Assessment and Learning Pocketbook
A pocketful of practical, inspiring ideas for using assessment to promote progress and improve learning
Author: Ian Smith
Format: 128 pp; A6 format book
ISBN: 9781903776759 SCIS No: 131610
Publisher: Teacher's Pocketbooks 2007
Audience: Teacher resource
Price: $20.95
Good assessment focuses mainly on improvement and is used to support progress. It helps learners to know how well they have learned and provides feedback on how they can do better; it encourages learners to support and help each other; it builds self-motivation, self-confidence and self-reliance. Sound familiar?
These are the principles of formative assessment. They're at the heart of the national Assessment for Learning initiative and they form the core of the Assessment & Learning Pocketbook. You know the theory but how do you turn it into practice?
That's where Ian Smith comes in. Let Ian explain the difference - and the tensions - between formative and summative assessment. Let him walk you through 'sharing learning intentions', 'tuning into learners' minds', feedback, marking, self- and peer assessment.
You'll find classroom strategies and inspiring ideas galore, all spurring you on to 'getting started in your own school'.
This title is from the popular Teachers' Pocketbooks series.
