Colette Brennan

Curriculum Manager - Media Studies                         

 

Which formative assessment methods really make a difference when trying to raise student achievement? 

• The project focussed on two groups of One Year Media Students on the level 2 OCR Nationals Media course.
• The course is 100% coursework assessed. The challenge therefore was to devise assessment strategies that not only enabled them to achieve, but be fully participant in and optimistic about their learning

• Encouraging students to be greater participants in their learning
• Using a more creative and individualised approach to assessment

• Students thrive on personalised and frequent verbal feedback.
• If assessment is going to be effective it needs to be varied - ideally it should include oral, written, and performance activities.
• Assessment should engage learners – this is traditionally viewed as being the part of the process that students see as the teacher’s responsibility.
• Even when students are achieving well they are essentially nervous about the whole area of assessment.  

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Contact: cbrennan@farnboroughsfc.ac.uk