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The document describes a method for students to review mock exam papers where higher performing students act as "gurus" to help students who did not do as well. For several key exam questions, students who received high marks explain their strong answers and compare them to other students' answers and the mark scheme. This allows students to learn from each other and identify areas for improvement in their own knowledge and exam technique. The process is aimed at helping students help each other improve their exam performance.

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Guru Assessment Mock Exams - returning papers to the students and learning lessons from the experience. Here is a great way of handing over to the students the responsibility of reflecting upon their own performance and how they can improve, whilst at the same time getting students who have performed well in a particular question to understand why, so that hopefully they can do it more often in future. It’s built upon the principle that within a class of students, they all have the collective knowledge and ability to help each other. Mock Paper - Identified 4 or 5 key extended questions (3 marks to 6 marks) that you want the students to review, both in terms of knowledge and exam technique. Cont….
Guru Assessment cont… Then review the marks & answers given by students to these questions and identified 4 ‘gurus’ for each question who had performed really well. Their task was to provide advice and let students who hadn’t done so well review the ‘guru’ answer and compare it to both the mark scheme and their own answer to identify what they hadn’t done successfully in comparison to the ‘guru’. Students are then directed to specific ‘gurus’ for 5 to 7 minute reviews of each question, armed with a pen, their mock paper and a printed table on which to note their findings. One row per question and two columns, one for knowledge and one for answer structure and technique. Set up a table in each corner of the room for the 4 ‘gurus’ and on each a mark scheme for the questions being reviewed. The lesson is topped with a review of results by unit to date and with an update on their current predicted based upon their mock result and previous results. Finish with a summary of the findings onto a progress review sheet to put in the front of their folders.

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  • 1. Guru Assessment Mock Exams - returning papers to the students and learning lessons from the experience. Here is a great way of handing over to the students the responsibility of reflecting upon their own performance and how they can improve, whilst at the same time getting students who have performed well in a particular question to understand why, so that hopefully they can do it more often in future. It’s built upon the principle that within a class of students, they all have the collective knowledge and ability to help each other. Mock Paper - Identified 4 or 5 key extended questions (3 marks to 6 marks) that you want the students to review, both in terms of knowledge and exam technique. Cont….
  • 2. Guru Assessment cont… Then review the marks & answers given by students to these questions and identified 4 ‘gurus’ for each question who had performed really well. Their task was to provide advice and let students who hadn’t done so well review the ‘guru’ answer and compare it to both the mark scheme and their own answer to identify what they hadn’t done successfully in comparison to the ‘guru’. Students are then directed to specific ‘gurus’ for 5 to 7 minute reviews of each question, armed with a pen, their mock paper and a printed table on which to note their findings. One row per question and two columns, one for knowledge and one for answer structure and technique. Set up a table in each corner of the room for the 4 ‘gurus’ and on each a mark scheme for the questions being reviewed. The lesson is topped with a review of results by unit to date and with an update on their current predicted based upon their mock result and previous results. Finish with a summary of the findings onto a progress review sheet to put in the front of their folders.