Resource – ACE Peer Assessment
As I’ve spoken about already in my last few posts is the role of peer assessment in my classroom. This is something I particularly focus on with sixth form. I want them to understand mark schemes and...
View ArticleResource – Request to Retest
Ever marked a set of tests and been somewhat disappointed by the results. Students like grades. There’s a sense of fulfillment when you’ve done well. A twinge of regret when you don’t and a fleeting...
View ArticleStop. Peer assess. Progress.
How often do you carry out peer assessment at the end of a task? I know I used to do it a lot in the past, I’d get students to read each other’s work, write a WWW and EBI comment … Continue reading →
View ArticleMrs Humanities shares… 5 wellbeing strategies
Wellbeing is being flung around from here to there these days…. and about time to be honest. However, my concern is that too often schools are merely paying lip service to staff wellbeing and not...
View ArticleMrs Humanities shares… Whole Class Feedback Examples
The time was September 2016, I shared a version of a Marking Crib Sheet from @MrThorntonTeach at Pedagoo Hampshire 2016 and since then I’ve been seeing whole class feedback every where. It even forms...
View ArticleResource – DIRT Sheets
Recently I shared a tweet with a link to my DIRT sheets and realised the link I’d added had been for the wrong set. I then noticed how my DIRT sheets were shared in several different posts and were a …...
View ArticleMrs Humanities shares… 10 useful blog posts about feedback
When I first started writing about marking and feedback back in February 2015, it was an issue for many but it was barely on the radar of bloggers and #EduTwitter. It was a period of research for me...
View ArticleEmbedding Feedback: An Example
When I first started investigating marking and feedback, I never thought it would change my practice the way it has. During my PGCE and NQT years, I used to mark books, write a ‘what went well’ comment...
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