stop marking pk

Just because a teacher is teaching, does not mean students are learning

STOP MARKING!

“The most powerful single modification that enhances achievement is feedback.” (John Hattie)

“Much of the feedback that students get has little or no effect on their learning.”

(Dylan Wiliam)

“Teachers who spend time crafting helpful comments are wasting their time if they also give a mark.”

(Dylan Wiliam)

13/20

Interest in learning is diminished and thinking is

more superficial

Feedback should cause thinking.

Students must be required to respond to feedback

A B C D/FVolume So loud I can’t hear

myself thinkLoud enough that I can’t hear myself speak

Loud-ish in some parts of the room but quiet in others

So quiet I can hear the toilets flush

Tempo Rapid: Hands are hurriedly smacked together

Fast: Hands are quickly brought together

Leisurely: Hands are hit together at an unhurried pace

Slow: Fingers are slowly tapped together

Dynamics Erupts suddenly, builds to a deafening crescendo that is sustained for a second or more, then fades slowly and reluctantly

Builds up for a second, peaks, then fades

No change in dynamics: Half-hearted throughout

Begins with a silent pause, pitter-pats for a second, then fizzles

Applause Rubric

Where am I?

Where am I going?

How do I get there?

Be kind

Be specific

Be helpful

“Experience success and failure not as a reward and punishment, but as information.” (Jerome Bruner)

20-SecondsWhat is the most important thing you have learned so far at this Teach-Meet?

20-SecondsWhat is one question that you have?

Assessment is a conversation, not a number

Learning or Performance?