Interactive Assessment
Assessment for Learning (AfL) requires a student focussed approach to evaluating attainment and setting targets. The fundamental principle of AfL is that students evaluate their performance, reflect on how they can improve and become more responsible for their own learning.
Peer Mentoring
This is where TurningPoint’s interactive assessment tool can help. Using TurningPoint questions can be prepared before each teaching session and these can provide instant feedback on how the class is performing. Lecturers can quickly check whether the class has grasped a new concept by adding a new question during the lesson itself and assessing the answers. Lecturers can include notes so that students can fully understand why they achieved the assessment they did. The advanced features of Turning Point reports allows lecturers to produce detailed reports of performance, track changes over time, and use demographic categories to see how various learner groups are performing.
The instant feedback which Turning Point provides gives students the chance to choose a member of their group they would like to mentor them on a particular strand or topic.
Reaching The Silent Minority
Capturing the voice of the ‘invisible student’ and, at the same time, protecting their sensitivity, used to be an almost impossible task. Now lecturers can poll the views of students who may be reluctant to share their views on topics by using TurningPoint in anonymous mode.
With TurningPoint, lecturers can not only instantly capture every student’s understanding but also students can more easily identify their own strengths and weaknesses. This creates a more interactive and thriving learning environment where students take a more active role in their learning.
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