7. Formatief handelen
The teacher gives the students targeted feedback, feedup and feedforward during the lesson on the content of the work, the learning strategy. The teacher randomly questions students with open questions. The teacher stimulates quality awareness among students by, for example, having students compare each other's work or using worked-out examples, followed by informed follow-up steps.
Step 2: Nadenken en Produceren –
Think and Produce
This step focuses on:
Letting pupils actively think about the learning content
Giving them opportunities to produce language (say, write, draw, show)
Making their thinking visible, so I can understand what they know and where they need support
⏰ “What’s the time?”:
Thinking:
When I ask pupils “What’s the time?”, they have to:
Look at the clock
Interpret the time (e.g., 2:15)
Recall the correct English structure (e.g., “It’s quarter past two”)
Choose the right vocabulary (“past”, “to”, “quarter”, “half”, numbers 1–12)
That’s a rich thinking process — combining visual input, prior knowledge, and language structures.
Producing:
When pupils say the time in English, they are:
Actively producing language
Applying vocabulary and structures
Making their understanding visible to you and themselves
Examples of pupil production:
Saying: “It’s ten to five.”
Writing the time in English
Matching clocks with time expressions
What does this allow me to do?
I can see who understands and who struggles
You can adjust instruction or give feedback based on what they produce
Pupils start taking ownership of their learning through active participation
Step 3
Interpreteren:
I expect that there will be mistakes.
I have described in the first column which mistakes I expect.
Before showing the correct answer, I will ask some pupils how was it to answer the question.
- Easy?
- Difficult?
- In-between?