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		By: gpettyedit		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://geoffpetty.com/feedback-means-fixing-not-marking-try-snowballing/#comment-5177&quot;&gt;Lizzie George&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Lizzie, I can see you have a very challenging teaching situation.  I&#039;ve never taught in your context so I am wary of giving advice, also, most of the research on feedback is in more conventional contexts. However, there is little doubt that most feedback methods can be adapted for your students.  I would try &#039;spoof assessment&#039; or &#039;anonymised assessment&#039; with your students, where you give students work done by &#039;a student last year&#039; though you may have made it up.  When students assess this there are not egos at stake.  You can use this to develop ideas in your subjects, and to prepare students for a new art project by looking at what other students have done in response to similar projects. 
Targets must be tailored to the student, so &#039;staying in the lesson&#039; might well be appropriate. 
You might find the following book useful: Westwood, P. &quot;Common Sense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs: Strategies for the Regular Classroom&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://geoffpetty.com/feedback-means-fixing-not-marking-try-snowballing/#comment-5177">Lizzie George</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Lizzie, I can see you have a very challenging teaching situation.  I&#8217;ve never taught in your context so I am wary of giving advice, also, most of the research on feedback is in more conventional contexts. However, there is little doubt that most feedback methods can be adapted for your students.  I would try &#8216;spoof assessment&#8217; or &#8216;anonymised assessment&#8217; with your students, where you give students work done by &#8216;a student last year&#8217; though you may have made it up.  When students assess this there are not egos at stake.  You can use this to develop ideas in your subjects, and to prepare students for a new art project by looking at what other students have done in response to similar projects.<br />
Targets must be tailored to the student, so &#8216;staying in the lesson&#8217; might well be appropriate.<br />
You might find the following book useful: Westwood, P. &#8220;Common Sense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs: Strategies for the Regular Classroom&#8221;</p>
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		By: Lizzie George		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello, 
I work with changing, long term/short term mixed cohorts of students, who are in hospital with mental health issues. Many have diagnosis of ASC and Asperger&#039;s, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and communication difficulties (and associated eating disorders). Assessing their work can be triggering for those who have complex issues and anxieties around pressures of doing well/not well, so I try to leave out grades during feedback (I do however document their grades for data). Students sometimes find it difficult to peer/self assess but I think this method of snowballing might be a way forward and help with differentiation while being totally inclusive. For some students a target may simply be &#039;staying in a lesson for short period of time&#039; or &#039;engaging in activities/tasks&#039; that they might previously have been to unwell to do so.  
My lessons are Art and PSHE,  groups are small so discussion and debate are often done in written form for those who are too self conscious to discuss verbally, occasionally pairing is effective.  I would appreciate any tips and advice about formative assessment and snowballing in small group situations for learners with the above difficulties. Thank you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello,<br />
I work with changing, long term/short term mixed cohorts of students, who are in hospital with mental health issues. Many have diagnosis of ASC and Asperger&#8217;s, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and communication difficulties (and associated eating disorders). Assessing their work can be triggering for those who have complex issues and anxieties around pressures of doing well/not well, so I try to leave out grades during feedback (I do however document their grades for data). Students sometimes find it difficult to peer/self assess but I think this method of snowballing might be a way forward and help with differentiation while being totally inclusive. For some students a target may simply be &#8216;staying in a lesson for short period of time&#8217; or &#8216;engaging in activities/tasks&#8217; that they might previously have been to unwell to do so.<br />
My lessons are Art and PSHE,  groups are small so discussion and debate are often done in written form for those who are too self conscious to discuss verbally, occasionally pairing is effective.  I would appreciate any tips and advice about formative assessment and snowballing in small group situations for learners with the above difficulties. Thank you.</p>
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		By: proxy list		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello,I read your blog named &quot;Feedback means fixing not marking - try snowballing - Geoff PettyGeoff Petty&quot; regularly.Your humoristic style is awesome, keep up the good work! And you can look our website about proxy list.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello,I read your blog named &#8220;Feedback means fixing not marking &#8211; try snowballing &#8211; Geoff PettyGeoff Petty&#8221; regularly.Your humoristic style is awesome, keep up the good work! And you can look our website about proxy list.</p>
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		By: gpettyedit		</title>
		<link>https://geoffpetty.com/feedback-means-fixing-not-marking-try-snowballing/#comment-2850</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2017 07:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://geoffpetty.com/feedback-means-fixing-not-marking-try-snowballing/#comment-779&quot;&gt;Kiran&lt;/a&gt;.

I agree with the thrust of your comment and thanks for it!  I don&#039;t think students need necessarily set formal targets for improvement as a part of snowballing necessarily. A lot of learning during snowball just comes from students learning informally from each other, they hear ideas they had not thought of themselves, and they have to think hard about the topic they are learning during discussion if the task is well designed and if teacher manages behaviour etc well.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://geoffpetty.com/feedback-means-fixing-not-marking-try-snowballing/#comment-779">Kiran</a>.</p>
<p>I agree with the thrust of your comment and thanks for it!  I don&#8217;t think students need necessarily set formal targets for improvement as a part of snowballing necessarily. A lot of learning during snowball just comes from students learning informally from each other, they hear ideas they had not thought of themselves, and they have to think hard about the topic they are learning during discussion if the task is well designed and if teacher manages behaviour etc well.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Snowballing is a very active learning and teaching style. It supports collaborative working and improved communication skills too. Students are given ownership for their learning and most of all self assessment, leading to identifying their own personal learning targets, which they should be encouraged to set each session themselves if not totally develpoed by themselves. They must be able to be self crtics which improves their relationship to receiving feedback in a more constructive manner.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Snowballing is a very active learning and teaching style. It supports collaborative working and improved communication skills too. Students are given ownership for their learning and most of all self assessment, leading to identifying their own personal learning targets, which they should be encouraged to set each session themselves if not totally develpoed by themselves. They must be able to be self crtics which improves their relationship to receiving feedback in a more constructive manner.</p>
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