A culture of success should be promoted where every student can make achievements by building on their previous performance, rather than by being compared with others. Such a culture is promoted by informing pupils about the strengths and weaknesses demonstrated in their work and by giving feedback about what the next steps should be.
(Black et al., 2003: 46)
Main recommendations of feedback through marking:
• Written tasks, alongside oral questioning, should encourage pupils to develop and show understanding of the key features of what they have learnt.
• Comments should identify what has been done well and what still needs improvement,and give guidance on how to make that improvement.
• Opportunities for pupils to follow up comments should be planned as part of the overall learning process.
My own classroom marking policy is that:
- When I write a comment about what needs to be done next / thought about.
- My comments should make the pupils feel pleased with the work they have done but also provides constructive criticism.
- I never compare a students work to another's.
- Language should be used positively in order to stop pupils becoming demotivated.
- Marking should help pupils be even more successful in learning.
- The work is usually given back with a short debrief from myself.
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