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Tag: eliciting responses from learners
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A set of techniques expert teachers use to understand where their learners are at and what they need to do next to make sure their planning hits the mark
In the previous post (Five strategies any teacher can use right now to start mastering assessment for learning so their teaching marries up beautifully with their learners’ needs), we looked…
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Ten guaranteed, sure-fire methods for assessing where every learner in your class is at right now, minimal planning required
Whole-Class Feedback Techniques Assessment for learning is simple. It involves three things: Here, I’m going to run through nine examples of whole-class feedback techniques, all of which you can use…
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The only techniques you’ll ever need if you’re a teacher who uses group work and wants to know what’s happening while your learners are working together
Eliciting Information from Groups Assessment for learning is simple. It has three key pillars: Here, we’re going to look at the first of those and, specifically, how you can elicit…
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Five strategies any teacher can use right now to start mastering assessment for learning so their teaching marries up beautifully with their learners’ needs
Your teaching will only marry up with learners’ needs if you know what those needs are. That’s where eliciting and using information comes in. Eliciting and using information is one…
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How to use questioning to put your EAL learners at ease, draw them into the lesson and help them get more out of your teaching
Simple Questioning Techniques to Support EAL Learners: Explanation and Rationale Teachers ask thousands of questions every week. Learners try to provide answers. Some research suggests that in a thirty-year career,…
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Why making knowledge provisional transforms how learners hear your questions
Here are some beliefs that, in various societies and at various times, have held sway: All these beliefs have been subsequently disproved. Yet, at one time – and in some…
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Five of the most effective ways to encourage responses from any and every learner you teach
In the classroom you can find yourself in the frustrating position of asking a question and getting no response (and the question is not meant to be rhetorical!). The situation…
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How using the word ‘might’ can instantly transform questioning and discussion in your classroom
Consider the following questions: The meaning of the sentence is significantly altered by the word ‘might’. In sentence (1) there is an implied presumption that the questioner knows the answer…
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How does ‘wait time’ change the impact of every question you ask, creating better answers in any lesson?
In many situations, teachers encourage learners to take their time: All these comments are intended to help learners understand that taking a little longer and going a little slower often…
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Six ways you can take what learners say and use it to improve the quality of the discussions you have with them
One of the assessments a teacher must make during any discussion activity is when to intervene and, particularly, when to do things with what learners say. Often, the best option…