Assessment and Computing - A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School - page 85

Learning diaries or logs
You might be able to set these up as blogs on your school's virtual learning
environment (VLE). These are writing frames that have been designed specifically
to be used at the end of each learning episode. A writing frame is a document
(paper or electronic) that provides a clear framework to which the learner can add
text. For example, part-way through a lesson when you hope to have covered some
specific points - possibly at the end of a learning episode within the lesson - you
may give a short series of questions for the pupils to respond to. This may include
a list of useful words, sentences to complete, or even paragraphs with key words to
be added.
Specific examples can be seen in Figure 4.5 .

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role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
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scared or uncomfortable.

role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable. by

role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

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role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

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role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

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role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

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role playing different situations. Walk
through the neighborhood with young
people identifying safe places. Take them
seriously if they ever report fee ling
scared or uncomfortable.

Figure 4.5 Examples of writing frame elements

Task 4.9

Learning diary
Download the diary pack from http://www.itte.org.uk/node/590. Although
written for ICT, the pack has many ideas that apply equally to Computing. Now
consider a lesson you are about to deliver and design a learning diary page that
you might use in the plenary, to help the learners understand what they were
expected to learn that day. Try it out. Remember, we are all resistant to change,
and as this may be different from their normal expected practice your learners
may rebel at first. But that does not mean that you cannot make it a part of their
routine in your lessons.

Marking and feedback
When key pieces of work or assignments are marked, you should aim to write a
comment in language the learner will understand. It should be brief, constructively
critical and enable them to move forward. The use of vague comments such as
'good, VG, excellent' although supportive, does not enable the student to progress.
'Have you thought about including …?' might be more helpful. Research suggests
that feedback based only on grades or marks fails to change future performance. A
comment suggesting how the work can be improved is far more effective for
learning. When both a comment and a mark are used, the same research suggests