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Hi Bronzel, Thanks for your post to the forum. Students really do benefit from self assessments. It becomes less of "Ms. Polick gave me a D on that test" to "Wow, I really need to review XYZ!" . Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
Being a barber instructor using self-assessments is a must. My students must constantly evaluate themselves for professional growth and career success.
Hi Michael, Thanks for your post to the forum. I am sure that you will find the self-assessments useful. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
I have not used self assessment but after reading some of the posts here I am giong to try them in my next class.
Self assassment is a very effective tool for the student. It helps the student to see his progress and what it will take to improve their learning skills.
IT HELPS NOT ONLY YOUR OVERACHEIVERS BUT LETS YOUR AVERAGE STUDENTS GET INTO A ZONE TO IMPROVE
My students have had an opportunity to assess themselves to become better and effective students and respiratory therapist during their clinial rounds at the Hospital.
adult students benefit from self-assessment beacause it shows them how much they have learned and clarified any doubts they may have about the class.
Hi Karen, Absolutely! Pre and post assessments are so significant! They tell students how far they have come. Susan
Susan Polick
Whenever I do a self-assessment, my students are always happy or surprised at how well they did. I like to do a pretest prior to class and then give the same test in the middle of the course and then at the final. It helps the student to see how they are progressing.
I continually emphasize to them that self assessment will lead them to expect more from themselves and at the end of each day they will feel proud of having achieved more and gone farther than they expected originally.
Students are given assessments during their careers. The college that I am in offers a medical degree so testing will be in the future for many of these students. I teach a gen ed course so creating assessments that are similar to their tests will benefit them by providing an experience in taking those types of tests.
I feel most students will grade themselves more critically than anyone else. It lets you see where a student thinks that they need to improve and will allow an instructor to help guide them to that direction.
Hi Olaolu, Thanks for your post to the forum. Yes, students really benefit from knowing their own areas of weakness and can seek out remediation. Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for your post to the forum. That frequent, no pressure writing practice is excellent! I definitely agree that frequent, current assessment and feedback is essential. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Susan Polick
Helpful to know as a student your weak areas and to a instructor where to intervene to strengthen those areas.
Peer review is a great tool, especially if the students know that it is coming. I find that it keeps their behavior and their committment to the projects in line with expectations. They need to be anonymous so that the students will be honest. I like to do them during formative evaluation so that they students or I can help to resolve any problems before the end of the learning time period.
Initial assessment and frequent self assessments are vital at keeping the student on track with the class objectives and it helps minimize disconnects. Disconnects being when the student thinks they are on track with the objectives but are not.
Hi Melissa, Yes, it is very different from "My teacher gave me a "C" on the project". It is a self-assessment that tells the student where they are and what they need to work on.
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career! Susan
Susan Polick
A self assessment is great for career colleges because most of the students are adult learners. Having the student give a self assessment allows them to feel they have some control over the learning process. Makes the student feel that a goal is more obtainable and know what they need to do to improve upon things.