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Be able to contribute to the evaluation of learning activities

This video from SBCUSD looks at ‘Formative assessment: Using feedback to guide instruction’. Watch to see how the teacher evaluates the students’ existing knowledge, uses that to adapt the lesson, and how feedback is used.

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Click on the link to read ‘Assessment and Feedback: The Key to Student Success’ on the IRIS Connect website. The article explores how to do formative assessment well and what effective feedback looks like, before exploring whole class feedback and self-regulation.
‘5 Research-Based Tips for Providing Students with Meaningful Feedback’ on the Edutopia website looks at how meaningful feedback can greatly enhance learning and improve student achievement. Consider how this steps might apply to giving feedback to teachers.
This article from the University of Calgary is titled ‘Reflect regularly’. Reflecting means taking the time to stop and think about how your students learn and how your teaching can help them learn more effectively. Reflection also takes on an element of criticality as you take time to look closely at your own assumptions about students, teaching, your discipline, etc.
Think about some of the areas you’ve identified that you need to work on: perhaps your body language, supporting bilingual learners, planning creative activities, etc. Find some resources that will improve your knowledge in this area. Perhaps try your school or college, on the internet, at the library, in a bookshop, or ask a colleague who does this particularly well for their advice and guidance.

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