When somebody is telling you, it's sometimes hard to take in but when you tell
yourself
it's like "alright let's get the straight." You remember the word association game
I say blue, you say sky. I say sunshine,
you say a summer day. What if I said student self-assessment,
do you see student grading themselves each and every student gives themselves
an A
regardless of how much or little work they've done but self assessment is not
about asking students to give themselves grades
by definition that's summative self-evaluation
No, self-assessment means engaging students in a formative process
in which they compare their work to clear criteria and determine how to make
improvements.
We believe in all forms of learning
the opportunity to revise is essential
self-assessment inspires students to take charge of the vision and revision
process.
In fact research shows that students who use self assessment methods
learn more, earn better grades, and receive higher test scores.
How can you create the right conditions for students to become their own most
important resource in the assessment of their own work
this video will provide you with perspectives
from students and teachers regarding the optimum classroom conditions for
self-assessment
and will touch upon: establishment of clear criteria with a rubric or checklist
supporting thoughtful self-assessment according to those criteria
setting aside time for students to revise and improve upon their work.
When I look at my work I feel pretty good
because I know that I can fix it and I know that I can keep
trying. I can do everything myself and
I can see what I do wrong and how I can make myself better.
It was helpful because sometimes you don't get your ideas right
and forget to include something, but when you look at the rubric you know what you
have to
include. We have this philosophy in my class that if you are not
at the level you wish to be then you're not done yet.
We start projects now in a very different way, we start them by really presenting
and clarifying the criteria
things that count, so my students now know exactly what they're
goals are and what they need to be
immersed in. The self-assessments help them
focus back into that criteria. So
how do you do self-assessment, consider a colored
pencil technique. First
create a rubric with your students then
focus your students on specific elements of the criteria on the rubric
by having them use a colored pencil to underline keywords
of a particular criteria on the rubric and then look for evidence of having met
that standard
and underline it in the same color. In this example
for the first criterion thesis students
underlined clear thesis in red and then
underline their own thesis statement in red and considered whether or not
it was clear, if not they made a note to themselves in the margins
that guided revision. You may guide your class through this process for each
criterion
once the essays have been thoroughly assessed, provide your students time
to revise their work. It's no longer just depending on me to tell them what to do
they're making decisions themselves. The greatest discovery is definitely
wow my students can improve so much from this. It's like an incredible
discovery
If you take your time for a self assessment, it will make it work better
because
you have to take time to do your own work and not just hand it in instantly
and then when you realize your mistake you can't make it. Check yourself and try to
tell yourself what you did wrong and also try to tell yourself what you did right. And so
you're complementing yourself
and usually do this on a writing piece but you can you do it on
anything. And it's always about improving because
you know you can do better the next time you write something
you're always looking out for those mistakes, that does make me
notice things that I wouldn't usually notice. When I came into teaching
the most important thing for me as a teacher was to create independent
learners
that feeds their entire life.
I say learning, you say growth. I say question
you say answer. I say self-assessment
you say a practical method of helping students identify strengths and
weaknesses in their own work
and revised accordingly. It is our hope
that with these methods your students may develop the skills they need as
independent, self-directed, and lifelong learners.
So what's the point of having school if you can't learn from your mistakes