Publications

For UK readers, see all of Shirley’s books and recommended publications at:
The Roving Bookshop

A Little Guide for Teachers: Formative Assessment

Bridging the gap between research and practice A Little Guide for Teachers: Formative Assessment gives practical tried and tested strategies to put formative assessment into action in classrooms.

Unlocking Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

'Unlocking Learning Intentions and Success Criteria' is the culmination of Shirley's 30 years of experience working closely with teachers in her learning teams, experimenting and developing the most effective ways of using learning intentions and success criteria to maximise student achievement.

A Manual of Therapeutic Stories for Traumatised Children and Young People

by Dr. Angela Evans and Sara Whatley, with illustrations by Grace Stannard. This book complements the one-day course presented by Shirley Clarke and Dr. Angela Evans: Reducing Anxiety in our Schools. It is a gem for anyone working with and caring for traumatised children and young people. Foster carers,…

Visible Learning: Feedback — John Hattie and Shirley Clarke

With numerous case-studies, examples and engaging anecdotes woven throughout, John and Shirley shed light on what creates an effective feedback culture and provide the teaching and learning structures which give the best possible framework for feedback.

Outstanding Formative Assessment – Culture and Practice

Shirley Clarke provides a wealth of high quality ideas, practical strategies, classroom examples and whole-school case studies for teachers in primary and secondary schools.

Thinking Classrooms – Metacognition lessons for primary schools

Practising teacher and growth mindset expert Katherine Muncaster has worked with bestselling formative assessment expert Shirley Clarke to develop these easy-to-use lessons which encourage primary school children to think about thinking, know what learning means, and take charge of their learning because of that knowledge.

On Your Feet Guide to In-Lesson Feedback

Everyone knows that feedback works, and yet not everyone does feedback well. It’s especially hard to give feedback during a class session. This guide will help teachers provide feedback that has greater more immediate impact than post lesson written marking.

On Your Feet Guide to Partner Talk

Most teachers are familiar with the "turn and talk" and "think-pair-share" strategies for partner talk. However, there is a more effective way to do partner talk that results in better behavior, greater focus, higher quality work, and greater confidence in learning. Backed by over 18 years of research, Shirley Clarke shares a tried and true method for engaging students in learning through randomly chosen talk partners.

On Your Feet Guide to Student-Teacher Feedback

The most powerful feedback is not teacher to student, but student to teacher. What they know, what they understand, where they have misconceptions, when they are not engaged – all this is student to teacher feedback which needs to be seen as valuable and useful.

Collective Student Efficacy: Developing Independent and Inter-Dependent Learners

Harnessing twenty-five years of VISIBLE LEARNING® research, Collective Student Efficacy: Developing Independent and Inter-Dependent Learners illuminates the power of collective efficacy and identifies the many ways teachers can activate collective efficacy with their students.

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