All semester we have talked about how necessary it is to be able to know how to assess college-level work and to be able to self-critique. The tools for improvement and assessment should not be a secret held by the professor, but instead a regular part of the learning process for students. A self-assessment assignment is a common way for professors to see not just what students have learned but how well students understand where they are in the learning process and where they need to improve.
Today in class I asked students to go one step further and design the self-assessment assignment, literally defining the criteria for assessment. The students did an excellent job of crafting the assignment, noting the specific requirements and grading criteria, while also leaving a lot of room for personal interpretation within the assignment so that each final product would not need to be a cookie cutter piece of writing. These self-assessments will be the last blog posts for the semester, and, in my opinion, provide a perfect closure to our collective blogging.
As always, I can't wait to read them! (If you are an INQ student, check email for the assignment created by today's class members.)
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