Midwheb Researcher of the Week


Working with Carol Gray at Stratford School yesterday. Carol is developing 'peer and self assesment" with gifted and talented pupils in Geography. The work has been stimulated by the secondary national strategy and specifically the "assessment for learning" policies. ( see QCA, DFES Standards Site, AAIA and others)

She plans to develop from best practice literature and research lesson activities and materials anbd then to explore what happens to the learning process and outcomes. She will be using observation, and asking students questions about the impact of the activity on their learning.

Carol said that her previous assignments on Gifted and Talented Learners and Coaching had stimulated a lot of interest from staff and senior managers. We talked about starting a school based programme down in East London as she had colleagues in local schools who may be interested. Watch this space!