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ALOHA! Empower Students through Self-Assessment

ALOHA! Empower Students through Self-Assessment. Violet Harada and Patricia Louis 2011 AASL Conference Minneapolis, MN. Who we are. Violet Harada Professor, Library and Information Science, University of Hawaii Patricia Louis Librarian, Aliamanu Elementary, Honolulu, Hawaii. A note.

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ALOHA! Empower Students through Self-Assessment

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  1. ALOHA!Empower Students through Self-Assessment Violet Harada and Patricia Louis 2011 AASL Conference Minneapolis, MN

  2. Who we are Violet Harada Professor, Library and Information Science, University of Hawaii Patricia Louis Librarian, Aliamanu Elementary, Honolulu, Hawaii

  3. A note This version of our slide presentation captures the content without the visuals.

  4. Game plan for session • Share why self-assessment is vital • Provide examples of how self-assessment can be built into K-12 lessons • Engage everyone in developing simple self-assessment tools • Invite questions and exchanges within the session and beyond it

  5. We believe. . . • Self-assessment is the most overlooked aspect of learning. • It should be an integral part of learning, not an add-on. • Self-assessment is a learnable skill. • It is essential for lifelong learning. • And. . .examining what students say and do, helps us teach better.

  6. Why bother with self-assessment? • Students actually learn more deeply • They achieve comprehension and application at higher levels • They become more self-confident about themselves as learners • They are more motivated to improve

  7. Lessons we are learning • Shift from a teacher-librarian focus to a student focus in assessment. • Make sure that learning goals are clearly stated for everyone. • Make sure that criteria to assess achievement of goals are clearly stated for everyone. • Tweak assessment tools you already use. • Use student-friendly language. • Add log features to existing checklists and rating scales to have students support their ratings. • Keep assessments simple and do-able for you and the students.

  8. What might self-assessments look like? Samples of lessons and assessment tools

  9. Gr. K – Zoo Animals • Essential questions • What are reptiles? • What are mammals? • What are birds? • How are these animals alike? • How are they different? • Become an information detective and learn new facts about these animals from Discovery Learning • Draw something I learned and explain my picture • Use a checklist to assess what I did.

  10. Gr. 2 - Poetry • Essential questions • What are different forms of poetry? • What is the connection between music and poetry? • Read and listen to different poems. • Identify different forms of poetry such as haiku, acrostic and shape poems using e-clickers. • Connect a poem about friends to friends in my own life. • Use a checklist to see how well I know different forms of poetry.

  11. Gr. 4 – Ancient Hawaii • Essential question • What was Hawaii like in the past? Why? • Search for information to our questions in books, photos, and online sources. • Describe the way Hawaiians managed their natural resources through the Ahupuaa system. • Create a digital poster with my information using Glogster • Use a rubric to assess my digital poster.

  12. Gr. 6 – Internet Safety • Essential questions • What is social networking? • What are tools for social working? • What can we do to be safe online? • What are the consequences of unsafe online practices? • Research a popular networking tool such as Facebook. • Identify do’s and don’ts for using the tool. • Create a print or digital FAQ sheet to educate others about safe and unsafe practices. • Use an exit pass to assess best questions for the FAQ sheet.

  13. Gr. 8 – Greening Our Community • Essential questions • What does greening a community involve? • How green is our community at this time? • How can we build a greener community? • Research alternative ways to make a greener community. • Create an infographic display for a Green Day celebration at our mall. • Use a check-log to assess the graphs in our infographic displays.

  14. Gr. 10 - Censorship • Essential questions • Which books have been banned in the U.S.? • Why have they been banned? • Do I support or oppose book banning? Why? • Identify books that have been banned and select one to research in depth. • Take a stand for or against banning the book and post it in a wiki for comments from other readers. • Use a rating-log to assess my stance.

  15. It’s your turn! Select a scenario from the handout and decide what to assess and the tool you might use for this

  16. What’s on your mind? Short Q/A time

  17. Rounding out our session • The questions that matter for students • Did I meet my goals? • How do I feel about that? • How can I do even better? • Design learning for clarity and support • Make sure students know the learning goals and criteria for self-assessment • Where possible, involve them in defining the criteria • Model and practice how to apply the criteria to their own work. • Provide feedback on students’ self-assessments.

  18. Keeping the action going • Join us @http://aasl11harada.wikispaces.com/ • Exchange your work • Pose your questions • Share more terrific resources

  19. Useful books and articles • Brookhart, S.M. 2010. How to assess higher-order thinking skills in your classroom. ASCD. • Davies, A. 2007. Making classroom assessment work. 2d ed. Connections Publishing. • Harada, V.H., and J.M. Yoshina. 2010. Assessing for learning: Librarians and teachers as partners. 2d ed. Libraries Unlimited. • Hyerle, D. 2009. Visual tools for transforming information into knowledge. 2d ed. Corwin Press. • Pappas, M. 2010. “Reflection as self-assessment.” School Library Monthly 27/3 (Dec): 5-8. • Preddy, L. 2008. “Research reflections, journaling, and exit slips.” School Library Media Activities Monthly 25/2 (Oct): 22-23. • Reeves, D. (ed.). 2007. Ahead of the curve: The power of assessment to transform teaching and learning. Solution Tree Press. • Stiggins, R., and J. Chappuis. 2011. Introduction to student self-involved assessment for learning. 6th ed. Prentice Hall.

  20. Useful online tools for assessment • iRubric http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm • Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html • Webtools4U2Use http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/ • Rubistar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ • Rubrician.com http://www.rubrician.com/

  21. Mahalo (thank you)for joining us! Patty and Vi

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