Assessment for Learning - Useful Web Sites and Books
Web Sites
The following websites contain useful information relevant to AfL. (These websites were all checked out in August 2010. However the content of websites does change and HCC accepts no responsibility for the content of these external websites.)
AAIA (The Association for Achievement & Improvement through Assessment)
Shirley Clarke
Assessment Reform Group
Dylan Wiliam
Building Learning Power
Accelerated Learning
Philosophy for Children
Mind Mapping
Edward de Bono
CHAMPS Techniques for learning to learn
Mindset Online (drawn from Carol Dweck’s book ‘Mindset’)
Booklists
- Active Learning through Formative Assessment (2008) by Shirley Clarke
- Assessment for Learning: Developing and Using Success Criteria (2010) by HCC Standards & Schools Effectiveness (written by Diane Croston)
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006) by Carol Dweck
(particularly useful when reflecting on classroom ethos and developing a ‘learning culture’)
- Effective Learning in Classrooms (2007) by Chris Watkins, Eileen Carnell and Caroline Lodge
- Unlocking Assessment: Understanding for reflection and application (2008) edited by Sue Swaffield
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