All about Self and Peer Assessment

As I was reflecting on what to write on this week’s journal I can across the video of Marcelito Pomoy on America’s Got Talent. I was expecting him that he will be able to get the Golden buzzer but Simon was telling him that it is too early. Comes Semifinal round, he sang Con Te Partirò. He was indeed very talented, and as always Simon’s comment is that he need to take a bigger risk because the surprise is now over. Simon’s constructive criticism will help Marcelito higher chance of winning the contest.

We were grouped in Dr. Malou’s group assignment on EDS 103. Most of my groupmates are from different group, we have different characters and most often than not we argue on some things but we were able to complete the given task one week prior submission. At the end of the task we are required to give a self and peer assessment. If my recollection is right, the criteria include: Concept, High Order Thinking, behavior, articulation and a brief justification of assessment.

The assessment for me has been very challenging because you have to weight things according to the set of criteria and not just how you feel.  The strategy of assessment is to assess the contribution on the given task of their group mates.  In self and peer assessment, this tool helps student learning process and develop their critical thinking and analysis, learning and lifelong skills. That timely feedback, identified weaknesses and strengths are acceptable for improvement. That why comprehension of assessment criteria is very important.

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