English-language Literature Review

Please cite this paper as: Derrick, J. and K. Ecclestone, (2008), "English-language Literature Review", in Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults: Improving Foundation Skills, OECD Publishing.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults Improving Foundation Skills

English-language Literature Review

Jay Derrick and Kathryn Ecclestone

Centre for Educational Research and Innovation

Please cite this paper as: Derrick, J. and K. Ecclestone (2008), "Englishlanguage Literature Review", in Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults: Improving Foundation Skills, OECD Publishing.

TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT FOR ADULTS IMPROVING FOUNDATION SKILLS English-language Literature Review Jay Derrick and Kathryn Ecclestone

TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT FOR ADULTS: IMPROVING FOUNDATION SKILLS ? ISBN-978-92-64-03990-2 ? OECD/NRDC 2008

3 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LITERATURE REVIEW ?

Table of Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5 2. The reviews methodology and structure ................................................................ 6 3. Defining formative assessment in adult learning.................................................... 9 Competing meanings of learning .................................................................................... 9 Formative activities ....................................................................................................... 12 4. Formative assessment and adult learning: discussion of themes emerging from the literature ...................................................................................... 14 Developing an atmosphere and culture conducive to learning...................................... 15 Dialogue between teacher and learners ......................................................................... 20 Peer assessment and self-assessment ............................................................................ 32 Learners understanding of assessment and the language of assessment ...................... 38 Feedback and marking of work ..................................................................................... 42 Questioning and checking learning ............................................................................... 48 Planning and differentiation .......................................................................................... 51 Improving motivation and confidence, autonomy, and citizenship............................... 53 Using different types of assessment formatively........................................................... 59 Practising assessment: learning for the future ............................................................... 65 5. Conclusions and messages for teachers ................................................................. 68 Formative assessment and learners of adult literacy, numeracy and language ............. 68 Messages for teachers.................................................................................................... 69 Future research .............................................................................................................. 76 References .................................................................................................................... 76 Appendix 1: Texts reviewed ....................................................................................... 81 Appendix 2: Analysis of review texts ....................................................................... 123

TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT FOR ADULTS: IMPROVING FOUNDATION SKILLS ? ISBN-978-92-64-03990-2 ? OECD/NRDC 2008

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