Criteria Based Feedback

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Criteria Based Feedback
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AifL overview

• Its about encouraging independent learning.
• The use of learning outcomes and success criteria
  is at the start of this process.

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Definitions

• LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Simple, specific statements which should derive
  from programmes of study.
• What teachers want pupils to have learned or be
  able to do by the end of a lesson or series of
  lessons.

• SUCCESS CRITERIA
• Statements of standards from which success in an
  activity can be measured.
• They are summary statements which illustrate
  exactly what it is that pupils must know/be able
  to do to achieve the learning outcome.

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Example

• Learning outcome
• I will be able to describe the conditions of the
  trenches in the Great War.
• Possible success criteria
• the ever present mud
• dampness
• smell of death because of rotting bodies
• constant presence of rats and lice.

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Key Questions

• What is the purpose of feedback?
• What makes effective feedback?

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Task 1

• LEARNING OUTCOME
• To be able to perform the song Till There Was
  You.

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Task 1

• LEARNING OUTCOME
• To be able to perform the song Till There Was
  You.
• SUCCESS CRITERIA
• Sing the entire song without forgetting the
  lyrics.
• Perform the song without the need for the
  music/lyrics sheets.
• Maintain a steady rhythm throughout.
• Play the chord sequences accurately.

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Choosing Success Criteria

• Success criteria need to be chosen carefully.
• They need to be specific and focussed.
• This leads to specific and focussed feedback.

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Criteria based feedback

• Highlights strengths and development needs.
• Directs independent learning.
• Can be used in self and peer assessment.

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Learning Outcome

• By the end of this workshop you will be able to
• develop criteria based comments which can be
  used in the assessment of pupil work.

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Task 2

• Writing criteria-based comments.

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Questions?