When observing, consider playing alongside your learners and support them in extending their learning.
Use the prompts below to support your interactions and recording of observations:
The use of open ended questions will also help to explore, challenge and extend learning:
Tell me about…
What happened when?
How do you know?
How do you think?
What is … like?
Why did you decide to?
I wonder why?
How could we…?
What else could you do with…?
What could you do next?
I wonder what would happen if?
For further support, Education Scotland have produced a resource ‘Effective observation leading to effective assessment’ to offer stimulus for professional dialogue and discussion and invites practitioners to reflect critically on their own practice in relation to how observations of learning are gathered, analysed and used to improve learning.
