1. With thanks to Kenny Piper
I love marking... No really! (how we get students to see and act on feedback)
With thanks to Kenny Piper

2. Classwork
Date:________
How could we use a ‘visible learning’ approach to close the gap in S1 History?
Aims: MUST: raise attainment in key skills of
-writing essay paragraphs
-judging significance in History
SHOULD: ‘close the gap’ between pupils with different levels of poverty
Visible learning??
‘know thy impact’
Share it with students – fix it
Use it to inform next steps
HW:
Join our list to share ideas
Due on: Mon

3. Boring mark record sheet?
Worked out a progression ladder
Baseline test near start of topic
Target sheet for students
Fix-it feedback
Gave tasks to specific students (eg 6 figure references)
Follow up test at end of topic
... Start again?

4. Who & how? Classwork Date:________ Subjects:
S1 class of mixed ability.
Not analysed separately according to poverty levels- the school in general has a high level of poverty.
taught x2 / week in lessons of 50 minutes.
Measurement;
qualitative questions to judge students’ ability to reflect on their learning- repeated at the end of the unit
baseline and a follow up test on the key skill of writing paragraphs
Parents asked for their feedback at start and end

5. Who was the better leader of Scotland?
Write 1+ Hamburger paragraphs :
Bravery, royalty, strength, battles
I think that one Wallace was a great leader because of…
I can prove this because…
Another example is…
This meant that…
And so… As a result it was…
Statement:
Example:
Explain:

6. Who was the better leader: Wallace or Bruce?
Aim: MUST list key facts for each
SHOULD explain who was the greater leader
Copy:
Paragraph = 3+ sentences
Statement = of your opinion of the answer
Example = fact
Explanation = why that answers the question

12. Results Classwork Date:________
Assessment results: 6 students did better, 6 did worse and 4 showed no change.
2nd 12 improved, 4 no improvement
Results of students’ survey: Students follow up reports were very much clearer in terms of the skills they were working on and showed a grasp of how far they had got with that skill.
Results of parents questionnaire: 4/12 responded, those that did were keen ‘ very pleased with progress’... ‘good idea to keep parents informed’

13. Interpretation Classwork Date:________
students clearer about skill that they’re learning
empirical test results did not show significant improvement at first.
But over time, working on same skill... Improvement appeared
Parents found it helpful
This felt good in class and the survey responses suggest that students and parents felt that this was connected to real progress.

14. Re-try Class work Date:________ S3 mixed ability class
Skill: discursive essay writing
Similar teaching techniques
Measured using test only (!!)
Student feedback very positive – motivated
Clearer about next steps
Feel real concern about

17. Collecting feedback on ourselves

18. How can we make the feedback cycle as tight as possible?
Classwork
Date:________
How can we make the feedback cycle as tight as possible?
Aims: give students a chance to ‘fix their feedback’ as quickly as possible
?Practical subjects have an advantage:
Show, do, have another go
DIRT – fix it feedback
Ipads
Mini whiteboards
Pointing hands

19. DIRT = Now for some gritty fixing!
Aims: Use feedback to get better
Here’s how:
Look for T argets:
write 2+ sentences to fix them
Common targets - add examples / facts
- correct SPellings & GRammar
- explain how this answers the question
- explain which is most important
Quiet to concentrate
Questions? X1 allowed. Write on post-it.
Done all that? Give a T eacher T arget
That’s YOU!

21. How can we make the feedback cycle as tight as possible?
Classwork
Date:________
How can we make the feedback cycle as tight as possible?
Aims: give students a chance to ‘fix their feedback’ as quickly as possible
In written subjects:
Peer marking... But problems
Mid- lesson stop...

22. How to use a ‘mid-lesson stop’ to visualise learning?
Classwork
Date:________
How to use a ‘mid-lesson stop’ to visualise learning?
Set task with set time period
Half way through randomly select
Put on screen
Suggestions for improvement
Everyone fixes and continues

23. Newspaper: what happened today at QMU?
Classwork
Date:________
Newspaper: what happened today at QMU?
Aims: create a realistic ‘front page’ to describe the day
Co-constructed success criteria:
What makes a good front page? - Model
Agree then take down x4 to use to mark yourselves.
Headline
Layout
Sub-headings
X8 facts
In order
Witness statements
Mid-lesson stop – lollipop sticks
Fix it

24. Newspaper: what happened today at QMU?
Classwork
Date:________
What makes a good newspaper? Agree then take down x4 to use to mark yourselves.
Some of mine??
Headline
Layout
Sub-headings
X8 facts
In order
Witness statements
Mid-lesson stop – lollipop sticks
Fix it

25. How got get students see their own learning?
Classwork
Date:________
How got get students see their own learning?
Aims: self evaluation
Self monitoring
Quiz sheets – automaticity =
Log graphs
Log skills

26. I need to revise map symbols

27. I need to practice, explanations &‘conclusions’