MIME:
Maximum Impact
Minimum Effort –
use peer and
self-assessment effectively
before teacher input
Green Pen
Policy for
student
response
to target
setting
Use stampers and
stickers for praise and
acknowledgement of
student response to
targets
DIRT
Time
Use codes to save
time and comment
banks for positive
comments
Top 10 Tips for
Diagnostic Marking
Book Polishing
Give time in lessons if
(Giving time to do
possible for students to
targets and generally
respond to targets given
perfect exercise
(or at least begin the
books)
process)
Give differentiated
tasks as an outcome
of diagnostic
marking
Targets can be a
range of things from
corrections,
extension work and
questions or
comments to
improve
In practical subjects
use Google documents or
a wiki on the VLE to track
targets and student
response
Owen’s Top 10 Diagnostic Marking Tips:
• Getting students into the routine is essential.
• Keep Departmental samples scanned in for
good examples to refer to.
• Make sure that feedback has been recognised
and make the marking as personal as possible.
• Use Exit passes more – thinking smarter.
• Consistency across the department is key.
• Set follow-on differentiated tasks online.
• Use one word response to targets – more likely
to do it constantly!
• Leave space for students to respond to – easier
for teachers and students to refer back to.
• Get students to highlight their best and worst
part before handing in.
• Use Bloom’s to set targets.