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Peer Assessment Slips
When conducting group work, there is always a danger that certain students might take a bit of a back seat and let their teammates do all the work. To avoid this, provide the students in advance with a...
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Group Work Plenary Question: “Which Part of the Body Were You?”
I study the abolition of the slave trade with my students using an extended group task based on “The Apprentice” [details here]. Students imagine that “Lord Sugartrader” has invited ambitious young...
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Questionnaire to gather student feedback on your schemes of work
I am trying to get into the habit of getting regular feedback from my students about what I am covering with them, and how I am doing so. For example, are they finding my subject difficult or easy?...
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“Secret Agent”– a great peer-assessment strategy!
I learned of this idea from Lottie in the English department at Bradford Grammar School a couple of weeks ago, where I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days working with their excellent humanities...
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Using “Knowledge Cubes” for hands-on discussions
Overview When students conduct research on key individuals, get them to write up their findings on a cardboard cube, with each of the six faces covering a different theme. After the class has exchanged...
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“Tell us something we don’t know!”: A quiz to develop deeper understanding
Overview For examination subjects, content is king. Without a secure bedrock of factual knowledge, analysis cannot be attempted and evaluation and formulation of different perspectives is impossible....
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“Brilliance or Baloney?”: A quiz format to develop substantiated judgements
Overview In subjects like history it is important that students form, express and substantiate their judgements on central issues. One efficient way of doing this at the end of a topic or during the...
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Using hand gestures to highlight changing relations between key groups
Overview In any topic involving the changing relations between two factors over time (countries, parties, ideologies or individuals), challenge students to consider how they could move their hands to...
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Using “Speed Dating” to share facts and opinions in the classroom
Overview The speed-dating format is designed to help students spot comparisons and contrasts between different ideas, answers or categories of information. By enabling students to consider or research...
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Sticky Notes for Silent Presentations
Overview To help students exchange their research findings with each other in a particularly time-efficient way, challenge each of them to summarise their essential points on a sticky note. With these...
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