Case Study – the Classroom Experiment
This assignment requires working with your peers to critically evaluate arguments made in a professional development case study. You will need to draw on theory, research and Stanovich’s principle of connectivity to evaluate the likely benefits for student learning of professional development focusing on increased use of formative assessment. In addition,
your group will generate a potential variation of the formative assessment task, and will aim to justify this variation using theory, research, and/or reasoned argument.
To complete this assignment:
1) Watch “The Classroom Experiment” (BBC, 2010) available through the EDUF1018 online library reserve. Pay particular attention to Dylan Wiliam’s arguments for ‘mini-whiteboards’, as well as the reactions of both staff and students to this innovation.
3) How might the use of response cards help you meet the goals of the “Student Welfare, Good Discipline and Efective Learning Policy”?
3) Drawing on the above readings, and any others you identify, what are the apparent strengths and/or limitations of using response cards?
Assessment criteria:
Fail: Combination of poor literacy, poor understanding of theory and research, lack of relevance to question asked, basic mistakes in content; also not enough written
Pass: Literate, plausible, relevant answering of question. Basic understanding of theory and research as presented in lectures and the textbook.
Credit: Good, relevant answer. Evidence of reading beyond the required. Good grasp of theory and research, and use of relevant research examples to sustain argument. Argument of some complexity. Some attempt at critique.
Distinction: As for Credit, but at a higher level. Answer likely to be well theorised, and show evidence of wide and critical reading. Particular authors will be credited with accurate representations of their ideas. Voice of the student will emerge in intelligent debate with the authorities.
High Distinction: As for Distinction but a higher level. Highly literate answer demonstrating excellent understanding and representation of issues involved in the question. Clear evidence of wide, critical reading, and high order analytical skills. Very plausible, impressive answer.
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