50 templates for improving teaching and learning Section 6: Feedback and self-assessment

Assessment profile: Teachers’ notes

Rationale Formative feedback provides the ideas and guidance that students need to
improve their work and supports them as autonomous learners who are
responsible for their own learning.

This sheet enables students to record and reflect on the comments and advice
which they have received over the course of a topic or module. Note that they
are not required to record the mark or grade although of course this could be
added by editing the form. However, evidence suggests that instructive
comments are more effective in raising performance than marks and grades
(Black and William, 1998).

How to use Students can complete the form each time work is returned or on completion of
the topic/module. The column headed Marker’s comments refers to the
comments made by the teacher on the original piece of work. Only a summary of
the key points is required here. This focuses the student on the nature of the
teacher’s comments and helps them identify patterns in their work.

Example

Task Topic/issue Marker’s comments My comments

e.g. essay, presentation

1 Short exam Stalin’s rise to Need to be more I need to use more

question (2004) power specific and precise dates and names in
my answers

2 Short exam Stalin and the A good answer with I need to take more
question (2006) Politburo lots of relevant notice of the ratio
content - but of marks to minutes
unbalanced. Need to
manage time better

3 Essay question Stalin and Hitler Structure of I need to improve

(2003) answer is good – but the balance
ran out of time. between planning
Time management my answer and
appears to be main writing it so that I
issue do not run out of
time

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50 templates for improving teaching and learning Section 6: Feedback and self-assessment

Assessment profile
Name ...............................................................................................................................................

Topic................................................................................................................................................

Task Topic/issue Marker’s comments My comments

e.g. essay, presentation
1

Comment on your effort and achievement on this topic

Which areas of your work do you need to improve?

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