1. Margaret Heritage CRESST/UCLA Iowa Department of Education Webinar April 28, 2010 Peer & Self-Assessment

2. Two Sources of Feedback Teacher Peers Self-assessment Metacognition Self-regulation

3. Critical Questions for Students Where am I going? Where am I now? Where to next? How do I get there?

4. “In peer- and self-assessment, students take more responsibility for their learning, become more self-directed, and engage in collaborative processes.” (Heritage, 2010)

5. Benefits “Research shows that the people providing the feedback benefit just as much as the recipient, because they are forced to internalize the learning intentions and success criteria in the context of someone else’s work, which is less emotionally charged than one’s own” (Wiliam, 2006, p. 6)

6. Sentence Starters It was really clear when you said… I didn’t understand the part about… I wasn’t sure why.. You made me think about… Could you explain more about…

7. Feedback and Success Criteria  Introduce your topic in a way that engages your audience  Make an impact on your audience with your ending Peer feedback: “Starting your speech with a question was a good way of getting your audience's attention. I think you could make a bigger impact at the end of your speech if you go back to your question and finish with a sentence that shows how you answered the question.”

8. Metacognition “ Metacognition is crucial to effective thinking and competent performance” (NRC, 2001, p. 78)

9. Teacher Role “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)

10. Questions for Team Discussion How do the ideas presented here fit with what we know about descriptive feedback? How are the examples shared in this webinar different from students simply checking their own and each other’s work? What sort of classroom climate/culture would need to be in place for this sort of peer and self- assessment to occur effectively? Describe one way you can use ideas from the webinar with your own students.

11. Created for the Iowa Assessment for Learning Project, 2009-10 in partnership with CRESST, AACC, and NCCC Supported by the U.S. Department of Education Award #S283B050057