• NATIONAL STEM LEARNING CENTRE

Feedback for Learning: Implementing Formative Assessment

Learn how to give pupil feedback through formative assessment that supports student learning without increasing your workload.

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  • Duration

    3 weeks
  • Weekly study

    3 hours
  • Accreditation

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The CPD Certification Service

This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. Find out more.

Help your students benefit from formative feedback

Marking has been identified as an area of excessive workload for teachers, but feedback is crucial for students to improve their understanding.

On this course, you’ll learn evidence-based approaches for using written and oral feedback to support student learning, without increasing your workload.

You’ll learn how to develop a classroom culture that encourages formative dialogue and prepares students to receive, act upon, and learn from teacher feedback.

The course adopts a reflective approach and will encourage changes in classroom practice that will have a direct impact on student learning.

What topics will you cover?

  • Effective feedback as part of formative assessment.
  • Feedback that enables students to move forward in their learning.
  • Forms of written feedback and oral feedback.
  • Empowering students to receive and act on feedback.

This course provides evidence-based practices to use formative assessment purposefully in your teaching. The course adopts a reflective approach, allowing you to contextualise the ideas from this course with tasks to undertake in your classroom.

Who is this accredited by?

The CPD Certification Service
The CPD Certification Service:

The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Apply approaches that use students’ errors to maximise learning as part of classroom culture.
  • Identify different types of feedback interaction within your teaching.
  • Develop a range of strategies to involve students in oral and written feedback.
  • Develop a formative classroom culture that prepares students to be responsive to feedback.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for primary, secondary, and further education teachers.

Classroom examples are provided from a science and mathematics context, but the course is suitable for teachers of STEM and non-STEM subjects.

You do not need any prior experience other than marking and facilitating lessons.

This course compliments the Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment course but can be taken alone.

Who will you learn with?

Former physics teacher & leader, now supporting educators to develop teaching. Commissioned by National STEM Learning Centre to work with Dylan Wiliam & Chris Harrison to design & support AfL courses.

Who developed the course?

National STEM Learning Centre

The National STEM Learning Centre provides world-class professional development activities and resources to support the teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
  • Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

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