THE gIRAFFE TEST

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THE gIRAFFE TEST
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1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Stop and think about it and decide
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The correct answer is Open the
refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the
door. This question tests whether you tend to
do simple things in an overly complicated way.
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2 How do you put an elephant into a
refrigerator?
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Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the
elephant, and close the refrigerator? Wrong
Answer. Correct Answer Open the refrigerator,
take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and
close the door. This tests your ability to think
through the repercussions of your previous
actions.
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3. The Lion King is hosting an animal
conference. All the animals attend.... except
one. Which animal does not attend?
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Correct Answer The Elephant. The elephant is
in the refrigerator. You just put him in
there.? This tests your memory. Okay, even if
you did not answer the first three questions
correctly, you still have one more chance to show
your true abilities.
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4. There is a river you must cross but it is
used by crocodiles, and you do not have a
boat. How do you manage it?
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Correct Answer You jump into the river and swim
across. Have you not been listening? All the
crocodiles are attending the Animal
Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly
from your mistakes.
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Effective assessment practices in a secondary
school environment at Lymm High School

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24 April 2008
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THE 6 PILLARS OF GOOD ASSESSMENT PRACTICE
Jenny Clancy, Lymm High School, Cheshire
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Pillar 1 REMOVE ANXIETY

• Our own memories of assessments
• Teaching and learning
• Revision
• Exams
• Results days
• Discuss and feedback
• a) Your own thoughts on these points
• b) How you would expect pupils in our secondary
  schools today to feel about assessment

Task
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Pillar 1 REMOVE ANXIETY

• What did the pupils say?
• Did they surprise you?
• How could we respond?
• No surprises
• Give fair warning
• Show students the type of marks scheme you will
  use, teach them HOW to use it
• Give them the questions? (if not testing
  knowledge a lower order skill)?

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Pillar 2 TEACH Revision!

• Find out about your pupil VAK styles of learning,
  multiple intelligences and SEN TALK!
• Study skills and revision techniques
• Story telling
• Mneumonics
• Picture definitions
• Effective study skills from an early age

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Year 8 Nepal Charity Challenge
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• Canada
• USA
• Greenland
• Mexico
• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Haiti
• Dominican Republic
• Puerto Rico
• Belize
• Honduras
• Nicaragua

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Year 8 Nepal Charity Challenge
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The Generation Game Test
Task
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The Generation Game Test
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Task
The Generation Game Test
Bun Shoe Tree Door Hive
Sticks Heaven Gate Mine Hen
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Pillar 3 Find out and share the BIG secret!

• Vicious rumours!
• Negative marking
• Importance of SPG
• Only mark first 2 answers
• Use staff who work for exam boards
• AQA Examiners conference format in training staff
  and pupils

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Pillar 4 Get comfortable

• Giving a marks scheme, or using one once isnt
  enough to imbed it in pupil learning
• Case Study of Year 9 Mid-ability group
• KS3 pupils devising own marks schemes to develop
  their understanding of criteria for success,
  and using their own schemes to develop skills

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Pillar 5 Assessment FOR Learning
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The Griney Grollers Test!

• What kind of Grollers were they?
• What did the Grollers do?
• Where did they do it?
• In what kind of Gak did they grangle?

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Questions of Clarification

• If you had to grangle in a Granchy Gak, what one
  item would you choose to have with you and why?
• Who were the Grollers, and roughly how old were
  they?
• What do you mean by a Grangly Gak?  Could you
  give me an example of one?

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Pillar 5 Assessment FOR Learning

• Correcting answers (exam technique over simple
  knowledge)
• Return to marks schemes
• Pupils peer-highlighting successes and
  self-setting new targets
• Can Multiple Intelligences move this to another
  level?

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Pillar 6 Spread the Joy!

• Revision sessions drawing on staff expertise
• LEA advisers School meetings
• Warrington Humanities Network
• Talking to the students

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Thank you for listening!
Questions?