If assessment is to support learning, then how it is carried out is of prime importance. It is not simply what a teacher does but also how it is done that is important. To make AfL integral to learning try to:
Without the process of adapting teaching and learning, the assessment is not formative – it is merely frequent.
Allow about 1 hour 15 minutes
Revisit the files from the GA web page that you saved for Section 1 Activity 2.
The PowerPoint presentation includes some examples based on a tectonics unit. Look at slide 13 to pick out ‘what to assess’, using the age-related benchmark expectations from page 4 of the Framework pdf.
Think about how this will translate into ‘how’, using slides 23–26.
Thinking about the shorter term, read Sidhu (2011), Why use AfL? Dusting off the black box.
Identifying what you want students to learn
Integrating assessment into every lesson
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