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Ensuring effective marking and feedback in mathematics
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Improvement Prompts
There are 3 types of improvement prompt:
• The reminder prompt – reiterates the learning intention.
• The scaffolded prompt – suggests what could be written to more successfully match the learning intention.
• The example prompt – models a choice of possible improvements, but asks if the child has an idea of his/her own.
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Outcome of a piece of work in Mathematics
Correct Incorrect
Correct, with thorough
understanding
Correct, inefficient methods
Incorrect in part of
process
Lack of prior knowledge/
understanding
Identify next steps/
challenge
Model efficient method with
task set
Incorrect, inefficient methods
Highlight errors/model
efficient method with
task set
Identifyerror in processaddress
appropriately
Identify gap and address appropriately
Effective Feedback
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• Why can’t 20p be the first coin in the row? 2p 5p 20p 1p 10p
• Why has the 20p always to be the middle coin in the row?
2p 5p 20p 1p 10p• Which coins can we move around to match
the last clue?
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Child B
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Well done• Can you show a quicker way of recording this?• How many 60p candles did you have? _ x 60p How many 85p candles did you have? _ x 85p • 4 x 60p + 2 x 85pDouble 60p = £1.20 Double £1.20 =£ 2.40Now double 85p =
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Child A
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• Is this a likely answer for two numbers both below 200? Explain why? e.g 200 + 200 = 400
615 > 400• 1 7 8 Compare this correct answer with your
1 1617 working out. Where did you go wrong? 3_4_5• 100 70 8 + 100 60 7
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• How do you know you have found all the possible solutions? E.g. 3 jewels between 2 pirates= 1 pirate will have a single jewel each time. Therefore 3 possible solutions for each pirate because 3 different jewels. Giving 6 possible outcomes.
• Will you always have the same number of solutions if you have 3 different jewels? Why?
• How many outcomes for 4 jewels shared equally between 2 pirates?
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