3-Read Friday #72
Assessment, questioning, and the means of participation
Give your students a chance to stay sharp this summer with our maths Summer Club from July 21st to August 29th!
By completing the Question of the Day (QOTD) each day in their free Eedi account, students can earn weekly prizes and build confidence for the new school year. Plus, 3 lucky winners will be chosen every week!
It’s a fun, easy way to keep learning going while rewarding effort!
For more details and to get your students set up, click here.
Here are three blog posts that I found interesting this week.
1. How should England's curriculum & assessment review respond to AI? by Daisy Christodoulou
Absolute gold from Daisy, the Queen of Assessment. With my maths teacher hat on, I have to ask what the future of maths homework is when students can bang pretty much any question into ChatGPT (or equivalent) and get the correct answer?
2. Why classroom questioning often fails (and what to do instead) by Christian Moore Anderson
Christian shows how a simple reformulation of a question - namely, focusing on differences - can focus students’ attention on a key aspect, boosting participation. This is presented in the context of teaching biology, but can be applied to any subject.
3. Means of Participation: Low Effort – High Impact by Mason Davies
On one of Adam Boxer’s appearances on my podcast, he shared a strategy called front-loading the means of participation. This simple tweak to the order in which we present instructions to students is a game-changer in reducing wasted time in lessons. Mason Davies provides some lovely concrete examples of this strategy, along with two others.
***If you found this edition of 3-Read Friday useful, you might enjoy my free 90-minute online CPD workshop: 25 Tips for Teachers***
Have a great weekend.
Craig