Article(s): Self- and Peer-Assessment Online - 0 views
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One way to begin the process of introducing students to self-assessment is to create student-teacher contracts. Contracts are written agreements between students and instructors, which commonly involve determining the number and type of assignments that are required for particular grades
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mgast40diigo on 17 Apr 19I like how this focuses on the student. Having some ownership and feedback from the instructor can be powerful. Plus contracts are relevant in the real world.
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Emphasize what students can do rather than what they cannot do
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Group work can be more successful when students are involved in developing the assessment process.
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More often, however, students spoke of the tension between their own and the teacher’s expectations. … Over and over again, students rejected their own judgments of their work in favor of guessing how their teacher or professor would grade it.”
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How it works – each group member completes an evaluation on his or her team members which is then submitted to the instructor. The instructor usually takes the average of the peer evaluations, and shares this grade with each team member which serves as the student’s grade in the peer evaluation portion.
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Forcing’ the individual student to assess their own behaviour, as opposed to others is more constructive – it supports the aim of developing collaboration skills, along with the knowledge component.