At the Teaching and Learning Takeover (TLT17) event in Southampton I was lucky enough to hear Rebecca Foster speak about whole class feedback. Rebecca discussed a method she has trialed within the English department she leads.
The idea is so simple and effective in terms of both the feedback for students, and for longer term planning, assessment and homework. Using a PowerPoint slide with boxes arranged for certain aspects of marking, teachers fill in the empty boxes as they mark the student work. The reason this method is so powerful is that it is so much quicker than handwriting the feedback for pupils. Once the teacher has read and assessed all the work, the next lesson the feedback slide can be used.
In trialing this I have printed a small copy of the slide for each pupil and asked them to highlight the relevant celebration and target for them. Using the acts sticker the pupil can then respond. The main reason this method makes marking and feedback quicker is because once the first celebration and target are typed in they are coded C1 and T1. These codes are written alongside the ACTS sticker. As the marking of the class progresses other celebration and target comments are typed. By the end of the marking, several pupils may have required the same target and so it is quick and simple to just not the target and number on their ACTS sticker.
Other aspects that can be recorded include spellings, misconceptions, exam tips, and punctuation/grammar corrections. By having all of this information on the slide pupils can review more than one target. They can check on common spelling errors. For the teacher. Having these details typed in one place, makes it easy to refer to later in the year. Spellings could be pasted into Show my Homework for a test. For the next cycle of teaching misconceptions can be reviewed and this may inform planning.
There are some examples of the marking slides below, but in closing I am keen to share the actual difference in time that the slides have made. An average KS3 assessment piece of writing would usually take me 2-3 hours per class to mark. Using the marking grid has reduced this to around an hour. The means that pupils can receive feedback sooner, in some cases the very next lesson.
Author LWR
The idea is so simple and effective in terms of both the feedback for students, and for longer term planning, assessment and homework. Using a PowerPoint slide with boxes arranged for certain aspects of marking, teachers fill in the empty boxes as they mark the student work. The reason this method is so powerful is that it is so much quicker than handwriting the feedback for pupils. Once the teacher has read and assessed all the work, the next lesson the feedback slide can be used.
In trialing this I have printed a small copy of the slide for each pupil and asked them to highlight the relevant celebration and target for them. Using the acts sticker the pupil can then respond. The main reason this method makes marking and feedback quicker is because once the first celebration and target are typed in they are coded C1 and T1. These codes are written alongside the ACTS sticker. As the marking of the class progresses other celebration and target comments are typed. By the end of the marking, several pupils may have required the same target and so it is quick and simple to just not the target and number on their ACTS sticker.
Other aspects that can be recorded include spellings, misconceptions, exam tips, and punctuation/grammar corrections. By having all of this information on the slide pupils can review more than one target. They can check on common spelling errors. For the teacher. Having these details typed in one place, makes it easy to refer to later in the year. Spellings could be pasted into Show my Homework for a test. For the next cycle of teaching misconceptions can be reviewed and this may inform planning.
There are some examples of the marking slides below, but in closing I am keen to share the actual difference in time that the slides have made. An average KS3 assessment piece of writing would usually take me 2-3 hours per class to mark. Using the marking grid has reduced this to around an hour. The means that pupils can receive feedback sooner, in some cases the very next lesson.
Author LWR
Comment by EFT
ReplyDeleteI have used this since October and have found it has freed up a lot of time for other things... like creating lessons :)
I have been using this form of feedback after a piece of written work or as feedback from a speaking test. Has halved the time it takes to mark yet still allows me to personalise the comments to each student. I have some examples if anyone wants to have a look!
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