Teachers TV: Maths lesson: Peer to Peer Assessment

Brilliant.It is engaging, involves all the students and promotes deep thinking.I would definitely use it in my classes from Middle to high School.It involves all aspects of an inquiry cycle .Simple activity with significant results!!!

Brilliant idea. Several people in my department have tried this (including me) and all had positive results. A couple of notes below for anyone else trying it... PRACTICAL NOTES • To save time with a large class: print questions and use blu-tac rather than writing out dozens of post-its • Encourage dissonance: My Year 7s were reluctant to challenge others’ answers. But when coaxed it gave the most interesting results. • Potential silliness to be aware of: putting joke names on the post-its and/or putting someone else’s name to a deliberately wrong answer. EXTENSIONS • Class voting: Put the questions and the students’ answers onto the IWB at the end of the lesson and take a vote on the answers. • Photocopied solutions: After the class, stick the post-its onto A4, write on the answers and who solved it (e.g. Solved by Osama & Jacob), photocopy and distribute. • DIY questions: Students write own questions on post-its and add them to appropriate category.

GREAT LOOKING RESOURCE. Easy activity to set up and replicate. Potentially great outcomes: pupils see their own progression and achievement (NC Level).