Transcript Initial Teacher Education

indispensable conditions for
improvement (Sadler 1989)
• the student comes to hold a
concept of quality roughly
similar to that held by the
teacher,
• is able to monitor continuously
the quality of what is being
produced during the act of
production itself..
• And has a repertoire of
alternative moves or strategies
from which to draw
(knows the
standard or
goal)
(recognises the
‘gap’ between
their work and
the standard)
(can take action
to fill the ‘gap’)
This model helps to explain why some able and motivated students fail in HE
Tutor friendly formative
feedback
• Tutor posts good examples of completed tasks
on Blackboard
• Students peer assess tasks using assessment
criteria
• Tutors give feedback on posters, presentations
in class
• Tasks are done on-line (MCQs), auto marked
giving immediate feedback
• Tutors put main effort into marking drafts
(agreed with examiner), just checking for change
and putting mark on final piece
Exercise
• Take one assessment opportunity in a
programme that you know.
• Draw the Guidance and Feedback Loop on a
sheet of flip paper
• use post-its to identify ways the tutor can help
the students understand the assessment and
use their feedback for future assignments
• Think about how the tutor can help them
understand the standards, rules, procedures,
expected of them.
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The guidance and feedback loop: main steps
http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/colloq06/Hounsell3.pdf
Source: Hounsell
et al (2007) 4
The guidance and feedback loop: main steps
•Pacing the introduction of
new assessment methods
•Choosing collaborative and
enquiry-based assignments
•‘Unpacking’ tasks
through questioning
•Working with
exemplars to ‘surface’
assessment criteria
One-to-one
dialogue with
individual weak
students to
discuss
feedback
•Discussing feedback with
tutors/ peers
•Comparing tutor feedback
with self assessment and
identifying ‘gaps’
•Discussing strategies to fill
the gaps.
•Peer reviewing draft
assignments
•Practice assignments (for
example, mock
examination, practice
presentations)
•On-line self tests,
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