Peer and Self Assessment: Help others help you!!

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Peer and Self AssessmentHelp others help you!!

• By
• Lisa Fulbright
• Mickey Morehead

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Who should attend this workshop?

• Primary teachers
• Secondary teachers
• Administrators
• Curriculum coordinators

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Aims of the workshop

• To help students be able to improve their
  learning with the use of peer and self assessment
  strategies
• To increase the independence of your students
• To help students become competent with the use of
  peer and self assessment

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Why would you want to use it?Because you believe

• Students should be valued participants in their
  own learning
• Students should be able to identify their
  learning gaps and solve their learning needs,
  with teacher assistance
• To help students develop skills for life-long and
  self-motivated learning by learning peer and self
  assessment strategies

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Possible Concerns

• Are primary students too young to self and peer
  assess?
• Will students find the process too difficult?
• How are you at giving up some control in your
  classroom?!
• You can probably think of other concerns you may
  have.

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Goals to Accomplish

• Develop an environment within the classroom that
  will support peer and self assessment (Trust and
  respect)
• Encourage students to become more involved in
  their learning
• Improve teaching by assisting students in the
  learning of these strategies
• To be more of a facilitator and less of a
  dictator in the classroom

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Steps to ImplementationEarly stages

• Share models of work with the students to show
  students what will be expected
• Model success criteria with examples of work
• Gather the students together daily at a set time
  to discuss and reflect with them on any learning
  goals in relation to a successful assignment

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Developing a trusting and respectful environment

• During the early stages ask volunteers to share
  their work with the class. Have the class
  identify two to three items that represent how
  the assignment was well done and one item that
  may help improve the work
• Have the students work in pairs completing the
  same task. How did they do it right (2 or 3
  items) and how can they improve (1 item)

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Steps to ImplementationLater stages

• Develop as assessment sheet where the students
  can indicate how well they have met certain
  criteria (CBMs Graphs are particularly
  favorable)
• Have students review their own progress and reset
  their goals.
• Have students reflect and give opportunities for
  improvement and examples of what they have
  learned
• At this point the focus is starting to shift
• from the teacher to the student

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Possible Results

• Students are beginning to manage their own
  learning and become more focused on the next
  step/steps in their learning process
• Students are aiding in each others learning by
  sharing two positive ideas about their work and
  one idea for improvement
• It can be used with all levels of learning both
  high level students and those with learning
  challenges

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More Results

• The students will begin to take more ownership in
  their own education
• The climate of the classroom has shifted from one
  of a teaching to a learning environment
• Students will begin to work more independently
  and rely less and less on the teacher
• Students will be able to look at successful work
  samples and talk about what they had done well

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Benefits to the Teacher

• Ability to give away some control of the
  students learning
• Ability to become better at sharing learning
  targets and expectations
• Become more focused on providing feedback and
  expectations to the students
• Spend less time on grading and recording
  assessment data!!!!!!!!!

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In Conclusion

• Begin by having students assess their work orally
  slowly moving to written assessment
• Provide opportunities for peer and self
  assessment within each unit of study
• Create a trusting and respectful environment
  where students are comfortable with sharing their
  ideas and accepting constructive criticism and
  advice

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Some things to consider

• How could you currently use peer and self
  assessment in your classroom?
• How would you change the way you currently keep
  records?
• What would you do with the time that is now
  available?

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Possible Classroom Strategies

• T.T.P.A.T. Turn to a partner and talk
• Think Pair Share
• Say It Draw It Write It
• Key Words
• What strategies do you currently use that could
  be used to implement this process?