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Supporting Self-Assessment

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel “The role of the teacher in modeling the metacognitive process is central in asking questions that encourage children to consider how, for example, they solve problems; why they accept or reject particular ideas; or why, perhaps, they would undertake the process differently another time.” (Jones, 2007, p. 572) Teacher Role in Metacognition Slide 1

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Teachers need to provide supportive strategies for student self- assessment. Self-Assessment Strategies Slide 2

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Questioning Traffic lights Learning logs End of lesson reflections against success criteria Goal setting Student reflections Six Self-Assessment Strategies Slide 3

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Teacher Models Process First Consider: Do you think that your response showed your understanding of…? If yes, why do you think this? If not, why do you think it did not show your understanding of…? Self-Assessment Strategy: Questioning Slide 4

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Self-Assessment Strategies: Traffic Lights Slide 5

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Date Things learned about the math topic: “I learned how to estimate” “I learned how to add cookies” Goal for the week: “Learn how to better count with coins” Math topics: building numbers, comparing numbers, problem solving Self-Assessment Strategy: Learning Log Slide 6

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Self-Assessment Strategy: End of Lesson Reflection Against Success Criteria Graphing Slide 7

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Goals for today as a reader: “Make predictions of what’s going to happen next.” Goals for today as a reader: “Get through the tricky spots.” Self-Assessment: Goal Setting Slide 8

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Students self-assess after the first week into a new unit. “My goal for next Week will be to…” Self-Assessment: Reflection/Goal Setting Slide 9

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel What was successful about your learning today? What difficulties or problems did you encounter in your learning? How did you manage those difficulties? Were you successful? If not, what plans do you have for dealing with them in the next lesson? Whom do you need help from? Self-Assessment: Student Reflection Slide 10

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Teacher provides instruction on self-assessment and models the process of self-assessment Tool introduced (e.g., traffic lights, 1-5 scale) and goals for self-assessment discussed Students practice using self-assessment tool using the success criteria to guide internal feedback Teacher monitors the nature and quality of self- assessment Review, reflect, and revise as needed Strategies for Supporting Self-Assessment Slide 11

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Consolidate Your Learning Watch these two videos, using Handout to identify the positive characteristics of the classroom culture. Identify the metacognitive processes in which students are engaged. What is the teacher’s role? Slide 12 Video Link Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel

Try It Out Now it’s your turn to try out one of the self- assessment strategies presented in Lesson 5. Use Handout to develop your strategy and try it out in your classroom. Share your experiences in your TLC before Module 7. Slide 13 Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel

On a scale of 1 to 5, rate the degree to which you have met the Module 6 success criteria (1 = not at all, 3 = somewhat, 5 = to a great extent): Identify the indicators of a classroom climate that supports formative assessment practices Explain how a classroom climate supports formative assessment practices Describe the impact of teacher and student attitudes and beliefs on learning Explain the role of metacognition in learning Identify strategies for student peer and self-assessment Explain the value of peer and self-assessment in learning Check Your Learning

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