Assessment+and+APP

=__Assessment__=

   **Assessment **

What Assessment strategies are you familiar with?

 __**Closed questions ** __
 * Observing
 * Questioning
 * Testing
 * Peer and self assessment
 * Marking and grading
 * Target setting


 * Definition **

There are two definitions that are used to describe closed questions. A common definition is: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">A closed question can be answered with either a single word or a short phrase. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Thus 'How old are you?' and 'Where do you live?' are closed questions. A more limiting definition is: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">A closed question can be answered with either 'yes' or 'no'. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Thus 'Are you happy?' and 'Is that a knife I see before me?' are closed questions, whilst 'How are you?' and even 'How old are you?' are not, by this definition, closed. This limited definition is also sometimes called a 'yes or no' question, for obvious reasons.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Using closed questions **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

Closed questions have the following characteristics: They give you //facts//. They are easy to answer. They are quick to answer. They keep control of the conversation with the questioner. __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Open questions **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> __


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Definition **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

An open question can be defined as: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">An open question is likely to receive a long answer. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Although any question can receive a long answer, open questions deliberately seek longer answers, and are the opposite of closed questions.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Using open questions **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

Open questions have the following characteristics: They ask the respondent to think and reflect. They will give you //opinions// and //feelings//. They hand control of the conversation to the respondent.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Using Open and Closed Questions **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

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 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Begin to list some key open and close questions that would support and develop learning in your activity. **
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Link these to the learning objective and the ability of the pupils. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment for Learning __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

The Government is investing £150 million over 2008–11 to embed Assessment for Learning (AfL) practice in schools. The aims of AfL are that: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> For assessment to be genuinely personalised, all pupils need to understand how they are doing, including what they are doing well, and what they need to do to make progress. However, it is rarely enough to simply set a pupil a numeric or curricular target and expect that to fix their problem. They need to understand not just what to improve but how to improve, and that is where tailored teaching, delivered by a teacher who has accurately assessed their learning needs, makes the difference. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">every child knows how they are doing and understands what they need to do to improve and how to get there. They get the support they need to be motivated, independent learners on an ambitious trajectory of improvement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">every teacher is equipped to make well-founded judgements about pupils' attainment, understands the concepts and principles of progression, and knows how to use their assessment judgements to forward plan, particularly for pupils who are not fulfilling their potential
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">every school has in place structured and systematic assessment systems for making regular, useful, manageable and accurate assessments of pupils, and for tracking their progress
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">every parent and carer knows how their child is doing, what they need to do to improve, and how they can support the child and their teachers.
 * __<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Personalised Learning Activity __**<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">What is personalised learning? **
 * **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">How can you plan for personalised learning? **
 * **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">What could be the opportunities for assessment ****<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">and feedback? **

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