Teaching Exam Technique - Improving Exam Answers
Team work makes the dream work! Relevant for A-Level Happy New Year everyone! I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas and a well-earned break. Now that we're into mock season, I thought it would be appropriate to think about how we can make the most of assessment feedback. If your students are anything like mine, you'll sometimes mark assessments and think 'Did I not teach them anything!?' Once I've recovered from my initial disappointment (and sometimes hysterics at the things they can make up!), I often find that students have really struggled on particular questions, which has then had a negative impact on their overall grade. I know they're capable of more, but their grades don't reflect this. Consequently, I wanted some strategies that I could use to help students to improve their answers on assessments, and particularly their answers to extended questions as these seem to suffer the most under exam conditions. When I reflected on my feedba