Marking System & Feedback for my pupils' daily work

In the past, I gave one mark for each correct question that a pupils did in his/her daily work. This is quite meaningless as sometimes the working is correct but as answer is wrong due to carelessness. Hence, last year, I put in 2 marks for each question with 1 mark given to correct method and 1 mark to correct answer. Again this is quite meaningless as some questions have longer working. Hence, for this year, I tried a different way of marking. I mark my pupils' daily work similar to the way I mark in a test/exam paper. To me, this adds more meaning to my pupils as when they receive their marked work, they will be able to tell how many marks they can score for each question and how are the marks allocated for each question.

After attending the AfL workshop, I am more conscious in providing meaningful feedback to my pupils' assignment. In the past, I would just circle or underline the error and left the pupils to guess why. Now, I put a small tick at the correct step before the error and still circle or underline the error. Next, I try my best to write down at the side what is the error or a question for them to think about what is wrong with their working.