1. Guru Assessment
Mock Exams - returning papers to the students and
learning lessons from the experience. Here is a
great way of handing over to the students the
responsibility of reflecting upon their own
performance and how they can improve, whilst at
the same time getting students who have
performed well in a particular question to
understand why, so that hopefully they can do it
more often in future. It’s built upon the principle
that within a class of students, they all have the
collective knowledge and ability to help each other.
Mock Paper - Identified 4 or 5 key extended
questions (3 marks to 6 marks) that you want the
students to review, both in terms of knowledge and
exam technique.
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2. Guru Assessment cont…
Then review the marks & answers given by students to these questions and identified 4
‘gurus’ for each question who had performed really well. Their task was to provide advice
and let students who hadn’t done so well review the ‘guru’ answer and compare it to both
the mark scheme and their own answer to identify what they hadn’t done successfully in
comparison to the ‘guru’.
Students are then directed to specific ‘gurus’ for 5 to 7
minute reviews of each question, armed with a pen, their
mock paper and a printed table on which to note their
findings. One row per question and two columns, one for
knowledge and one for answer structure and technique. Set
up a table in each corner of the room for the 4 ‘gurus’ and on
each a mark scheme for the questions being reviewed.
The lesson is topped with a review of results by unit to date
and with an update on their current predicted based upon
their mock result and previous results. Finish with a summary
of the findings onto a progress review sheet to put in the
front of their folders.