As.for Learning strategies

disadvantage takes time

advantage easy to get feedback

Advantages: to work in pairs and support each other, more ideas, speaking skills

Diadvantages

they can't express their feelings and use the language

It's an easy way to know how confident our learners are, it doesn't involve speaking, so it can be used even with younger learners.

self and peer assessment

Think-pair-share

 Think-pair-share is a collaborative learning strategy where students work together to solve a problem or answer a question about an assigned reading.

This strategy requires students to (1) think individually about a topic or answer a question; and (2) share ideas with classmates.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

Most…..thing

At the end of a lesson or topic, children write down their answer to a ‘most….. thing’ question. This could be to say, for example what they found:

most challenging

most interesting,

most useful

most surprising

about that lesson or topic.

Two stars and a wish

This is a simple way to encourage peer assessment and to provide children with a structure. Children look at the work of another child and write down two stars – two things they felt were good with that piece of work and one wish – one thing they felt could be improved.

Write a summary sentence

This can be used at the start or the end of the lesson. Children are asked to write a sentence to summarise what they know, before the lesson begins or at the end of the lesson to share what they have learnt during the lesson.

3-2-1 countdown

This is a useful self assessment activity for children to complete at the end of a lesson or topic. They can either record their answers on paper or give them orally to the three statements below:

3 things you didn’t know before

2 things that surprised you about this topic

1 thing you want to start doing with what you’ve learned

Thumbs up/down

This is similar to traffic lights and is a very quick way for children to self-assess at any stage of the lesson.

Children simply hold their thumbs up to show they are confident, holding thumbs horizontally shows they feel they partially understand and thumbs down shows they feel they need more work/support.

This is ideally carried out with eyes closed to minimise the risk of children being influenced by the children around them. It enables them to show if they are lacking confidence without worrying what others think.