Are You A Participant, Passenger, Protester, Prisoner Or Pilot?
johndabell The next time you have a staff meeting or you find yourself in a CPD session then think about the 5Ps. Generally speaking, a group is made up of 5…
Assessment
Hand Evaluation
The next time you do a staff training event then ask everyone to give you a hand assessing your session. Does that sound scary? Well, it shouldn’t because feedback is…
Dartboard Evaluation
A really quick and simple method for children to rate an activity or show their understanding is using a dartboard evaluation. The idea is that they use sticky dots or…
The ‘Guess Who?’ Feedback Activity
We get and give feedback all the time in class but not always effectively. But there is one method that I think can work well on occasions and it’s one…
Drawing A Blank
How do we learn more about our pupils?
Getting Papped
Do you have a school papper?
Class Survey
If you want to find out what children really think of that lesson, ask them. How often do we ask for feedback from children. Probably not much and yet we…
The Round Robin
The Round Robin is one of the most effective cooperative learning strategies to use in the classroom and is brilliant for generating and developing ideas in a group setting. This…
Publish, Circle, Refine
If you haven’t yet come across Eric Frangenheim’s book Reflections on classroom thinking strategies then grab yourself a copy and dig in. It’s a wonderful book and full of some…
Time For A Snowball Fight!
At this time of the year in the UK it gets a bit chilly and we might even get some snow. But we don’t have to wait until winter to…