Down to earth, practical and direct, Active Learning Through Formative Assessment gives you the essential 'how to' information you need, with clear principles and theory to underpin the wealth of practical advice and examples.
- Maximises pupil engagement, effective dialogue and reflective thinking
- Packed with practical advice across all subjects from early years to secondary
- Clearly explains how to use formative assessment to promote active learning in primary and secondary classrooms
- Well-chosen examples flag up the practical 'implementation' issues across the full age and subject range. They exemplify effective learning objectives, clear success criteria, talk partner techniques, effective questioning, quality discussion with pupils, and self- and peerevaluation of work
- Shows how best to support teachers in implementing eff ective formative assessment across the whole school, a cluster of schools or any other educational setting, and how best to support class teachers in their journey through the culture and practice of formative assessment
Themes include:
- how to develop a 'growth mindset', so that pupils enjoy challenges rather than avoid them
- how popular strategies such as 'thinking skills' and 'building learning power' complement formative assessment
- planning with key skills
- ISBN10 0340974451
- ISBN13 9780340974452
- Publish Date 28 November 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 February 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Hodder Education
- Format Paperback
- Pages 184
- Language English