| What affects pupils’ confidence in their ability to learn? |
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Research taster
Researchers gain a considerable amount of data from pupils about what improves their confidence in their learning skills. Several factors emerge, the five principal ones being the pupils’ understanding of assessment feedback and praise, having someone to talk to about their learning, the presence and extent of parental influence and support, and their friendships. 
Your evidence
You might like to explore your pupils’ current understanding of assessment by asking how to translate your lesson objectives into success criteria. This is a common and effective way of building understanding of assessment criteria. You could choose two different lessons, one which you think tackles a topic the pupils enjoy and are confident in and one that tackles something newer. Moving forward It is highly likely that, in your teaching, you are developing lesson objectives for your pupils and making them explicit. The ability to translate these into a meaningful form for the pupils often means making clear the anticipated outcomes for the activity. Many schools adopt WILF, a fictitious character (usually a dog for some reason) that represents ‘What I’m Looking For’ to the children, often with his picture and a series of statements on the class or desk whiteboard. Would adopting ‘WILF’ or some other symbolic reminder of the importance of translating learning objectives into success criteria that pupils can understand help you to enhance their confidence in their learning skills? Find out more:  The project website: http://www.consultingpupils.co.uk/ A TLRP Research Brief on pupil voice at: http://www.tlrp.org/pub/documents/no5_ruddock.pdf A GTC Research of the Month summary on pupil voice at: http://www.gtce.org.uk/policyandresearch/research/ROMtopics/pupilvoice/ |
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