Assessment to Inform Lesson Planning

Across four modules, you’ll learn:

What assessment is, why it matters, and the statutory assessments pupils complete up to age sixteen.
The common types of assessment and how to use them effectively.
How to use questioning to check understanding and promote deeper thinking.
What makes feedback effective and how to construct it to support pupil progress.

By the end of the course, you will have a clear understanding of how to apply assessment strategies with purpose, enabling you to better support learning in the classroom.

In this module, we will explore what assessment actually is and why it is so valuable as well as looking at the statutory assessments that you will encounter when working with pupils up to the age of sixteen.

In this module, we will explore the common types of assessment that you may draw upon and identify their specific uses.

In this module, we will explore specific question types and take the opportunity to plan questions to check pupil understanding.

In this module, we will explore the meaning of effective feedback and identify ways to construct feedback.

Assessment to Inform Lesson Planning

What you'll learn

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Course content

Module One: The Principles of Assessment

Module Two: Types of Assessment

Module Three: Questioning

Module Four: Effective Feedback