Hidden Lives of Learners - Preston Lodge Festival of Learning.

Two Types of complimentary pre-assessment.

Quality

Qualities Broad PA (eg a multiple choice pre exam) Specific PA (eg a hinge question or task. Time period effective Long Term Short Term Number of Learning Intentions examined Many One When Well before a module is designed End of a lesson in time for next lesson Informs module design lesson planning direction of a lesson Quality of information Yes or No or maybe information on learning intentions detailed information on student ideas of specific concepts- narrow and deep ease of Demonstrating “progress” Very difficult - need to be  subject specialist to spot Ease of demonstrating learning Don't make me laugh yes we are getting there Ability to identify misconceptions not really, although debatable if its useful for the students Yes Ability to reveal how students use knowledge No Possible Who is this really for Teacher and the System Students and Teachers Number of times each “concept” is tested More than once May be a single antecedent will look like Data A mess of ideas Ease of interpretation Easy More than likely requires PCK Useful as an interim check Yes No Useful for “observers of your lessons”` Who cares, the observer must be more skilled. Who cares, the observer must be more skilled.

Pedagoo Christmas Party- Unfortunate Acronyms

Take one.......
Among the ramblings are Nuthalls difficulties in making learning visible, how random numbers are a hindrance not a help to learners, the reason why teachers need to claim back the word progress, the usefulness of SOLO taxonomy for tracking learning and the necessity of pre-assessing content. Oh, and lots of puerile acronyms.


I think this video makes the myth of activity and learning clear. It shouts know your pedagogocial content knowledge, look for those misconceptions. Equally beautiful are these posts by David Didau http://t.co/SpV59jCO and Kev Bartle http://t.co/JCqaweDc It appears we really are claiming back the word progress and focusing where our students need us to bve. Focused upon learning.