Various Ways to Involve your Students in Assessment
I came across this information when attending a session at Teacher's Convention put on by the Alberta Assessment Consortium (AAC). This session did a really great job of providing many different ways that teachers can involve their students in their own assessment and learning. Below, the most crucial information from this session is featured.
Build a Shared Understanding of the Learning Destination with Students
- Use exemplars with your students
- These exemplars do not have to be perfect, shining examples of student work. Often work that creates a discussion is the best type of exemplar to use.
- These exemplars do not have to be perfect, shining examples of student work. Often work that creates a discussion is the best type of exemplar to use.
- Sort exemplars
- Provide students with several samples of work at a variety of levels. Have students rank or sort the exemplars according to the assessment criteria to give them an idea of what different qualities of work look like.
- Brainstorm qualities of excellent work
- Although students should not be the ones solely deciding the criteria for how they will be assessed, they need to be involved with the teacher in developing a shared understanding of the qualities of excellent work.
- A list of these qualities can be referred back to often to promote self reflection or focus/guide peer coaching.
- Use rubrics to help students understand the learning destination
- Rubrics help teachers be as consistent as possible when grading tasks and projects and give them a clear understanding of what differentiates one level of performance from another.
- Focus on the qualities of excellent work and help students consider where their work is strong and where they will work next to make improvements.
Involving Students in the Feedback Process
Involving students in the feedback process is a component of assessment that is often forgotten about. It is just as important to involve students in this process as it is to access them in the first place. Feedback is effective if it produces the following results:
Below are some examples of different types of feedback that can be integrated into your classroom.
- You see your students' work improve
- Your students become more motivated and take more control over their own learning
- Your classroom becomes a place where feedback is valued
Below are some examples of different types of feedback that can be integrated into your classroom.
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If you click here, it will take you to a video that shows placemat activities in action. It also features three other ways to get students involved in everyday formative assessment.
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