Checking for understanding
Education Endowment Foundation
About this session
Checking for understanding benefits all pupils, but is especially important for pupils with additional needs.
Through guided discussion and interactive scenarios, this session is designed to help teachers explore evidence and overcome common barriers to checking for understanding as a foundation for inclusive teaching.
This session accompanies the EEF’s Guide to Inclusive Teaching.
Supporting resources
The scenario
You are talking to your colleague, Nina.
Nina describes an interaction she had with Jay, a pupil with additional social and emotional needs:
“During a group discussion about rounding numbers, I wanted to check Jay's understanding.
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What teachers are saying
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Jess Mellor - Head of Great Heights Research SchoolThe scenario was rooted in everyday classroom practice and, no matter what year group we teach, we were all able to engage.