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Tag: target implementation
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How can marking for target implementation change the game when it comes to maximising the impact of your feedback?
We set learners targets with the expectation that they will try to implement these. If they do, so our thinking goes, then their work will improve, and they will make…
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Getting learners to implement your written feedback: demonstrating competence
This is where we give learners opportunities to demonstrate competence to us, or one of their peers, during a lesson. It means planning sessions in which these opportunities take centre…
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How to use the two fundamentals of teaching you rely on every day to improve target implementation in your classroom
Sometimes, learners will really struggle to implement your targets. They may not understand them, may find the process of change difficult, or may find it hard to visualise how their…
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Why creating activities with target implementation in mind can be a gamechanger for your classroom – and your workload
Why not structure your planning so that learners have the chance to implement their targets during the following lesson, and to do so through an appropriate activity? For example, a…
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How a simple sheet of A4 paper can completely change how learners think about implementing the targets you give them
Take an A4 sheet of paper and divide it into three columns. At the top of the first column write ‘Date’. At the top of the second write ‘Target’. And…
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Why planning for implementation is almost guaranteed to increase the impact of your written feedback in any lesson, with any class
Learners need time in which to implement their targets. Without this the targets may disappear into the ether, never to be used in the way you intended. While some conscientious…
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When giving learners written feedback, what is the point of your targets?
What do you want your targets to do? Answering this question means gaining a better understanding of why you are setting targets and how you expect learners to use them,…
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Stop diluting the power of your written feedback and start using these strategies to squeeze out the maximum from the effort you put in
When delivering verbal feedback, learners normally respond in the moment, directly after we have spoken to them. This might be with questions or comments of their own. Or it might…
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The question every teacher needs to answer before they put pen to paper and start writing even a word of written feedback
What do you want learners to do with your feedback? Asking yourself this question means clarifying and refining the purpose of your marking. If you have a clear sense of…
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Five strategies any teacher can use when marking learners’ work to simply and easily track progress
Tracking progress means gaining a sound understanding of where learners are at and using this to measure change over time. This is why we have mark books (physical or digital)…