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Tag: opening up success criteria
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Unlock the hidden connection between effective differentiation and assessment for learning, so you can start using AFL to personalise your teaching today
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Pass ownership of how to make judgements to your learners and watch as they start seeing self-assessment as more powerful and more meaningful than ever before
Creating Success Criteria With Your Learners If learners understand what their work is being judged against, they can target their efforts more effectively. This is because they know what they…
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An often-overlooked relationship that draws together effective feedback and the opening up of success criteria
Success criteria are the things against which work is judged. If you hit the success criteria – or surpass them – fantastic. If you fall short, then you have something…
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Understand the relationship between feedback and assessment for learning
Feedback and marking are intimately bound up with assessment for learning (AfL). Assessment for learning is the name given to a suite of strategies, activities and techniques in which formative…