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This guest post is by Ali Gray, Head of Geography, West Hill Park School, Hampshire. I tried out SPA with a Year 8 geography class recently. I gave them 20 mins of guided research on a topic and then they started the SPA. I have never seen them work so hard/ fast for 15 mins…
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Getting students to mark each others’ work has two huge advantage – it is brilliantly formative and it saves you a ton of time. But how accurate is it? And how do you validate that it really is helping students learn? Structured Peer Assessment (SPA) is our patented system to deliver accurate, demonstrably-formative peer assessment. Here…
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This guest post is by Adam Williams, Teacher of IT and Computer Science, City of Norwich School an Ormiston Academy. I have trialled Structured Peer Assessment exercises over the last few weeks with my classes. When I first saw it pop up as a new way of getting structured written work out of students I…
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Imagine asking one of your classes a deep, but deceptively-simple, question. Have them judge each others’ answers anonymously, give their reasons for the judgements, then assess the reasons as well. At the end of the process you get a mark. Automatically. No exercise books, no late-night marking sessions. Just high-quality formative assessment. Empowered, gamified, peer-supported…
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The Peer Assessment log is a treasure trove for any teacher who wants to gain a deeper understanding of their students. If you want to know how students really think and write, don’t read their essays, read what they write for consumption by
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