7.4 Self-assessment

Opportunities are included that allow students to evaluate their own learning (self-assessment) as a means of formative assessment.

Consider creating a self-assessment checklist or rubric to guide students.

Points: 2 (Very Important)

Overview

Self-assessments give students an opportunity to reflect on their learning and re-evaluate their learning progress and direction. This could be a survey they complete, an assignment in which they submit their own thoughts, or a rubric or checklist they can use to self-evaluate or even self-grade their work.

See also standard 6.2 on formative assessment.

Examples

• Assignment Goal Review
• Learning Objectives
• Knowledge Review
• Skill Review
• Metacognitive Learning Process Review

Resources

• Canvas
  • Surveys
  • Assignments can be used for students to write self-reflections that only you see
• Research
  • Promoting Learning and Achievement Through Self-Assessment
  • Transforming the first-year experience through self and peer assessment
  • Peer and self‐assessment in the first year of university
  • Using self- and peer-assessment to enhance students’ future-learning in higher education
  • Increasing Student Metacognition and Learning through Classroom-Based Learning Communities and Self-Assessment
  • Effects of self-assessment on self-regulated learning and self-efficacy: Four meta-analyses
  • Self-assessment complements peer assessment for undergraduate students in an academic writing task