Challenge+Suggestions

" " "a. Enter your brainstormed ideas in the ""Challenges"" column " "b. Review the ""Challenges your colleagues have entered " "c. Think of some possible solutions to the challenges listed and enter your solutions in the ""Solutions"" column " Challenges: Solutions: Social pressures in the assessment process - doing assessment anonymously - having other periods grade the work Lack of knowledge/training to assess accurately - progressive assessment (baby steps) Time consuming to train and carry out evaluation Loss of control by teacher Show positive results with student process Very clear objectives by students Clear input from teacher,guide process Time management of student input process We must show proper planning techniques to teacher too much work, too demanding, or not enough work points, do not understand content, need to teach grading skills, personality biases, do not care, cheating for friends,may affect your job. use peer editing as formative, correct with different color marker, name of grader on paper, normalize rubric grading

Defined Project, Objectives not clear, Modeling Objectives for Students, Loss of Control Engage students Students not understanding types of assessments Review different types of assessments for students Classroom Appropriate Responses Open forum format for feedback Students Hesitant to respond Create non-threatening environment for criticism Academic Honesty - non-academic aspect to grade assignment Provide evidence for grade, can be part of total grade Biased Results from students Rubrics, Training and Examples/ Student Reflection/ Timeline/ Agenda Teachers are scared to try/Lack of Understanding Teachers need to Educate themselves on Project-Based Learning/ Teachers need to collaborate with others/ Teachers need to share and not closed the door to the classroom Students don't have enough practice/ Teachers lack Understanding Students need to see it modeled from the teacher- Created Examples Students grade more critical of themseleves or each other. Model Personal bias when peer grading. Students are uncomfortable when grading peer projects. Make it anonymous grading