PD Module 7: Self and peer assesment

Author: The University of Nottingham

“... self-assessment by students, far from being a luxury, is in fact an essential component of formative assessment. Where anyone is trying to learn, feedback about their efforts has three elements—the desired goal, the evidence about their present position, and some understanding of a way to close the gap between the two. All three must to a degree be understood by anyone before they can take action to improve their learning.”

(Black & Wiliam, 1998)

This is particularly true when the focus of the assessment is on the processes involved in IBL. Many students do not understand their nature and importance in mathematics. If a student’s goal is only to get ‘the right answer’, then she will not attend to the deeper purposes of the lesson.

This module encourages discussion of the following issues:

  • How can we help students to become more aware of IBL processes, and their importance in problem solving?
  • How we can encourage students to take more responsibility for their own learning of IBL processes?
  • How can students be encouraged to assess and improve each other’s work?

This module is best preceded by PD Module 6: Building on what students already know.

Materials

  • Download: PD Module Guide Pdf / Doc
  • Download: Teacher Handouts Pdf / Doc

Activity B classroom video: Students Assessing Sample Work

Install the software applets

These pages require a web browser with Javascript and Adobe Flash Player 9 or newer to use the video and software.
The software applets can be browsed as part of each module. If you want to install them separately on students' machines you can download the set (and more) as a Windows installer or as Mac applications. Alternatively, they are availavble in browser-based format for any system that supports Flash.

Credits


This module has been compiled for PRIMAS from professional development materials developed by the Shell Centre team at the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education, University of Nottingham. Many of these materials were originally written for the Bowland Maths project, funded by the Bowland Charitable Trust, or for the Improving Learning in Mathematics project which was funded by the Department for Education and Skills Standards Unit.

 
Last change: 15 mei 2012
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