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WLTS: Interactive tasks addressing learning difficulties

WLTS: Interactive tasks addressing learning difficulties. Assessment & HKEAA Section Education Infrastructure Division Education Bureau 16 Jan 2013. Session Outline. Identify students’ learning difficulties by means of assessment data (including TSA data)

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WLTS: Interactive tasks addressing learning difficulties

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  1. WLTS:Interactive tasks addressing learning difficulties Assessment & HKEAA Section Education Infrastructure Division Education Bureau 16 Jan 2013

  2. Session Outline • Identify students’ learning difficulties by means of assessment data (including TSA data) • Introduce the effective use of Web-based Learning and Teaching Support (WLTS) in addressing learning difficulties • Share newly developed interactive resource materials

  3. Portfolio / Journal Project Interview BCATSASAWLTS Exam / Quiz Task Participation Presentation Observation Some ways to assess students’ learning…

  4. TSA For Diagnostic Purposes Rationale: • To assess students’ performances at the Basic Competency level • Schools could make good use of TSA data to enhance the learning and teaching effectiveness in their schools. Source: http://www.bca.hkeaa.edu.hk/web/TSA/en/PriFaq.html#Q01

  5. TSA 2011 School Report (simulated data)Skill: Listening BC: L2-L-3-P3BCUsing a small range of strategies to understand the meaning of short and simple texts on familiar topics which are delivered slowly and clearly in familiar accents What went wrong?

  6. Research and development projects Research-based learning and teaching strategies and resources

  7. Study of Using Assessment Data (Including TSA Data) to Enhance Learning and Teaching (ELE) • An EDB commissioned research project with four phases • Principal Investigator: Dr Anthony KK Tong • Findings:The causes of reading difficulties include students’ limited vocabulary sizes and text type knowledge, lack of reading skills to cope with harder items and lack of interest to process the reading texts.

  8. Basic Competency Assessment (BCA) Project TSA, SA (online Student Assessment) and WLTS (Web-based Learning and Teaching Support) Data-driven studies to identify students’ learning difficulties and critical features BCA

  9. To support teachers in providing timely assistance to students who need help in achieving the Basic Competencies (BCs) with: • teaching resources and suggestions for improvement • interactive tasks

  10. http://wlts.edb.hkedcity.net Choose ‘English’

  11. 1. Search by BCs Choose a Key Stage Choose a skill

  12. Choose a BC Descriptor

  13. Related BCs Learners’ Possible Problems and Suggested Follow-up Actions

  14. Learning Units for Download

  15. Unit Information Unit Title Suggested Duration Unit Description Problem(s) Addressed For Self-learning Preview: overview Related Module Download: all materials Download All

  16. Unit Information – Overview To download a particular resource of the unit.

  17. 2. Search by Related Module Related Module – with units grouped into different themes

  18. Other units of similar themes

  19. You can also browse other units in the same module by clicking here.

  20. Research and development projects Research-based learning and teaching strategies and resources

  21. WLTS Listening –Connection between Ideas 21

  22. Saving Princess Nancy Text Type: Fairy Tales Skills: Listening, Reading and Writing Objectives: Learning the use of adjectives to describe people through an interactive adventure with the prince Key Stage 1 Skills:Listening/ Reading / Writing BCs: L2-L-3-P3BC, L2-R-5-P3BC, L2-W-3-P3BC,L2-W-4-P3BC Related Module: The World Around Us 22

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  29. 3. Search in Student Zone Student Zone – A page for students to look for interactive games in an easy way.

  30. Research Report Research focusing on the use of assessment data to enhance L&T

  31. WLTS Units on Vocabulary Building Skills Word Formation (compound words, prefixes, suffixes) KS2 Hong Kong Adventure 1-4 Word Association (synonyms, antonyms, homonyms) KS2 Super Word Kid Sight Words (high frequency words) KS1 Sight Word Park (Trial) Word Association (Word Collocations) KS3 Swim, Bike, Run, Three Times the Fun

  32. Vocabulary LearningHong Kong Adventure 1-4

  33. Interactive games http://wlts.edb.hkedcity.net/en/english/ks2/reading/l3_r_5_p6bc.html 34

  34. For self-learning 35

  35. Super Word Kid What are Synonyms?

  36. Interactive games

  37. Working with the Text

  38. Student Performances in English Language TSA 2008S.3 Reading / Speaking Weaknesses • Reading:Comprehend and make a plausible conclusion of the meaning of unfamiliar words and expressions using reference skills • Speaking:Respond to each other using limited interactive strategies

  39. Examples of WLTS tasks addressing the learning problems identified

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