- ACr shared an effective example of using Peer Assessment within Art lessons where students complete a luggage tag style label and mark against the 4 assessment objectives as well as giving some written feedback on what has been done well.
- A student is then selected (usually at random) to be in the ‘hot-seat’ and their folder is then gone through, the students peer assess and targets are set
- Students’ abilities to assess accurately improve over time as they get more practice. Teachers guide the discussions more early on in the year so that students become more confident in how to assess.
- Students in general take more pride in their work knowing that it is going to be seen by their peers as well as their teacher.
- Students get to fight their corner to justify why they think their work is worth certain marks
- Even with weaker students, there is usually one of the assessment objective which will be receiving praise so it is quite a supportive activity
2. Take-Away Homeworks and Plickers (DNL)
- Take-Away Homework
- DNL shared how he has used Take-Away homework to good effect by incorporating competitive elements.
- A menu of activities is produced with differing levels of difficulty (example on next page). Students have choice over which activities they choose to complete for homework over the course of a topic block.
- Students achieve points based on how hard the activity was and how well it is completed and DNL produced a league table to motivate the students.
- He found this increased the effort levels and the frequency with which homework was completed.
- Plickers (https://www.plickers.com/ )
- This is an instant polling app where students hold up their card in a certain orientation to give their answer. The room is scanned with the camera on the device and the teacher instantly knows who is right and wrong
- This was demonstrated to good effect and it was very quick and easy to administer and has lots applications across the curriculum.
