How to Use Feedback and Marking in the Classroom : The Complete Guide

How to use Feedback and Marking in the Classroom is your complete guide to maximising the effectiveness and efficiency of your feedback and marking. These two central features of every teacher’s job are analysed and explored from a highly practical perspective. The book contains countless strategies, activities and techniques you can use to develop your practice, raise achievement and have a positive impact on the learners you teach. Chapters include: Why Feedback and Marking Matter; Effective Feedback; Effective and Efficient Marking; Verbal Feedback; Written Feedback; Target Implementation; Further Feedback Techniques; Further Marking Techniques; Exemplar Questions; and Exemplar Targets. Inside you’ll find a compendium of ideas you can put straight to work or modify to fit with your teaching style and the students you work with. Ideas are clearly explained and exemplified in the context of the modern classroom. All in all the book presents a one-stop shop for making your feedback and marking as good as you want it to be. Written by expert teacher, trainer and author Mike Gershon, the book will enhance your skills, giving you everything you need to improve your practice and support your learners.