The document describes various strategies for assessment for learning (AFL). It discusses the six key AFL strategies: learning intentions, criteria, descriptive feedback, questioning, peer and self-assessment, and student ownership. Several examples are provided of teachers implementing AFL strategies in their classrooms to engage students in self-assessment and help guide their own learning. The examples illustrate how AFL can be embedded into daily teaching practices to make student learning more effective.
1. Vancouver
AFL
–
Going
Deeper
with
the
Strategies
October
,
2010,
May,
2011
Masonic
Hall,
Italian
Cultural
Centre
Faye
Brownlie
www.slideshare.net
2. Learning
IntenHons
• I
can
name
and
describe
the
6
AFL
strategies.
• I
can
idenHfy
some
of
the
AFL
strategies
in
my
pracHce.
• I
understand
how
to
embed
AFL
strategies
seamlessly
into
my
teaching
to
make
student
learning
more
powerful.
• I
can
plan
a
next
step.
3. Assessment for Learning
Purpose
Guide
learning,
inform
instrucHon
Audience
Teachers
and
students
Timing
On-‐going,
minute
by
minute,
day
by
day
Form
DescripHve
Feedback
¶what’s
working?
•what’s
not?
•what’s
next?
Black
&
Wiliam,
1998
HaYe
&
Timperley,
2007
11. • Connec&ons:
How
does
what
you
read
connect
with
what
you
already
knew?
• Summarizing:
Choose
a
way
to
show
the
main
ideas
and
details
in
what
you
read.
• Inferencing:
Read
between
the
lines
to
find
something
that
you
believe
to
be
true,
but
that
isn’t
actually
said.
Explain
your
reasoning.
• Vocabulary:
Here
are
3
challenging
words
from
the
text.
Explain
what
you
think
they
mean.
• Reflec&ng:
Was
this
easy
or
hard
to
understand?
How
did
you
help
your
self
understand?
(SD,
p.23)
15. Universal Design for Learning
MulHple
means:
-‐to
tap
into
background
knowledge,
to
acHvate
prior
knowledge,
to
increase
engagement
and
moHvaHon
-‐to
acquire
the
informaHon
and
knowledge
to
process
new
ideas
and
informaHon
-‐to
express
what
they
know.
Rose
&
Meyer,
2002
16. Backwards Design
• What
important
ideas
and
enduring
understandings
do
you
want
the
students
to
know?
• What
thinking
strategies
will
students
need
to
demonstrate
these
understandings?
McTighe
&
Wiggins,
2001
17. Model
Guided practice
Independent practice
Independent application
Pearson
&
Gallagher
(1983)
20. Essential Lesson Components
• EssenHal
quesHon/learning
intenHon/a
big
idea
• Open-‐ended
strategies:
connect-‐process-‐transform
• DifferenHaHon
–
choice,
choice,
choice
• Assessment
for
learning
• Gradual
release
of
responsibility
21. QuesHoning
–
gr.
2/3
Goal:
creaHng
real
quesHons,
using
quesHons
to
link
background
knowledge
with
new
informaHon,
create
curiosity
• Present
an
image.
• Ager
each
image,
ask
students
to
pose
quesHons
about
the
image
and
to
resist
the
urge
to
answer
someone
else’s
quesHon.
• Repeat
with
3-‐4
images.
22.
23.
24.
25. Salmon
Creek
–
Anneie
LeBox
&
Karen
Reczuch
2002,
Douglas
&
McIntyre
26. Questioning – Joni Tsui
• IntroducHon
to
earthquakes
in
geology
12.
• Students
have
all
seen
earthquakes
in
previous
classes
(some
more
than
others).
• We
completed
the
acHvity
and
I
made
sure
every
student
in
class
wondered
at
least
one
thing.
27.
28.
29.
30. • How
is
this
effecHve
teaching?
• How
is
this
assessment
for
learning?
• How
could
I
adapt
this
to
use
with
my
students,
in
my
context?
31. Goal:
more
descripHve
feedback
J.
Mercuri,
McBride
Secondary
• Grade
10
socials
students
–
first
drag
of
essay
• Explained
the
rubric
to
the
grade
12
English
students,
then
they
used
the
rubric
to
highlight
the
anonymous
essays
• Grade
12
students
included
with
their
feedback,
2
stars
and
a
wish
• Grade
10
students
used
the
feedback
to
revise
their
essay,
then
handed
them
in
for
marks
32. Goal:
self
assessment,
ownership
• Highlight
your
notes
with
the
3
colours
–
helps
you
find
what
you
need
to
focus
on
• Code
your
own
quizzes
with
coloured
pencils,
before
handing
in
• Consider
your
errors
–
how
many
were
careless?
33.
34. Goal:
Learning
IntenHons,
self
assessment
Kate
Giffin,
gr.
4/5
Learning
Quiz
Mastery
Prac&ce
on
Assistance
Where
I
get
Inten&on
my
own
please!
stuck…
I
can
create
equivalent
fracHons.
I
can
reduce
a
fracHon
to
its
lowest
terms.
35. • How
are
these
effecHve
teaching?
• How
is
this
assessment
for
learning?
• How
could
I
adapt
this
to
use
with
my
students,
in
my
context?
36. How
can
I
help
my
students
develop
more
depth
in
their
responses?
They
are
wriHng
with
no
voice
when
I
ask
them
to
imagine
themselves
as
a
demi-‐god
in
the
novel.
37. Students
need:
• to
‘be’
a
character
• support
in
‘becoming’
that
character
• to
use
specific
detail
and
precise
vocabulary
to
support
their
interpretaHon
• choice
• pracHce
• to
develop
models
of
‘what
works’
• a
chance
to
revise
their
work
38. The
Plan
• Review
scene
from
novel
• Review
criteria
for
powerful
journey
response
• Brainstorm
who
you
could
be
in
this
scene
• 4
minute
write,
using
‘I’
• Writers’
mumble
• Stand
if
you
can
share…
• What
can
you
change/add/revise?
• Share
your
wriHng
with
a
partner
39. Stand
if
you
have…
• A
phrase
that
shows
strong
feeling…
• A
phrase
that
uses
specific
names…
• A
parHcularly
descripHve
line
–
using
details
from
the
novel…
• An
effecHve
first
line…
• Now,
what
will
you
change?
What
can
you
add,
delete,
revise?
40.
41. Criteria
• Write
in
role
–
use
‘I’
• Use
specific
names
• Phrases/words
that
show
feeling
• ParHcularly
descripHve
details
of
the
event
• Powerful
first
line
• What
will
you
change
ager
listening
to
others?
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47. • How
is
this
effecHve
teaching?
• How
is
this
assessment
for
learning?
• How
could
I
adapt
this
to
use
with
my
students,
in
my
context?