Self-Assessment - Part 1
How do Primary students use self assessment to learn?
How to Tie Your Shoes Super Fast (Will Jackson, 2011)
Does anyone remember what activity was at the top of John Hattie's list (Hattie, 2012, p.251)? Provide copies of John Hattie's list for teachers to look at. (Hattie, 2012). Ask if anyone has any thoughts about the top influence on his list.
Action: 3 Ways to Self Assess
She also discusses (2000) "When teachers provide time for students to assess their own learning, ...students have time to process new information."(p.11)
Summarize 3 ways to self assess:
1. Pause and think .
2. Look for Proof . Take a sample and comment on it.
3. Connect to criteria. Students assess their work in relation to the criteria co-constructed. (Davies et al., 2000, pp. 9-10)
Hand out pp.12, 13, 17, 18, 19. (Davies, 2000, pp.12-19)
Decide as a group which type of self-assessment we might want to try in our classrooms. (use Dotmocracy activity.) Place two papers on the board with these two titles. They are "sentence starters" or "reflection cards" (Davies et al., 2000, pp. 12-19).
Consolidation:
Resources
2. Jackson, Will. How to tie your shoes super fast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbaHxsilsKI. You tube: 2011.
3. Hattie, John. Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. New York: Routledge, 2012.