Tools for peer and self assessment
Student self-assessment involves students describing and evaluating the processes and products of their learning. Students evaluate their work and reflect on processes, actions and activities that contributed to the production of the work.
Student self-assessment can support students to regulate their own learning by requiring them to monitor how they are working, and encouraging them to modify their approach if something is not working as well as it could. Self-assessment can also enhance students’ self-efficacy (a student’s belief that they are able to succeed at a given task) and support ownership of learning.
Self-assessment is a key part of Assessment for Learning where reflection during the flow of learning is used to improve learning and teaching.
The benefits of self- and peer assessment
In primary and secondary education, peer and self-assessment, is shown to:
Eight tools for peer and self-assessment
After having set up the right conditions for self-assessment (How to set up successful self-assessment, and Pitfalls to avoid), the following eight tools may be useful:
1. Rubrics
2. Scripts
3. Journals
4. Portfolios
5. Traffic lights 6. Exit cards
7. Pairedmarking
8. Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time (DIRT)
https://www.theeducationhub.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/How-to-successfully-introduce-self-assessment-in-your-classroom.pdf
Student self-assessment can support students to regulate their own learning by requiring them to monitor how they are working, and encouraging them to modify their approach if something is not working as well as it could. Self-assessment can also enhance students’ self-efficacy (a student’s belief that they are able to succeed at a given task) and support ownership of learning.
Self-assessment is a key part of Assessment for Learning where reflection during the flow of learning is used to improve learning and teaching.
The benefits of self- and peer assessment
In primary and secondary education, peer and self-assessment, is shown to:
- increase student engagement and empower students, and enable greater autonomy from the teacher
- improve learning outcomes: quality feedback in particular is associated with substantial learning gains
- reduce the gap between the highest and lowest achievers, while raising achievement overall
- support more equitable outcomes for all students
- improve motivation and perseverance, and encourage students to seek and know where to find help
- develop students’ self-regulation skills and metacognition (understanding how they learn best)
- give students a strong sense of self-efficacy for developing their own effective study habits
- enrich students’ reasoning and improve their communication skills
- help students understand and apply quality criteria to their work
- create a more egalitarian and supportive classroom environment.
Eight tools for peer and self-assessment
After having set up the right conditions for self-assessment (How to set up successful self-assessment, and Pitfalls to avoid), the following eight tools may be useful:
1. Rubrics
2. Scripts
3. Journals
4. Portfolios
5. Traffic lights 6. Exit cards
7. Pairedmarking
8. Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time (DIRT)
https://www.theeducationhub.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/How-to-successfully-introduce-self-assessment-in-your-classroom.pdf
