Using Data effectively to inform our classroom practice

Using Data effectively to inform our classroom practice. Inanda Seminary March 2012 Lynda Swinbourn

Your own set of marks �Interrogate your results and come up with strategies to improve classroom practice. �What would you change or keep the same or…

How 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Determine what you want to know. Collect data Analyse results Set priorities and goals Develop strategies Follow up

Analyse the results �Mark sheet �Average �Number of A’s, B’s etc �Number of failures �Graph

�Question by Question Analysis �Comparison of test marks with continuous assessment task or other CFU’s �Comparison of marks with previous tests �Other i. e individuals

Ques 1 12 V CROUCH Dakile MADELA MAKHAYE MASINGA MKHOMBO MNTUNGWA MTSHALI MUTHWA NCUBE NDLOVU NDULI NGEMA PATO THABETHE ZULU DHLAMINI GWALA MADONDO MBONAMBI MCHUNU MTHEMBU SHONGWE SHOZI SIBISI XULU Average Amanda Siphesihle Thembeka Zethembe B Slindile Nontokozo T Nonhla Nothani L. Phumelela N. Phindile C. Phumelele Asanda N. Nokuphila C. Thuledu Thakasile Sthabile N S. Simphiwe Snegugu Nondumiso Zama Lungile Z. Mukelwe Siphokazi Asanda M. Noxolo B. Nosipho

Analysis of Students below 40% ( Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Student by question) Mult ch. 10 Graph 12 New 15 13 2 5 1 10 Mpho M 2 4 2 9 Nandi M 2 3 2 10 4 6 7 2 4 2 6 Nonjabulo N 2 3 6 5 Nomfundo 2. 3 4 3. 3 6. 6 Not attempted Wandile M Nokhanya M Average

Set priorities and goals �What sections of the assessment need to be reviewed? �What sections of the work needs to be retaught, retested.

Develop Strategies �This is your plan of action �This needs to be documented and discussed �TAI for certain individuals

Follow Up �So what happened after I put in the strategies �Retest �Results

We need to have a consistent strategy for this. �Moderation sheet �Analysis sheet

Blooms Taxonomy Knowledge - remembering or recognising something previously encountered without necessarily understanding, using, or changing it. Comprehension - understanding the material being communicated without necessarily relating it to anything else. Application - using general concept to solve a particular problem. Analysis - breaking something down into parts. Synthesis - creating something new by combining different ideas. Evaluation - judging the value of materials or methods as they might be applied in a particular situation

Blooms Taxonomy Original Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Evaluation Synthesis Revised Remember Recalling the information Understand Explain the ideas and/or concepts Apply Using the newly acquired knowledge in another familiar situation Analyse Comparing and differentiating between constituent parts. Evaluate Justifying a decision or course of action Create Generating new ways of creating products, ideas or ways of viewing things