Improve Teacher Assessed Grades
3 - Provide Evidence
Homework
Teachers will use every piece of work you hand in as physical evidence of progress, so make sure that you are giving each piece of your best effort.
Complete assignments to the best of your ability
While this may sound a little daunting, completing assignments is a lot less stressful than the alternative of high-pressure exams with only one shot to do well.
To ensure your homework demonstrates your ability, you need to do the following:
be prompt
Complete your homework as soon after it is set as possible, so that the lesson will still be clear in your memory. Hand work in on time. No one wants to be remembered as the student that always needed to be chased.
Utilise Learning Tools
Online learning tools are designed to help all learners achieve higher grades. Become familiar with these learning tools and utilise them when completing your homework.
For example, the Read & Write Chrome extension makes Google Classroom, Google docs & Google Chrome more accessible to students with special educational needs.
Learn to touch type
Learning to touch-type has been shown to improve the quality of homework. Not only is touch-typing far quicker than handwriting, it is also easier to edit and improve your work. Furthermore, it is more legible for the teacher, which in turn makes it easier to award marks.
Most students have more time on their hands when schools are closed, providing the opportunity to learn to touch type.
Click on the image above to learn the benefits of learning to touch type
Learning to touch type does NOT need to take a long time.
Teenagers can learn in as little as 15 hours.
My Touch Typing for Academic Success Remote Course combines
Learning to touch type
Instruction on how to utilise learning tools to get better grades.
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Take Proofreading Seriously
Understandably, before the teacher assessed grades were introduced, students could simply get their homework over and done with without thought of proofreading. However, now that each mark counts towards final grades, proofreading is critical. It is the final opportunity to boost your grade.
If homework is typed, try using the Text to Speech or Read Aloud functions to hear what you have written aloud.
This will help you identify mistakes you may have otherwise missed.
This is explained in this playlist below that shows how to use this functionality on many different devices.
Click on the image above to learn more about having text read aloud
Where work is handwritten, try reading it out loud, and if possible, ask a parent or older sibling to read it aloud. Otherwise, mistakes can easily be missed.
