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Our dept do this, we request what we want and our HoD gets them printed off.
Peer or self-marking, with you simply adding the stickers as suggested above.
Kids mark their work. They get instant feedback on progress so they can write down whether they have understood or not. This is AfL etc, and can be used legitemately as a means of demonstrating to observors that learning has taken place.
If not, a class of 20 kids that do 30 questions each in a lesson (very hypothetical at my place, but I've heard that this can happen), means that in a week, your marking will be:
22x20x30 = 13200 ticks or crosses, before you've even made any comments or written levels etc.
An alternative is to have plenty of, say, Tarsia work. Thie kids do a reasonable number of sums, but only pick two or three examples to write in their books. They get the instant feedback again, but you save massively on marking and exercise books.
Plus, homework on some subscriber website (mymaths etc) means they do quesitons and you don't ever have to mark them.
cyolba, wishing there was a quick way to mark AS mock exams :)
MathDenHi, I am a math (1) teacher. Is there anybody, who could share more ideas (2) or tricks on how to speed up work on markings (3). I'd be interested to hear what tricks people here use to save time. Thanks!
1) Unless you're a septic, you're a MATHS teacher.
2) Why? dDo you already have some? If so, share the, please.
3) Is your real name Smeagol?
cyolba, sad enough to mark posts :)
cyolbaAn alternative is to have plenty of, say, Tarsia work. Thie kids do a reasonable number of sums, but only pick two or three examples to write in their books. They get the instant feedback again, but you save massively on marking and exercise books.
cyolbaPlus, homework on some subscriber website (mymaths etc) means they do quesitons and you don't ever have to mark them.
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