The Teaching Space

Episode 6 of The Teaching Space Podcast explores 5 ways teachers can mark or grade faster and smarter. Podcast Episode 6 Transcript Welcome to episode 6 of The Teaching Space Podcast. In the last episode, I promised we would be delving into ways teachers can mark or grade faster and smarter. And that's what we're going to talk about today. 1. Feedback Abbreviations; My first top tip is to come up with abbreviations for your feedback. Make a note of any feedback comments you seem to be repeating and then abbreviate them and provide learners with a key to your abbreviations. Here's an example. You have a learner who has made a spelling, punctuation or grammar error, for example, they've missed out an apostrophe. Rather than typing or writing "please can you check your spelling here, there seems to be an apostrophe error." You might put "P-A". (Punctuation-Apostrophe). Put these abbreviations in a spreadsheet and have your spreadsheet open by your side when you are marking. Also, provide your learners with a lin