Formative Assessment

Have been doing some reading to clarify the role of questioning in formative assessment - something I have pondering on... Two informative readings- 1. Formative Assessment- Implications for Classroom Practice- Bet McCallum 2. Self- Assessment- Association for Achievement and Improvement Through Assessment Questioning skills - as students develop higher order questioning skills,the level of thinking is also improved... metacognition Key texts /resources to follow up- 'Questions- assessing and developing children's understanding and thinking' Manchester City Education Department 'How do they walk on hot sand? Using Questions to develop learning' Suffolk, LEA, 2002, www.slamnet.org.uk/assessment