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Assessment Approaches

Written feedback

Andrew starts his lesson by returning the pupils' work on the "counting trees" task. He wants to see how pupils respond to his written feedback.

Watch the video and consider:

  • What different kinds of assessment can you see?
  • What is the purpose of each kind of assessment?
  • What do both the teachers and pupils learn?

(Click on Play for the next extract).

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Collaborative work

In an earlier lesson, Amy's class worked individually on the security cameras task. She now wants to see if they can improve their reasoning by working together to produce a joint solution.

Watch the video and consider:

  • What different kinds of assessment can you see?
  • What is the purpose of each kind of assessment?
  • What do both the teachers and pupils learn?

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(Click on Play continuously to stop the video pausing).

Pupil presentations

In Dominic's lesson the pupils have been working on the "cats and kittens" task in pairs.Towards the end of the lesson, Dominic wants to assess how well pupils can communicate their reasoning.

Watch the video and consider:

  • What different kinds of assessment can you see?
  • What is the purpose of each kind of assessment?
  • What do both the teachers and pupils learn?

(Click on Play for the next extract).

(Click on Play continuously to stop the video pausing).

Class feedback

At the end of her lesson, Amy is trying to find out how the pupils have used her feedback to improve their work.

Watch the video and consider:

  • What different kinds of assessment can you see?
  • What is the purpose of each kind of assessment?
  • What do both the teachers and pupils learn?

(Click on Introductory session at the top of the screen to return to the main session).