They include ideas on collecting information, the strategic use of questioning, giving feedback, and introducing peer and self-assessment.
Collecting information
Ask learners to create one sentence to summarise what they learn about the subject in the start or end of a lesson. You could focus this by telling them to include e.g. what or why or how etc.
During the end of a lesson learners share due to their partner:
- Three things that are new have learnt
- What they found easy
- What they found difficult
- Something they wish to learn later on.
Give learners red, yellow and cards that are greenor they can make these themselves in the home). At different points during the lesson, ask them to select a card and place it on their desk to demonstrate just how much they understand (red = don’t understand, yellow = partly understand, green = totally understand).
Use post-it notes to evaluate learning. Share with groups, pairs or individuals and have them to resolve questions. As an example:
- What have I learnt?
- What have I found easy?
- What have i discovered difficult?
- What do I want to know now?
When a learner has finished a exercise or worksheet, question them to attract a square on the page. When they partly understand, yellow and if everything is OK, green if they do not understand well, they colour it red.
During the final end of an action or lesson or unit, ask learners to create 1 or 2 points that aren’t clear in their mind. Continue reading “Here are some AfL activities to try together with your learners.”