afl

An A5 self assessment sheet which can be used during a lesson plenary. This encourages students to think about what they have learned during the lesson and recall important points and key words as well as indicating whether they understood using smiley faces.

Techniques to find out what students are learning (during the lesson) and what they have learned (after the lesson when planning the next lesson). Strategies include ABCDE cards, basketball discussions, hinge questioning, class votes, no hands up, mini white boards, carousels and more.

A simple random name selector that can be used as part of AfL when questioning the class to ensure the same students don't always answer the questions. Macros will need to be enabled.

A fun slide to have on the board while holding a thumb-o-metre session

What is Thum-o-metre?

Using a thumb-o-metre is a great AfL technique. The teacher asks students how they feel about a topic e.g. how confident do you feel using the SUM function in excel. Student indicate with thumbs up, down or level. This gives the teacher a really quick overview of how well the whole class understand the topic.

An excel spreadsheet using a macro to run a countdown timer. If you want to set students on task and give them X minutes to complete it, why not have a countdown on the whiteboard so they know how long they have left?