Assessment+for+Learning

**Here are some useful links to resources for AFL**

 * What is Assessment for Learning?**

In classrooms where **assessment for learning** is practiced, students know at the outset of a unit of study what they are expected to learn. At the beginning of the unit, the teacher will work with the student to understand what she or he already knows about the topic as well as to identify any gaps or misconceptions (initial/diagnostic assessment). As the unit progresses, the teacher and student work together to assess the student’s knowledge, what she or he needs to learn to improve and extend this knowledge, and how the student can best get to that point (formative assessment). Assessment for learning occurs at all stages of the learning process.(Wikipedia)

"Effective assessment, and the systems underpinning it, is key to high-quality teaching and learning, and to successful schools." Welsh Government [] Making the most of assessment 7-14 Welsh Government

[|www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/secondary/**math**/getfile.php?...**AFL**...**Maths**]...
 * 50 Ideas for //AFL// in //Mathematics// **

1. List three things you have learned today. 2. List three things your neighbour has learned today. 3. 60 second challenge **...** etc.

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 * Mental Strategies **
 * Questions to support teacher assesment**

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 * Developing AFL in Maths**

http://outstanding-lessons.wikispaces.com/Starters+and+Plenaries
 * Outstanding lessons starters and plenaries**

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 * Maths National Curriculum progress ladders**

A set of resources to support pupils at Key Stage 4 were produced by Claire Powis.You can visit here blog here. The following posters show what a pupils must do to move from their current grade to the next one: Click here to download the NUMBER resource Click here to download the ALGEBRA resource Click here to download the SHAPE, SPACE AND MEASURE resource Click here to download the DATA HANDLING AND PROBABILITY resource

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 * Starters**
 * Plenaries**

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 * Thinking skills**


 * If you are defining a word or concept, you can use a **circle map.**
 * If you are categorizing differnet parts of a concept and need to explain them, use a **tree map.**
 * If you need to just list differnet parts of a concept, use a **bubble map.**
 * If you want to compare and contrast two concepts, use a **double bubble.**
 * If you want to outline historical events or the steps involved in a process, use a **flow map.**
 * If you want to discuss the cause and effects or consequences of a concept, use a **multi-flow-map.**
 * If you want to explain how soemthing is divided into parts, use **brace maps.**
 * If you want to make comparisons between two concepts, use a **bridge map.**

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
PISA is the world's largest international survey of the educational achievement of 15-year-olds, involving schools and students in over 60 countries. Training Pack [] []

PISA provides sample questions for Mathematics, Reading and Science, along with marking guides for these questions. []