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=How can ORBIT help develop Interactive Teaching, and benefit my students=
=How can ORBIT help develop Interactive Teaching, and benefit my students=
{{adaptedfrom|TESSA Working With Teachers|PupilBenefits|'''5 How does using ORBIT materials contribute to pupil learning?'''
{{adaptedfrom|TESSA Working With Teachers|PupilBenefits|'''How does using ORBIT materials contribute to pupil learning?'''


You can turn the ORBIT activities into assessment tasks that can help you to find out whether your pupils have learned the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes described in your learning outcomes. Where this is not possible, you can develop your own assessment tool.  
You can turn the ORBIT activities into assessment tasks that can help you to find out whether your pupils have learned the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes described in your learning outcomes. Where this is not possible, you can develop your own assessment tool.  
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You should also give your pupils an opportunity to give feedback on the assessment task so that you can find out whether they thought the assessment task was appropriate/not appropriate, easy/difficult, and any problems they may have encountered.
You should also give your pupils an opportunity to give feedback on the assessment task so that you can find out whether they thought the assessment task was appropriate/not appropriate, easy/difficult, and any problems they may have encountered.


'''6 What do you think you learned from teaching with ORBIT materials'''?
'''What do you think you learned from teaching with ORBIT materials'''?


You should reflect on your lessons to determine what worked well, and what did not work well so as to improve your teaching, and plan better subsequent lessons. In doing this, some of the questions you could consider are:
You should reflect on your lessons to determine what worked well, and what did not work well so as to improve your teaching, and plan better subsequent lessons. In doing this, some of the questions you could consider are: