Self and Peer Assessment: Empowering Learners
“Getting children to reflect on progress themselves, to climb to the ‘high ground’ from which they can survey their own
Category: Assessment Essentials
Feedback that moves learning forward
Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on learning and achievement, but this impact can be either positive or
Descriptive Feedback: The Engine that Powers Learning
Feedback should help the student understand more about the learning goal, more about their own achievement status in relation to
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria: A Dynamic, Ongoing Process (Part 4)
As a learning community, students uncover possible success criteria, giving an educator the opportunity to listen deeply, assessing what students already know and understand.
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria: Modelling Criteria (Part 2)
“…the more students interact with the criteria, the more they are able to internalize look-fors and apply them when assessing the quality of their work or performance.” (Nicol, Macfarlane-Dick, 2006)
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria: Introduction (Part 1)
When you read the title of this post, did it affirm your thinking or did it evoke a sense of questioning…’But how do I do that?’
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of the Learning Goals (Part 1)
You’ve heard the phrase making thinking visible. Observing, listening to and conversing with students about their meaning-making is essential. But, in order to do this effectively, what needs to be in place?
