How to Get Students to More Specific Answers

Paul: We're trying to get to more specific answers yeah so this is what this part of the podcast is all about and how do we get students to those more specific answers. He says by looking at predictions compared with actual marks both the teacher and the student can find out so much information it's absolutely astonishing. The first time you do it particularly if you do it in a in a mixed school you probably find the boys are totally over confident and the girls lack confidence he adds.