More on MARCKS and concurrent metacognition Metacognitive monitoring concerns learners’ ability to assess the progress of their learning. The accuracy of their metacognitive monitoring influences study choices and, consequently, how well information is learned and retained. Learners misinterpret momentary accessibility …
End of year assessments – What to do before. What to do after. To get more learning from ‘End of Year Assessments.’ Under the umbrella of a twin-track school ethos of “happy and successful” and “growth and excellence” (pupils and …
The first post, covered the first half of “What every teacher needs to know about assessment.” Unsurprisingly, this post covers the second half. What practices schools should do ‘more‘ or ‘less’ of. What assessment practices should schools do more of, and …
Introduced by Professor Stuart Kime (Director of Education at Evidence Based Education – EBE) “What every teacher needs to know about assessment,” brought together researchers and cross-phase leaders, teachers and teacher trainiers; Dr Christine Harrison (King’s College London), Phil Stock (Secondary DHT – …
The #IOEDebates offers a rich vein of educational thinking. Panelists are dedicated experts within their education field. Hence the debates are often a level or two above a chance encounter, water-cooler conversation. Chaired by Professor Becky Francis, Director, UCL Institute …
Teachers are not very good at writing effective and usable assessment questions. says @ProfCoe #rEdDurham Studies typically find that unstructured judgements of the expected proportion who will get a question right typically correlate about 0.2-0.3 with the actual proportions (Bramley & …
If you have found your way to this post, you have an interest in MCQs. In addition to this post, I found Mr Barton Maths Podcast interview with Zeek Sweiry – Senior Researcher at CERP (Centre for Education Research and …
What, drawn, and talk of workload? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all managers, and thee. Have at thee, coward! Here we are again in January 2024, still discussing our Marking Policy and bemoaning the workload. Teachers should …
