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Enhancing Thinking Through Self Assessment
Betty McDonald (Trinidad and Tobago)
How would you respond if I were to tell you that there are proven strategies for enhancing a student’s ability to think? Self assessment strategies can do just that. An integral part of both portfolio and other authentic assessment strategies, student self assessment involves reflecting on past achievements, critically evaluating present performance, and planning future goals. Self assessment is based on realistic knowledge about the self in relation to educational goals. It asks, how am I doing? and how can I do better?
Students trained in self assessment skills do better at school than those who have not been exposed to such training. But the question still remains, Exactly how does self assessment help a student to think?
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Enhancing Thinking Through Self Assessment