Anyway, the latest thing I'm using in exchange for my soul is a feedback form, shared with the student, where we can have a dialogue about their work. Really simple idea but it's proving almost revolutionary in its simplicity and effectiveness using a Google Doc.
I get a piece of work in (or the student gives me a link to their work) - I write some ideas on how to improve it on their feedback sheet and they have to respond. The pro-forma is very simple - looks a bit like this:
Date / Teacher Feedback:
Date / Student Actions:
Date / Teacher Feedback:
Date / Student Actions:
...you get the idea.
But what's amazing about this is that I can have a whole class set of feedback forms in one folder and Google will tell me, down the right hand side of the screen, which student has written any actions on their form in the last day / week. At a glance I can tell whose thinking about Psychology outside of the classroom ...and who is not. Who is taking action on improving their work ...and who is not.
Not only this but I'm gradually building up a fantastic record of all the work the student and I are doing throughout the year to maximise their understanding and exam success.
