Test
Overview
The purpose of testing is to check understanding to inform planning and feedback. With all aspects of FLOW Online and ‘RIAT’, you will test as often as is appropriate.
Link to Flow
Regular responsive teaching techniques (formative assessment)
Retrieval testing
Informing next learning sequence
Teaching Strategies
Extended Writing Tasks/Exam Style Questions
Students use ‘Mote’ to provide verbal answers to showcase understanding.
Do It Now
Retrieval quizzes for the following lesson.
Multiple Choice Tests
MCQs - should be challenging and make students have to think! Use a Google Form Exit Ticket to gather the responses quickly.
Entry/Exit tickets
Use a multiple choice test or perhaps the ‘Question’ function in Google Classroom to check understanding of the key concepts taught.
Hinge Point Questions
Probably most useful in the live context, a hinge point question is so designed to test essential understanding of all students quickly. If they get it, move on. If they don’t - reteach.
Video Submissions
For example, this home learning from a Year 7 Geography student https://youtu.be/a6Ohe27tRVw
Opportunities for Peer Collaboration
Quizizz
Quizizz allows you to conduct student-paced formative assessments in a fun and engaging way. The salient features include: Student-paced: Questions appear on each student's screen, so they can answer questions at their own pace, and review their answers at the end.
Collaborative Writing
Google Docs to enable collaborative writing tasks.
Question Tool
Using the ‘Question’ tool in GC and allowing students to reply to each other.
Peer Marking
Google Docs to enable peer marking.
Video
Peer video submissions.
Strategies for SEND
You should use the teaching strategies above to support Quality First remote teaching. The questions below will extend your thinking in terms of planning, should you be able to provide additional support in your planning.
Cognition and Learning
Has cognitive load been considered? Does the task need to be reduced or time-bonded?
Are any texts compatible with reading ages? Does the student need a reading pen or text to speech?
Do presentations/resources need to have a certain colour background?
Can learning be accessed online or does physical work need to be provided? If so, how does it need to be printed?
Communication and Interaction
Has spoken language been simplified so that students can comprehend it?
Has information on presentations been kept minimal with key words highlighted?
Does the student need modelling/scaffolding on how to structure peer feedback?
Is appropriate scaffolding in place to support vocabulary?
Do additional visual aids need to be implemented to support understanding?
Sensory and Physical
Have videos been subtitled appropriately so they are accessible to deaf students?
Is the teacher's face big enough to lip-read?
Can visually impaired students see the work? Do they know how to use enlarging functions?
Is the font size/style appropriate?
Have practical tasks been adjusted so that students with physical disabilities can complete them successfully?
Social Emotional Mental Health
Are there any topics that could be triggering for the students, e.g. bereavement?
Is feedback framed positively so it doesn’t induce further anxiety?
If not completing learning, have you had a dialogue with their key adult to check there are no barriers to learning?