Gallery CritiqueKS4

Inspiration from…• Teaching and Learning Handbook• KS3 History

• Applied to Y10 Evaluation Question:

“The use of the Death Penalty is always wrong”

Initially…• Feedback of limited use and value

Yes, paragraphs are important and so is detail!

Introduction of the Mark SchemeSeveral benefits of

adding this as part of the Gallery Critique

feedback

Introduction of the Mark SchemeBenefit 1

Feedback is specific

• Students highlight what has been achieved producing relevant ‘tick’ feedback

• Areas which haven’t been highlighted show what needs development- a clear target

Introduction of the Mark SchemeBenefit 2 Feedback is focussed

Direct reference is made to the spec both in the ‘tick’ and

target

Introduction of the Mark SchemeBenefit 3

Improvement Time is utilised

• With more specific targets higher quality improvements can be made

• Knowledge of the spec also improves

Implementation• It does take time to go through the mark

scheme initially, the language can be unfamiliar

• However:– higher quality feedback– students fully involved in the feedback process– Knowledge of the exam spec can be utilised in

the future