sum?

Why is this sum right and this sum wrong?

Why is this meal healthy and this one not?

Why is this picture an example of Impressionism and this one not?

Effective questioning strategies4. Starting from the end

Original question

Reframed Further examples

Can you give me an example of a metaphor?

Here is a metaphor.What makes it a metaphor?

This is an example of sustainable development. What makes it sustainable?

At the end of the play Juliet kills herself. Why?

Effective questioning strategies5. Opposing standpoint

Original question

Reframed Further examples

What are the hazards of taking drugs?

Should taking drugs be a matter of choice?

What would a mother whose children were starving think of shoplifting?

How did the 3 bears feel upon discovering Goldilocks in their home?