{"id":24991,"date":"2025-03-27T10:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?p=24991"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:05:08","slug":"checking-learners-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2025\/03\/27\/checking-learners-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking learners’ understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/i> back to learning, teaching and assessment home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Using assessment to check learner understanding can be a useful starting point in a lesson. Checking understanding at the start of a lesson can support progression and coherence – that lessons take account of prior learning.<\/p>\n

Working with learners to develop learning intentions<\/a> and success criteria<\/a> makes clear what they are learning and how they might achieve it. The Education Endowment Foundation classes metacognition<\/a> as a highly effective and well-evidenced approach to making significant progress in learning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Checking learner understanding at the start of the lesson<\/h2>\n

Educators can use quizzes to check learner understanding. Google and Microsoft Forms are available in glow.<\/p>\n