Artifact #6 - Student created rubric & self-assessment - Effective teaching practices
Educators implement effective practices in areas of planning, instruction, assessment, evaluation and reporting.
One
of the things I really wanted to do during my practicum was build a rubric with
my students, have them self assess and then finally for myself to assess them
on the same piece. I (now) know
how much work and dedication this takes but after doing this for a Socials and
Science combined assignment I also fully realize the benefit of it.
Coming
into my long practicum my TM was doing a lot of great work with the students
surrounding self-assessment. With
the groundwork that she had laid I knew if we spent some time on it, that I
could get my students to help me produce a really strong rubric for us to
use. I started off our discussion
by asking them, “who do you think our audience is?” They came up with some amazing answers. This led our discussion the entire time
because our audience determined what kind of language we would use, how we
would format our work, the things we would include (we decided we needed
definitions added) and more. The
students helped to create a rubric that was workable and very accurate so when
the time came to self assess they were able to it very quickly and accurately
because of the time we had spent in discussion. It also meant that when they got their marks back they were
not surprised by what they got; it also meant that my students did very well on
this assignment. The reason they did so well was because they had a strong
understanding of what was expected out of them and they knew how to improve
their work so they could receive an “Exceeds Expectations” mark.
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