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Be able to contribute to the evaluation of learning activities

Watch this Teacher’s TV video about how a childcare practitioner works to improve her own practice. Watch the video and make notes. Pay particular attention to Salma’s own evaluation of her strengths and weaknesses and the comments made by her headteacher. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?

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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

'A case study on how to evaluate pupil participation at a secondary school' published by Hertfordshire Grid for Learning
'Getting started with Assessment for Learning’ from Cambridge International Examination.
'What is impact?’ from the Cambridge Assessment International Education website
Laser Learning reading text: 'Evaluation practice'.
‘Feedback and reporting’ from Victoria’s Education and Training website.

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Click on the link to visit the government’s webpage on the National Curriculum, giving an overview of assessment at each Key Stage.
Click on the link to visit the Department for Education's website for testing and assessment ('Standards & Testing Agency') and read the information for the Key Stage you are working with.
Click to read the National Strategies document on 'Personalised learning'.
‘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.
Read chapter 5 ‘Assessment for learning: Providing valuable feedback for teachers and pupils’ from The Teaching Assistant’s guide to Effective Interaction by P Bosanquet, J Radford and R Webster. This book was published by Routledge in 2015. NB you should be able to borrow this from your local library or it may be available online.

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