What kind of learners do we want and how can assessment help Sandvika High School Conference 23 October 2013 Gordon Stobart Emeritus Professor of Education.

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What kind of learners do we want and how can assessment help Sandvika High School Conference 23 October 2013 Gordon Stobart Emeritus Professor of Education Institute of Education, University of London

Some thoughts on learning If teaching were as simple as telling we’d all be a lot smarter than we are. Mark Twain You haven’t taught until they have learned. John Wooden What’s the best way to improve teaching? Focus on learning. And the best way to increase learning? Move the focus off the teacher and onto the student. David Kolb What the student does is actually more important in determining what is learned than what the teacher does Thomas Shuell Learners must ultimately be responsible for their learning since no-one else can do it for them. Assessment Reform Group.

Defining learning ‘ A significant change in capability or understanding’ This excludes: the acquisition of further information when it does not contribute to such changes. (Michael Eraut) ‘Any process that...leads to permanent capacity change’ this involves content, incentive and interaction (Knut Illeris) ‘It’s like learning to ride a bike’

How experts learn Nobody is born an expert: ‘Child prodigies do not have unusual genes; they have unusual upbringings’ (Matthew Syed) Expertise is the result of: 1.Knowing where we want to go 2.Deliberate practice (10K hours) Designed to improve Repeated until automatic Continuous feedback Demanding mentally Involves risks and is hard work 3.Deepening knowledge Development of a mental model/framework Recognising what’s relevant and irrelevant Remembering more – ‘chunking’

Comfort zone Learning zone Panic zone Deliberate practice Source: Colvin, 2009

Remembering Wmroanshtehyrtlrl

Remembering by making sense and ‘chunking’ norwayisthehomeoftrolls

Assessment for Learning Assessment for Learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get there. Assessment Reform Group (2002)

Finding out where learners are Classroom dialogue: questions, discussions Teachers talk 70-80% of time; ask questions a day, 60% recall facts, 20% procedural; <5% group discussion or meaningful ideas; 70% of answers less than 5 secs (3 words) ( Source J. Hattie 2012 ) How long do teachers wait after asking a question before taking action? Questions > ‘thinking time’ (wait time)> pair and share > no hands up. Traffic lights

Quality questioning Using good question stems: ‘why does...?’; ‘what if...?’; ‘how would you...?’; ‘could you explain...?’ Poker face - the teacher’s body language does not signal to the student what the teacher wants to hear (keeps the focus on the task) Basketball not ping-pong Statements instead of questions Avoids: asking too many questions at once; answering it yourself; only asking the best students; ignoring answers; failing to build on answers

Where learners need to go: Learning intentions & success criteria Students learn better when they understand what to learn and what is expected of them (Education Act Regulation § 3-1); High expectations are the key to improving learning The teacher is clear about what is being learned (progression in learning) – and makes it clear to the student. What we will be learning rather than what we will be doing The importance of ‘tuning in’ (building on ‘where learners are in their learning’):

Success criteria – understanding what is needed Royce Sadler’s paradox: why does thoughtful feedback often not work? Success criteria need: 1.Negotiation: ‘what would you expect to see in a successful piece of work? 2.Exemplars: ‘which of these two (or more) pieces of work best meets the criteria?’ 3. Modelling: ‘Here’s what I mean...’ 4. Guided practice: activity > independent practice (6x) The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage. As long as you are determined to cover everything, you actually ensure that most kids are not going to understand. You've got to take enough time to get kids deeply involved in something so they can think about it in lots of different ways and apply it—not just at school but at home and on the street and so on. ( Howard Gardner)

AfL in practice: teaching Sudoku

Feedback that closes the gap ‘Provides information which allows the learner to close the gap between current and desired performance’ It is most effective when: It is effectively timed and is specific and clear; It is clearly linked to the learning intention; The learner understands the success criteria/standard; It focuses on the task rather than the learner (self/ego); It gives cues at appropriate levels on how to bridge the gap; It offers strategies rather than solutions; It challenges, requires action, and is achievable.

‘ is specific and clear’....

Negative feedback as a ‘thorn’ ‘write more’ – ‘If I knew more I would have written it – I don’t know what more to write. Teachers should tell me what is missing’ (14 yr old Norwegian pupil) When pupils are not given time to act on the feedback they see it as negative and critical which makes them feel ‘useless’. If the are given time and the teacher follows up on the feedback it is treated as positive. (Gamlem and Smith)

The problem with praise ‘In Norway feedback tends to be general and unspecific, consisting mainly of praise, and consequently, there is a lack of feedback on how to proceed with learning’ ( Gamlen and Smith, 2013 ) Praise is the most common form of feedback – yet has little impact on learning. Why? Because: It is directed at the person not the task & does not provide information about how to improve. It can ‘create a growing dependence on securing someone else’s approval’ (Kohn). It may move the focus from the task to the learner – so any praise should encourage self-regulation directed at task. Expert teachers praise less than novice teachers (expectations)

Learning to give feedback: Snowballing peer assessment to a best answer Students arranged in groups of 3 or 4 Students given questions or calculations to do – work alone at first (5 mins) Students compare answers, reasoning, working etc. noting differences. They discuss and try to agree – Which are correct or best methods, workings, reasonings and answers and why – The group’s idea of the ‘best answer’ – What errors were made and why Students then given model answers and compare with group answers Class discussion of issues. (Source: G.Petty)

Expert teachers Set challenging goals – more ‘thinking work’; Have more integrated knowledge and can link new subject knowledge to students’ prior knowledge and current lesson to other ones; Can detect and use information that has most relevance and offer a wider range of strategies that students might use; Adapt lessons (change, combine, add) according to students needs; Monitor learning and provide feedback; Check whether their teaching is working, look for any negative evidence. (John Hattie)

High expectations are the key to improving learning – expert teachers set more demanding work (John Hattie, 2012)