system of assessmentRationale, aims, and objectives: Programmatic assessment has been identified as a system-oriented approach to achieving the multiple purposes for assessment within Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME, i.e., formative, summative, and program improvement). While there are well-...
What does the assessment look like? The assessment should take up to 20 minutes per pupil to complete, but it can be paused and restarted. There are two parts to the assessment: 1. Mathematics tasks Early numbers Early addition and subtraction Mathematical language Early understanding of p...
The Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is statutory in pupils' first 6 weeks of school. Here's what you need to know - including what it will look like this September
The formative feedback process, a core element of student-teacher communication, begins with setting expectations. Rubrics are “one way to make learning expectations explicit for learners” (Brookhart,2018). These clear and explicit expectations help students see what learning looks like so that they...
2. Formative AssessmentChildren do not always learn what we teach. That is why the most important assessment does not happen at the end of learning – it happens during the learning, when there is still time to do something with the information. –Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus professor of ...
(CBT), taking exams on laptops or other devices brings a new list of potential security issues, such as access to the internet or other applications during an exam. An effective way to ensure exam integrity is testing software that does not allow use of the internet during an exam and ...
Another excellent assessment strategy is to provide a ‘formative’ and ‘summative’ assessment. Formative assessments are assessments mid-way through instruction. They help you gather a student’s progress. You can change your teaching to focus on the student’s weaknesses so that they’ll do ev...
What does instructional scaffolding look like in the classroom? Scaffolding is a type of explicit instruction. Teachers provide key information up front, then model the expected behavior for students. The instructor provides tools and guidance to help students as they begin to practice, individually ...
Technology dissipates the need for a one-to-one (teacher-to-student) environment, and technology helps to facilitate instructional delivery and guide students through activities and projects. Does this sound like the monitorial system? Yes. It goes further though: technology even delivers formative ...
Targets, planning and meetings A PhD supervisor by any other name... You might occasionally see different terms to refer to a PhD supervisor, such as dissertation advisor, thesis advisor or doctoral supervisor. Most of the time, these will all refer to the same person (the academic who will...