
This PowerPoint presentation offers 33 practical ideas for implementing assessment for learning (AfL) in your classroom. Designed for teachers, it provides a variety of strategies to engage students and help them become active participants in their learning. The presentation covers a wide range of methods to assess and support student progress, ideal for creating a more interactive and reflective classroom environment.
What’s included:
✔ PowerPoint presentation with 33 plenary ideas
✔ Ideas for student-led questions, self-review, and peer marking
✔ Techniques for setting lesson objectives and using exemplar work
✔ Strategies for traffic lights, two stars and a wish, and scene-setting
✔ Approaches for building reasoning skills and promoting open-ended discussion
Lesson overview / structure:
★ Introduction to AfL Strategies – Explore the importance of using assessment for learning throughout lessons.
★ Plenary Ideas – Present strategies such as asking students to create questions, using “might” for exploration, and engaging in self-review to assess progress.
★ Interactive Techniques – Apply methods like traffic lights and two stars and a wish to facilitate reflection and student engagement.
★ Reasoning and Discussion – Encourage open-ended discussions and set scenes to build students’ critical thinking and reasoning abilities.
Why it’s useful:
✔ Encourages active student participation in assessments
✔ Builds reflective thinking and self-awareness of learning
✔ Supports peer feedback and self-review
✔ Ideal for fostering independent learning and metacognitive skills
Suggested use cases:
Perfect for teachers wanting to enhance assessment for learning strategies in primary or secondary classrooms. Suitable for plenaries, group discussions, or individual reflection during lessons.
Search tags:
AfL plenary ideas | assessment for learning | student reflection strategies | classroom plenary | NQT CPD | student engagement activities | peer marking strategies | self-review in lessons
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