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Reinforcement of key subject knowledge
Revisiting the most important content with structured input from a presenter.
Assessment Support
Walking-Talking Mocks
A guided exam-paper experience that turns fear of the unknown into familiarity — designed and delivered (or supplied) by experienced subject specialists.
What is a Walking-Talking Mock?
A walking-talking mock is a learning experience where students complete an exam paper with input from a presenter. A WTM event might include any combination of the following:
The focus of a Walking-Talking Mock is often, not always, informed by Question Level Analysis (QLA) from a recent assessment — enabling targeted focus on areas that need development.
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Assessment for Learning (AfL)
Learners get the chance to assess answers — building their evaluative judgement.
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The language of the examination
Demystifying command words and the precise vocabulary the paper uses.
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A meta-cognitive approach
Learners think about the thinking steps they go through when attempting questions.
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Classic misconceptions
Surfacing the misunderstandings examiners see most often, before they cost marks.
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Examination strategy
Discussions on how to approach the paper as a whole and individual question types.
Two Ways to Work With Us
The Assessment Box WTM offer.
Choose between full consultant delivery or bespoke materials designed for your team to deliver.
Full Consultant Design & Delivery
One of our highly experienced subject specialists designs and plans the experience and comes to your school to deliver it, in conjunction with your teaching team. Prior to the experience, the consultant meets online with the school to ensure the WTM meets the expectations and needs of the client school.
- Subject specialist consultant
- Pre-event online planning meeting
- Delivered alongside your teaching team
- On-site or online delivery
Bespoke Materials & Experience Design
You deliver the WTM yourself with high-quality materials designed by an assessment expert. Designing a successful WTM can be very time-consuming — let us take the pressure off. Online meetings ensure you get the product you want; our graphics team produce bespoke learning materials tailored to your cohort.
- Assessment-expert designed materials
- High-quality graphics & layout
- Online scoping calls
- Tailored to your specification
In the Room
What does a WTM look like?
Every WTM is shaped to the cohort and the paper — but the building blocks are consistent.
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Approaches
How to approach the examination overall.
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Strategies
Successful strategies for approaching certain questions.
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Command Words
Promoting a clear understanding of command words.
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AfL Materials
Reviewing sample answers and exemplar extracts.
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Brief Activities
Looking at sample answers and the differences between them.
Where does data fit in?
- Depending on how you collect assessment data, you may be able to use it to influence the delivery of your WTM.
- If you collect assessment data by Assessment Objective or QLA that is AO-based then you will have powerful information to use.
- You can use the QLA to determine where to put the extra time and focus of your WTM. In areas where students are not performing well, put more time into knowledge input and into looking at model answers and assessment criteria.
Why It Works
Are WTMs worth doing?
Yes — there are many reasons WTMs are worth doing. Here are six.
From fear to familiarity
Students get familiar with the paper outside silent, timed conditions — a more positive exposure that can reduce anxiety.
Slower, more deliberate processing
WTMs slow down the experience of sitting an exam paper, giving learners space to think clearly about how to handle it.
Teachers re-look at the paper
After teaching a specification for years, it's easy to forget what is new to learners. WTMs encourage fresh attention.
Real-time observation
Teachers present at a WTM get to observe their cohort, informing the support given in the run-up to the exam.
Internalised practice
Deliberate setting out of strategies and assessment information helps learners internalise these practices.
Demystifies the experience
A good WTM tells learners exactly what they need to do to achieve their best.
From fear to familiarity — let's plan yours.
Tell us the paper, the cohort and the dates — we'll shape a Walking-Talking Mock around it.