1.2 Explain How Children Learn And Develop Their Assessment Strategies

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• we need to be listening to, observing and engaging with the children we are assessing.
• We can use the strategies of questioning, observing and talking with children.
• We can develop methods for quickly checking on children’s understanding and we can also develop more sustained assessment activities that give us a particular insight into how well the children are applying what they have learned.
• To make full and effective use of our assessment strategies, we need to regularly engage children in the process. We need to help them to judge how well they are doing. To carry out this successful assessment in partnership requires a shared understanding of what is to be learned – the learning objectives – and what we expect the children to be able to do after they have learned it – the learning outcomes. To help children, we share the learning objectives with them, usually at the start of the lesson, using language they understand.
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We provide feedback on their responses and work, drawing on our analyses and judgements. This on-going oral and written feedback refers back to the learning objectives in order to identify for the children where they have been successful and what they need to work on next to progress. During all assessment conversations teachers need to allow for the sometimes unpredictable nature of children’s learning and so be flexible in their responses.
During discussion, EAL learners may articulate their learning in their first language. Where appropriate, bilingual adults who share the children’s language have a vital role to play in assessing understanding. When this is not possible, discussion between children in their first language will still support