Making the most of Mocks
Getting as much value as possible from mock exam feedback is crucial. Clearly, the specific style and approach will vary by subject, and there is no overall ‘best way’. However, the below points are relevant across subjects. 1) Think Diagnosis, Therapy, Testing - Form Diagnoses to articulate the learning gaps in student work - Plan Therapy – sustained attention to these gaps in and out of lessons between now and the summer - Plan Testing –when and how will you retest students to establish if the therapy has worked 2) Avoid overwhelming students with too much feedback in one go - Providing students with a long list of weaknesses or areas to improve in one go risks swamping working memory, so that students. - A ‘feedback lesson’ which covers multiple concepts in explaining what students have done well / wrong may be useful – however we do need to be mindful of wo...