Course: Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment

The final selection of activities for gathering evidence of student learning presents approaches for making connections. Our examples come from secondary (aged 11-16 years), but the approaches can be applied …

This is the first of three videos showing examples of collecting evidence. As you watch each of the videos, consider the type of decision you could make about your students …

In this second selection of activities for gathering evidence of student learning you’ll see examples using ranking approaches. Our examples come from both primary (aged 5-11 years) and secondary (aged …

We’ve explained that planning for learning is about anticipating where the points are in the lesson for collecting evidence of understanding from your students and considering what actions you might …

In this video Dylan discusses that formative practice starts with identifying what decisions you will want to make in your teaching. Once you have chosen what decision you will focus …

In order to be responsive, you need to plan formative assessment opportunities. Without formative assessment opportunities, you cannot gather evidence about your students to plan for their learning. If you …

Why should we, as teachers, take the time to plan for learning and what benefits will it bring our students? To be clear, we are not talking about planning in …

How do you know where to start your lessons? What would happen if your class can’t progress? How do you plan for learning? Welcome to Planning for Learning, from the …

Thank you for joining us on this course. We hope you have found it interesting and it has given you information and ideas that will help you in your own …

Thank you for joining us on this course. We hope you have found it interesting and it has given you information and ideas that will help you in your own …

Jane and Yeasmin recorded their second video diary on 14 July with a selection of highlights from course discussions and Padlet activities. Next week we will consider in more detail …

Jane and Yeasmin will be recording three video diaries during the course. Please keep an eye out for their requests to include your comments in the video. Learning from others …

This week you have explore the importance of planning for formative opportunities. You’ve considered planning using misconceptions and sources of evidence of misconceptions. You’ve then explored the significance of sharing …

Below we provide an extract from an article discussing the importance of teaching to challenge students’ misconceptions. Although the article is written from the perspective of developing students’ ideas in …