Tag: marking

• Quick and Effective Lesson Ideas #5 – “The Big Yellow Box” (Or, How to make your students work harder than you!)

  

  I’m cheating a bit here… this article is really a shameless plug for the “Yellow Box Methodology”, innovated by the George Spencer Academy and made famous by the fantastic Ross Morrison McGill (@TeacherToolkit). The Big Yellow Box completely changed my marking process, and made it better in every conceivable way. Not only did deployment of…

  James Alsop

  Oct 16, 2019

  Teaching and Education

  @teachertoolkit, effective marking, marking, NQT, QTS, teacher training

• Quick and Effective Lesson Ideas #4 – Take a student-focused approach to improve your marking efficiency

  

  Two years into teaching, I was in the staffroom scribbling furiously over yet another essay in department-mandated green pen when a colleague asked me a simple question that completely changed my approach to marking. Even better, it ultimately led to my marking becoming faster, more effective, and more efficient!

  James Alsop

  Oct 9, 2019

  Teaching and Education

  effective marking, marking, NQT, QTS, quick marking, student-focused, teacher training, teaching, Teaching Strategies