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How I'm feeding back and using DIRT differently for the new 9-1.

1/30/2016

14 Comments

 
So after the last post on feedback I recieved a few messages asking about how I was using the feedback sheets in lessons and how I was using them for KS4 so here it is. Part of my focus this year has been developing this process, and there are still some small aspects that I beleive need ironing out but it is currently maneageable and effective which has been my aim from the start.

The main thing that I am doing now to gauge what feedback I give is using topic assessments every 2 weeks. The examples shown below are after a 2 week stretch on simultanous equations with a high achieving KS4 set, at the time of the assessment we had covered algebraic linear and quadratic simultaneous equations and done a small amount on graphical linear simultaneous equations. The only feedback I give now is on these assessments, after all if a student gets 20 questions wrong in their books on a particular subtopic and this has helped lead to mastery when completing the assessments, why bother marking all those mistakes when everything is self assessed in class time and they now understand it as proven by the assessment? I am strongly of the opinion that these periods of self assessment are incredibly powerful and I insist that all work must be marked and corrected in class so that I can conduct my AFL during classtime.
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After the class has done the assessment I get these marked and fedback on for the next upcoming lesson, this particular set took me 1 hour and 33 minutes (I was asked to time it by a member of the department, so no.. I am not that sad), it took me slightly longer than usual as some of the methods and feedback elements were slightly more complex than basic fractions with year 7. Again each memeber of the class recieved written feedback on their own relevent sheet, some had algebraic linear equations, some quadratic focussing on either the 'y=' method or the substitution method when using the equation of a circle, and others had graphical simultaneous equations. So feedback responses were all being targeted at indivudual areas for improvement.
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Once completed, the next lesson students have around 30 minutes to read through the feedback and complete the relevent rosponse areas, students have questions to work through focusing on fluency, reasoning and problem for each topic. Along with this, each feedback sheet has it's own relevent 'help sheet' that you can see in the pictures below. One thing I found was that giving 32 students a bunch of questions on a topic they couldn't do on the assessment was a recipe for a riot of 'I don't get it', as it was impossible to provide extended feedback for 6 different sub topics beyond the written element in order for them to make a confident start on the questions. If needed students can collect the relevent help sheet and start working straight away. I have found this particularly useful for some of my classes that I have focussed on building resilience, students are now directing themselves towards 'revision material' or 'help sheets' rather than relying on me. Some example pictures shown below:
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So far this system has been working well, I have run it across all of my year groups a few times now and the quality of the responses has improved tremendously. Students have been more engaged within the lesson and are becoming more and more motivated to improve upon areas they need to develop.

One student read their feedback the lesson after the DIRT session last week and said "Sir this has made my week, thank you!". Atleast I know it's being appreciated by some one.

9-1 Feedback Sheets

14 Comments
Lauren
1/30/2016 05:40:12 am

These sheets are fantastic, thank you. We have recently launched them as a department and we are going to work collaboratively to contribute towards this together. I have also been using these as homework activities after a topic, and then marking the worksheet in the feedback section. This has also been working well.

Thank you for sharing such good practice I love your website and resources.

Thanks,
Lauren

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Grant
1/30/2016 11:38:25 am

Thankyou Lauren. Any contributions are more than welcome! Some of my colleges are also using them for homeworks and reporting back that they had worked successfully.

I am glad they are working well for you, thankyou for the kind words.

Grant

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Emma
1/30/2016 11:46:55 am

Really love the feedback sheets and will definitely start using and hopefully contributing - I also love the topic assessment shown and the helpsheet. Any chance you'll be sharing these too at some point?

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Grant
1/30/2016 12:10:11 pm

Hi Emma,

I'll hopefully be adding them all on tomorrow, I have only made the assessments and help sheets up to a point, but I have had a few requests for them so I will start a new page up and load them all on.

Thanks for the kind words! Let me know how they work for you and hopefully hear from you soon!

Grant

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Emma
1/30/2016 12:11:28 pm

That's awesome news Grant! Looking forward to it :-)

Shan
2/12/2021 11:13:47 am

Hi, I really love the Feedback sheet. Great job. Where can I find the topic assessment and support sheets? My students would definitely benefit from these.

Scott
1/30/2016 01:30:32 pm

Hi Grant
Love this idea and have been trialling the 'feedback' 'action' 'response' idea.
Is there a particular source you use for your response questions?
Let me know if I/ my department can collaborate with you in any way.

Kind regards

Scott

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Grant
1/30/2016 02:08:58 pm

Hi Scott,

I don't use any particular source no. Most of the questions I just make up although there are some inspiration for a few questions here and there that I have collected up as extension questions previously.

If you would like to help contribute there is a template for download at the top of the page, you can just slot a selection of questions into three boxes and I will put them together and load it onto the resource page.

I hope you find them useful, the FAR style of marking I have found to be really effective, a lot of schools have hashed it in their own lingo 'WWW and EBI', 'Feedback and Target', along with a dialogue element such as a question. These can be adapted to fit with most schools feedback policy.

Let me know how it works for you,
Grant

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Claire
2/9/2016 03:07:05 pm

Love the feedback sheets! Please can you share the help sheets, they look great!

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Grant
2/9/2016 10:16:56 pm

Hi Claire,

Thank you! I am glad you are finding them useful.

You can find the help sheets here: http://www.accessmaths.co.uk/dirt-support-material.html

Grant

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Rebecca Wheatcroft
3/21/2016 03:20:35 am

Hello,
These are brilliant! I mainly teach KS3 so will be trying to adapt them and if they are good enough contribute them. Thank you for the brilliant idea!

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Phanuel Masunga
6/17/2018 11:01:26 pm

I am failing to open the 9-1 feedback sheets. Please may you email me the electronic copies preferably in word. Thank you.

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Dorothea
10/8/2018 03:46:43 am

Hi,
Great resource here!
Please could you help with the Feedback sheets. I can't seem to open them.
Many thanks.

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Shan
12/30/2023 04:50:42 pm

The topic assessment sheet is a great resource. Could you kindly share those please.

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