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Who?

Who?

Does anyone know Adam from Adam?

December 3, 2020

I have to say I think it is really insulting to have someone who looks like he has just finished studying for ‘A’ Levels himself telling us why exams are best.

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In Assessment, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views Tags assessing Computing and ICT, assessment
Questions, by Terry Freedman

Questions, by Terry Freedman

A new assessment resource

October 21, 2020

A new assessment resource has come to my attention. It shows the keywords and synonyms in the SAMR and Bloom’s Taxonomy models, and apps which enable the teacher to address those areas.

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In Assessment, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags assessment, assessment wheel, SAMR, Bloom's Taxonomy, assessing Computing and ICT

On this day #1: Assessment

September 30, 2020

Why bother with theories of assessment? Surely all that matters is whether or not it works?

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In Blast from the past, On this day, Assessment Tags assessing Computing and ICT, assessing ICT, assessing Computing, assessment

Teacher assessment in ICT and Computing: not a perfect solution

August 12, 2020

What’s wrong with teacher-assessed grades?

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In Assessment, Audio Tags assessment, assessing Computing and ICT, audio
assessment and the black swan problem by Terry Freedman

assessment and the black swan problem by Terry Freedman

Assessing Computing and ICT: a selection of articles

May 4, 2019

Here’s a round-up of a few articles I’ve written about assessing Computing and ICT over the years. Although some of them were written a while ago, I believe they are still useful and relevant.

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In Assessment Tags assessing Computing and ICT, assessment
Recent book reviews
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Review: Power Up, by Matthew Lane

This book looks at the maths concepts — and, to some extent, the physics concepts — hidden in popular video games.

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Review: The Shortest History of AI

How is it that ChatGPT, Claude and other Al models appear to perform so well at certain complex tasks that some people become convinced that they're sentient — only for them to then promptly fail at simple tasks that even a child could handle?

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Review: Teacher Geek

Every so often I like to take a look, or another look, at a book published a while ago, and today I’ve been looking at Teacher Geek, by Rachel Jones.

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Review: Teach Fast

The book contains some interesting ideas.

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A question of leadership

I have somewhat dichotomous views of this question of whether leaders make a difference, or much of a difference. I think my views can be classified as macro and micro.

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Review: Making Good Progress?

Daisy Christodoulou carefully picks apart the pitfalls of various kinds of assessment, drawing on different subject areas to do so.

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Review: Principles and Practices of Assessment

There is plenty in this book to like.

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Review: Effective Teaching: Evidence and Practice

Although this is a few years old now (2018), it has stood the test of time.

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Review: One for maths teachers

This wide-ranging book takes in probability, fractals, astronomy, Babbage, Lovelace and a host of other areas and people.

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Reviews: Two for History teachers

Two books on the Nazi era.

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