Self-Assessment

What is student self-assessment? How should it be accomplished? 

If assessment is for the student, then students should be active participants with their teachers in creating their own learning goals and understanding their own progress as well as their next steps (Shatri & Zabeli, 2018). There are many positive impacts on student learning when students can self-assessment. Self-assessment involves a learner collects their own information about himself as a learner and can articulate both strengths and weaknesses (Shatri & Zabeli, 2018). When students are aware of their own learning and able to self-assess this contributes to greater metacognitive skills associated with greater achievement (Zimmerman, 2008 as cited by Shatri & Zabeli, 2018).

What is your stance on student participation in developing assessments?

In the words of Brene Brown, "Clear is kind." When students know what is expected, they are more likely to meet and exceed learning expectations. Involving students in the progress increases buy-in as well as engagement in the assessment process. Phillips (2016) found students who successfully engage in self-regulated learning or self-assessment that promotes reflection, “are able to plan their own studying, monitor their progress and make any necessary adjustments based on the data and feedback they gather” (p1).

References

Phillips, J. A. (2016). Student self-assessment and reflection in a learner-controlled environment. 

Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.00313

Shatri, Z. G., & Zabeli, N. (2018). Perceptions of students and teachers about the forms and student self-assessment activities in the classroom during the formative assessment. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 9(2), 28–46.