PTLLS Session 4 PTLLS Session 4 Bloom’s taxonomy and Bloom’s taxonomy and

giving feedbackgiving feedback

PTLLS Session 4 PTLLS Session 4 Bloom’s taxonomy and Bloom’s taxonomy and

giving feedbackgiving feedback

Tutor:Tutor:David PerryDavid Perry

Aims:

Introduce Blooms taxonomy and apply to task design and questioning techniques

Establish a framework for giving feedback in the micro-teach

Bloom’s taxonomyOrder these ways of understanding

in order of depth. Eg. Surface understanding = 5

Deep understanding = 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy (1956!)

The Jabberwocky problem

The Jabberwocky Problem‘Twas brillig and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogroves,And the mome raths outgrabe.

What does Bloom mean to us?

• The way we ask our questions encourages learners to demonstrate different types of learning

• Some will need to answer knowledge or comprehension questions, but some can be pushed a bit more with questions that demand analysis, synthesis or evaluation.

Different types of questions encourage different levels of

learning

Fancy being Parkinson?

Here are some questions/tasks at the lower levels of Blooms taxonomy.

Can you write two related questions to address the higher levels?

Task

TaskA) What temperature should you

bake an apple crumble?B) What did you do at the weekend?C) How long did it take you to get

here this evening?

How do we know learning is taking place?

Mind shower :

How many different methods of assessing learning can you think of?

Feedback

Ways of assessing learning• Practical assessments (within a time frame)• Observation• Question and Answer (Q & A)• Marking work and providing progressive feedback.• Role play – observing learners• Completed homework• Professional discussions (e.g. checking use of

vocabulary, responding to questions).• Tests, exams• Quiz (a creative Q & A) • True/false cards• Product – important for vocational subjects• Capturing evidence via video/audio/online

Giving constructive feedback

The feedback sandwich is a useful model for offering constructive feedback.

What do you understand by this model?

The feedback sandwichFirst offer sincere praise about a genuinely positive element of the work.

Next offer advice on how the learner can improve specific weak areas.

Finally offer further sincere praise about another genuinely positive element of the work.

Adult, parent or child?Communication between people often

occurs within distinct roles

• Parent – controlling, judgemental• Child – emotional, instinctive• Adult – objective, constructive, detached

A challenge we face as teachers and learners in feedback transactions (for example with the sandwich model) is to remain in the “adult” role.

Eric Berne – Games People Play (Transactional Analysis)

Assessment Task 2Choose a topic to assess using the

sandwich method in the role of adult.

Shrek on his personal presentation for a job

interview

Cheryl Cole on her taste in men.

Wayne Rooney on his temperament.

David on today’s class so far.

David Cameron on his first year in office.

Choose a format for your feedback

• PowerPoint presentation• Voice recording• Video recording• Written report

When you’ve finished present your feedback to the class. Decide how constructive your feedback is.