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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