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Starting from Monday, we are introducing a new level of challenge into our quizzes. We shall be asking students to write formative feedback statements for each other. This is strictly experimental, and I have my finger on a button to switch it off instantly if it is not working.
Here is what your students will see during their next quiz:
Last term, we ran a series of limited tests which convinced me that a significant minority of students can write formative statements that actually (more…)
Quizzes, Homeworks and Revision all draw on the same question bank, so what is the difference and which should you use? The key elements are that:
The following table fleshes this out a little. (more…)
In your Assignments List, you will now notice that the progress bars for Quick Assignments show two colours instead of one. Here’s what they mean:
This neatly clarifies a point that was previously ambiguous.
Yacapaca revision follows a system that is well proven to boost results. Revision is now enabled by default for most* students on Yacapaca. All they need to do is log in and click “Revise (syllabus name)” and off they go.
What the student will now see is (more…)
This report in the Sunday Times (paywalled) is cheering indeed. Matthew Hancock is promoting the idea that computers can handle the content side of education whilst teachers do the bit only they can do – mentoring, coaching and motivating. Many readers of this blog have been (more…)
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