I only introduced Judo-style coloured belts on avatars as a stop-gap, but it proved wildly popular with the students – so much so that (more…)
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I believe I can now truthfully claim that Yacapaca is the only true formative assessment service for schools.
Here’s how our new peer-written formative assessment process works:
1. After approximately one question in ten, students are presented with the screen below. They are asked to write a feedback statement for other students, in 150 characters or less – the size of an SMS or a tweet. They only see this screen if they got the answer right, and it is not compulsory – there is always the option to skip this activity.
The requirement to write for other students seems to trigger (more…)
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I would like to share with you the original inspiration for our current programme of peer-written formative feedback. Back in the Autumn Term, I ran a small-scale competition to test the concept. To my surprise, all the winners came from The Appleton School in Benfleet. Perhaps it was due to the (more…) -
With Easter almost upon us, now is a good time to make sure that your students are correctly set up for revision. Here is what to do.
1. Go to your Student Set List
2. For each student set you want revision for, select “Topics for revision” from the Actions dropdown. If it’s not visible, check you have a syllabus set for the student set. If it’s still not (more…)
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What’s the difference?
- Fewer links. There was a lot of redundancy, which created clutter and could trigger spam filters.
- Quiz percentages now show in the email. This was much-requested.
- Now shows your teacher rank.
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