The main feature of an outstanding lesson is that all students make progress. Taking the structure of a lesson as the starting point, this book demonstrates how assessment for learning can be used to enhance and support all aspects of the learning process. Including chapters on embedding assessment during each phase of the lesson, using assessment data to inform planning, questioning techniques and feedback, the book will help you to use assessment effectively to produce outstanding results. Packed full of practical strategies, this book shows you how you can make assessment meaningful in the classroom, directly impacting your students and creating a more autonomous learning environment. It is written specifically with the class teacher in mind and draws on a range of different examples across many subjects to deliver ideas that can be translated with ease to everyday teaching practices. With a strong focus on including assessment practices in the planning process to achieve outstanding results, this book covers: assessment for learning and an overview of the learning cycle practical teaching strategies and effective techniques to use in the classroom marking, feedback and using data to drive learning embedding assessment for learning in your classroom, department and school An effective guide for outstanding teaching and learning, this book offers an innovative approach and is packed full of practical exercises that are easy to apply in the classroom, proving essential reading for newly qualified and experienced teachers alike.
Outstanding Assessment for Learning in the Classroom
"This book is written by a practising teacher and is unashamedly practical throughout.
Including chapters on embedding differentiation during each phase of the lesson, assessment and questioning techniques, this book will help you to use differentiation effectively to produce outstanding results.
The book is clearly structured around the ways in which teachers actually teach, with QR coded web video clips to illustrate key points in action.
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Puzzle • Imagine a snowball fight in space. Twelve astronauts are arranged in roughly a circle with some snowballs in their pockets. • A signal sounds and the astronauts begin the snowball fight. What will happen as they attempt to ...
**NOW OUT OF PRINT - SEARCH FOR 'HOW TO LEARN' BY MATT BROMLEY** This book is a limited compendium edition of 'A Teacher's Guide To...Outstanding Lessons' and 'A Teacher's Guide To...Assessment'. Praise for the series: "A must buy" .
This is one of the books in Prufrock Press' popular Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education.
The book clearly explains the benefit of each approach described and offers additional guidance on using websites and digital tools effectively in the classroom. Packed full of ideas, the book offers a one stop shop for busy teachers.