Focusing Inquiry: Know your students
What literacy knowledge and skills do my students have in Health and Physical Education?
Use multiple sources of information to determine the focus of your inquiry – student voice, assessment information, diagnostic tasks.
- Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning e-asTTle This is a norm-referenced online tool for assessing reading achievement relevant to levels 2–6 of the curriculum. It provides national norms of performance for students in years 4–12.You may wish to discuss the implications of asTTle results for your learning area with the Literacy Leader in your school.
- Subject resources related to NCEA assessments are available - select the relevant subject page.
What literacy knowledge and skills need to be developed?
- The Literacy Learning Progressions describe the specific literacy knowledge, skills, and attitudes that students draw on to meet the reading and writing demands of the curriculum. Teachers need to ensure that their students develop the literacy expertise that will enable them to engage with the Health and Physical Education curriculum at increasing levels of complexity.
Published on: 09 May 2016
