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This book provides the basics of student self-assessment and implementation challenges, and it offers practical solutions and examples for navigating the use of student self-assessment in various subject disciplines in primary schools, secondary schools and higher education. It provides an informed approach for educators to understand the complexities and subtleties involved in implementing self-assessment, and how this might include and impact on teachers and students.
Involving students in assessment is not a new idea nor is student self-assessment a new assessment tool in schools. Despite the advantages and the necessity for including it in our pedagogic processes explicitly, the use of student self-assessment has been far from commonplace and consistent in classrooms, schools and universities. This book makes clear the choices of what, how and why student self-assessment is important and usable in the classroom.
This book is designed for educators at different levels, and educational researchers. It will provide food for thought for pre- and in-service teachers and school leaders who are interested in nurturing independent and self-directed learners by involving students in the assessment process and maximising student learning through the use of student self-assessment.
List of contents
Section 1: Exploring (Fundamentals of) Student Self-Assessment 1: Student Self-Assessment: what it is, why it is important and why educators should use it explicitly 2. Student Self-Assessment in Practice, what are the choices: models, strategies/techniques 3: Implementing Student Self-Assessment – conditions and climate 4. Student Self-Assessment and Feedback Section 2: Student Self-Assessment in Practice 5. Enhancing Student Self-Assessment Using Technology 6. Student Self-Assessment in Primary Schools 7: Student Self-Assessment in Secondary Schools 8. Student Self-assessment in Higher Education Section 3: Challenges and Future of Student Self-Assessment 9. Using Student self-assessment to best effect 10. Unresolved Dilemmas in Self-Assessment: Looking to the Future
Summary
This book provides the basics of student self-assessment and implementation challenges, and it offers practical solutions and examples for navigating the use of student self-assessment in various subject disciplines in primary schools, secondary schools and higher education.