5. Multiple choice questions on trial!

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7. Formative assessment and Diagnostic Questions

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Introduction

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The benefits of online courses
  • 3. Getting the most out of the course
  • 4. Where are you at?

What is a Diagnostic Question?

  • 1. What is a Diagnostic Question?
  • The Diagnostic Questions with some challenges!
  • 2. Where does the data come from?
  • 3. The results!
  • 4. Summary

Guess the misconception - Part 1

  • Guess the misconception
  • The results!

Why do we need formative assessment and Diagnostic Questions?

  • 1. Evidence for formative assessment
  • 2. An over-reliance on summative assessment?
  • Podcast: Daisy Christodoulou on assessment
  • Book: Making good progress
  • 3. One to one questioning
  • Research: The Testing Effect in a social setting
  • 4. Everybody happy with fractions?
  • Graph: Confidence versus Accuracy
  • Graph: Girls versus Boys
  • 5. Anybody got any questions?
  • 6. Summary of dodgy formative assessment
  • 7. Three quotes that changed my thinking
  • 8. Where do Diagnostic Questions fit in?
  • Resource: my model of a Learning Episode

How to find good questions

  • 1. Searching by questions
  • 2. Searching by Collections
  • New: The Eedi Ultimate Scheme of Work Collection
  • 3. Subjects other than maths
  • 4. Copying a question
  • 5. Challenge - find a good question

Guess the misconception - Part 2

  • Guess the misconception
  • The results!

Using Diagnostic Questions in the classroom

  • 1. Establishing routines
  • 2. Thinking time
  • 3. Collecting responses
  • 4. Dealing with guessing
  • 5. Avoiding the tactical delay
  • 6. Students giving their explanations
  • 7. The revote
  • 8. Explaining the correct answer
  • 9. Follow-up question
  • 10. Where to find the follow-up question
  • 11. Responding to the follow up question
  • Resource: Diagnostic Question extension prompts
  • Idea for Extension Prompt
  • Resource: Template for students creating their own questions
  • Resource: DQs (blank) by Nathan Day
  • Resource: DQs (example) by Nathan Day
  • 12. Revisit at a later date
  • 13. The Big DQ Flow Diagram
  • Resource: The Big DQ flow diagram
  • 14. Eight benefits of asking Diagnostic Questions

When to use a Diagnostic Question

  • 1. Assessing prerequesite knowledge
  • Resource: my process of Atomisation
  • 2. What happens if you don't assess prerequesite knowledge?
  • 3. During the practice phase
  • 4. At the end of a lesson
  • 5. Create a Diagnostic Question for homework
  • Resource: Template for students creating their own questions

Guess the misconception - Part 3

  • Guess the misconception
  • 3. The results.mp4

What do other schools do?

  • 1. Print out the questions
  • 2. As part of assessments
  • 3. Technology and paper
  • 4. Including extra prompts
  • 5. Multi-step processes
  • 6. Retreival starters
  • 7. LSQ-DQ Combo!

Are Diagnostic Questions dangerous?

  • 1. Mistakes versus misconceptions
  • 2. Assessment for Learning is fundamentally flawed
  • 3. The exam isn't multiple choice, so why bother?
  • 4. Incorrect answers cause misconceptions
  • 5. Multiple choice questions on trial!
  • Link: Formative assessment section on my research page
  • Podcast: Multiple choice questions on trial

What makes a good Diagnostic Question?

  • 1. The should be clear and unambiguous
  • 2. They should test a single concept
  • 3. Students should be able to answer in less than 20 seconds
  • 4. You should learn something from each incorrect response
  • 5. Students should not get a question correct whilst still holding a misconception
  • 6. Summary of the Golden Rules
  • The golden rules

Guess the misconception - Part 4

  • Guess the misconception
  • The results!

Teachers writing their own Diagnostic Questions

  • 1. Joint lesson planning is not effective?
  • 2. The benefits of joint question writing
  • 3. A structure for collaboration
  • Slide: Writing questions with colleagues
  • The golden rules

Planning for error

  • 1. A question...
  • 2. Why Planning for Error is important.mp4
  • 3. How to find the data on Diagnostic Questions
  • 4. Planning for error - Percentage calculations
  • 5. The results!
  • 6. Planing for Error - area and perimeter
  • 7. The results!
  • 8. Planning for error using Eedi
  • Eedi guide to Planning for Error

Beat the Nation!

  • 1. How to get the data
  • 2. Beat the Nation - SATs
  • PowerPoint - SATs
  • 3. Beat the Nation - GCSE Foundation
  • PowerPoint - GCSE Foundation
  • 4. Beat the Nation - GCSE Higher
  • PowerPoint - GCSE Higher
  • 5. Why do Beat the Nation?
  • Beat the Nation collection

Guide to diagnosticquestions.com

  • Introduction
  • Link: Getting set-up on Diagnostic Questions
  • Link: Creating questions, quizzes and assingments
  • Link: Viewing results
  • Link: Tracking progress
  • Link: Making the most of the Knowledge Map

Guide to Eedi

  • Introduction
  • Link: Eedi Help website
  • Link: Getting started with Eedi
  • Link: The Eedi teacher dashboard
  • Link: Assigning a scheme of work
  • Link: Viewing students' results
  • Link: The Eedi analytics section
  • Link: The Eedi misconception section
  • Lnik: Engaging your students to get the most out of Eedi
  • Email address if you need help

Useful links - from others

  • Video: Dylan William's view on Diagnostic questions
  • Blog series: Making Good Progress?: The future of Assessment for Learning by Daisy Christodoulou
  • Blog: Revisiting Dylan Wiliam’s Five Brilliant Formative Assessment Strategies by Tom Sherrington
  • Video: Multiple-choice questions: a recorded session on creating and using multiple-choice questions effectively​
  • Multi Choice Questions from Durrington research team
  • Blog: Do they understand this well enough to move on? by Harry Fletcher-Wood
  • Podcast: Harry Fletcher-Wood

Guess the misconception - Part 5

  • Guess the misconception
  • The results!

Conclusion

  • 1. Where to next?
  • 2. Wrap-up.mp4
  • Course feedback
  • Course certificate
  • My online courses

Useful links - from me

  • My research paper collection
  • Book: How I wish I'd taught maths
  • Book: Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain
  • Mr Barton Maths website
  • Mr Barton Maths Podcast
  • Diagnostic Questions
  • Variation Theory
  • SSDD Problems
  • Maths Venns