Tag Archives: assessment

Learning Contexts versus Learning Intentions

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Based on a close reading of Chapter 3 of Embedded Formative Assessment (Wiliam 2011) The distinction between learning contexts and learning intentions is an important pre-requisite to realizing the improvement in student learning which education research evidence suggests is achievable. … Continue reading →

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Why Share Learning Intentions with Students?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Based on a close reading of Chapter 3 of Dylan Wiliam’s book Embedded Formative Assessment (2011) The research evidence for the benefits of sharing learning intentions and success criteria is powerful and persuasive. Wiliam provides an overview of an extensive … Continue reading →

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Self-Regulated Learning

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Want to write about this but these links will have to do for now. Resources that make explicit the links between self-regulation and learning. Note: authors include UBC’s Deborah Butler and Nancy Perry. A condensed overview of AfL which makes the point … Continue reading →

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AfL Overview — a syllabus for teachers

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

This is a first draft of an AfL syllabus I generated for myself as a way of summarizing much of what I was learning & using. Your feedback, especially critical, is welcomed. If you want to find out more about … Continue reading →

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AiA Note to Self

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Usually, I attend a workshop or presentation and leave with one (and sometimes morethan one) inspiring idea or strategy that I want to put into practice.  Unfortunately, by the time Monday morning rolls around and the busy-ness of the school day … Continue reading →

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Intro to the Why’s & How’s of Formative Assessment

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

On Friday April 20th approximately 35 secondary teachers from around the VSB met to learn and share more about the why’s and how’s of formative assessment. The first part of the morning was a presentation that emphasized Key Questions for … Continue reading →

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Revised Assessment in Action – April 20th – Churchill

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

This event has been changed and scaled down. Unfortunately the number of teachers who have signed up does not justify the cost of having Judy & Linda come & present. Fortunately I am very familiar with their work (and am … Continue reading →

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Teaser: Embedding Formative Assessment

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

“Teachers need professional development because the job of teaching is so difficult, so complex, that one lifetime is not enough to master it.”  Dylan Wiliam I am currently reading Dylan Wiliam’s recent book Embedded Formative Assessment which embodies a thirty-five-year … Continue reading →

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Easy Reading for Physics Teachers

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Sharing Learning Intentions – some Science & Physics unit plans from BC teachers: Doug Smith, VSB Jacob Martens, VSB New Physics blogger Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps Making Of a Free Body Diagram Excellent Physics blogger (check out his … Continue reading →

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Assessment in Action – Follow Up Resources

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Presentations: Keynote Presentation (Linda Kaser) INQUIRY in ACTION (Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser) Aboriginal Education Presentation Renee Diemert & Chas Desjarlais English Presentation Pam Hansen Science Presentation – Jacob Martens Social Studies Presentation – Janet Thompson Effect size exercise & Appendix D BOOKS, FREE … Continue reading →

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