I like the idea from your book of testing knowledge every 6 weeks I think it was with a bigger quiz, I plan to do this with my classes at least but my HoD is still insisting on end of topic tests.
I have used retrieval in classes but with no real plan other than to ask past questions. The school expectation is to ask 4 questions at the start of each lesson.
So after reading this post I convinced my HoD we should have a plan like this across the department to have consistency, a common routine across all lessons and reduce workload etc. She said great and give me the job!
So across all year groups core questions have been sorted and put into quizzes of 10 questions (easy formatting for A5 booklet)
Quizzes are spaced out over time (went with your plan) and put into a booklet for the term. 10 questions minimum are asked. I and staff are finding the time to ask more.
It was a slog to assemble the question banks and the questions will probably need refining over time but it is a start.
4 weeks in and feedback from staff and students is good. Looking forward to first assessment window in December to see any positive impact.
Thanks for another clear and informative blog post.
Thank you so much - this is a very inspiring post to receive. Thanks for sharing it with me. I look forward to the results of your assessment. I hope this means that there will also be a knowledge element, covering enough of your retrieval questions to judge how effective it has been.
Hi
I like the idea from your book of testing knowledge every 6 weeks I think it was with a bigger quiz, I plan to do this with my classes at least but my HoD is still insisting on end of topic tests.
I look forward to your results. Nothing wrong with end of topic tests as long as you remember they are not predictive
Good afternoon Mr Salles
I have used retrieval in classes but with no real plan other than to ask past questions. The school expectation is to ask 4 questions at the start of each lesson.
So after reading this post I convinced my HoD we should have a plan like this across the department to have consistency, a common routine across all lessons and reduce workload etc. She said great and give me the job!
So across all year groups core questions have been sorted and put into quizzes of 10 questions (easy formatting for A5 booklet)
Quizzes are spaced out over time (went with your plan) and put into a booklet for the term. 10 questions minimum are asked. I and staff are finding the time to ask more.
It was a slog to assemble the question banks and the questions will probably need refining over time but it is a start.
4 weeks in and feedback from staff and students is good. Looking forward to first assessment window in December to see any positive impact.
Thanks for another clear and informative blog post.
Michael
Hello Michael,
Thank you so much - this is a very inspiring post to receive. Thanks for sharing it with me. I look forward to the results of your assessment. I hope this means that there will also be a knowledge element, covering enough of your retrieval questions to judge how effective it has been.
Dominic