When I offer the self assessment tool to my students, they often appreciate and confirm their own knowledge of where their progress of understanding and learning skills are at.
Hi Michelle, Thanks for sharing an excellent example of effective self assessments! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
Hi Medeina, Thanks for your post to the forum. I also find that when they self assess, students seem more willing to take responsibility for their weaknesses. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
Post-tests are a good way for self assessment in the classroom. Mixing fill-in-the-blank, short essays, and problem soving can quickly build a students knowlege bank and confidence. In order to do well on such an exam students must study and cannot get by guessing due to the different requirements for each.
A student self-assessment can be effective because it can show the instructor the students strengths and weakness
Self-assessments can help bring the student into the learning process from a different angle. It empowers the student to judge themself in the learning situation, hopefully enabling them to adjust their approach to learning if need be.
It can help the students know how they are doing and what areas need improvement in.
Self assessments can be used at the college setting to help students see where they need the most help. It will help pinpoint the areas where they are the weakest and if they understand the material that has been covered.
If the student truly wants to succeed he will have a desire to be apprised of didactic & practical progress or lack thereof. Only upon self assessment then may he be aware that a problem exists which needs to be addressed or that his endeavors are being satisfied by his achieved grades & improved knowledge.
I agree with Noah about self assessments. I never give them in my class either but I do give quizzes as well to see how well they are doing. I am looking forward to going to this site, that you suggested, and seeing what it has to offer. I'm hoping to take away some very helpful ideas that I can use in my classroom.
Hi Tammie, Thanks for your post and I hope that you find the site useful!
Susan Polick
I tend to do self-assessments at the beginning and end of a course, but after taking this course, I will incorporate self-assessment throughout a course. It's important to check in often.
It will help the students understand where they are at in their learning goals, and give them new goals to further their education.
It can help students to understand and correct their own errors before the instructor assess their performance.
Self-assessments force students to honestly evaluate their work and progress in the course. I have personally found that students are either very hard on themselves or very easy. This gives the instructor feedback on what the student's perception of excellence is and can help in addressing issues.
I feel that the adult student's set goals much higher. The adult motivation to learn is why self evaluation can be used as a helpful tool
Hi Melissa, I agree with your summary of self assessments!
Susan Polick
If gives the Instructor as well as the student the ability to seee where strengths lye and weakness can be worked on.
It can help students by showing them what they have learned and give them encouragement to continue with education or applying knowledge in the work force.
In my classroom there are several "practicals"the students have where they have to recreate something I as the instructor have demonstrated. Sometimes I will give the students a copy of the grading rubrics and have them grade themselves before i do. I have found that the students grade their work more critically tham I myself do.
