Hey guys,
I've been thinking lots lately about student choices in regards to how they are assessed in a classroom. I understand that core subjects like math or chemistry it is not as likely to involve students in how they are assessed, but maybe not. I've been thinking about it in regards to a physical education setting to give students more meaningful assessment, but what if we used it in other classes like socials. What if students had a choice of what types of assignments and projects they did and how they were weighted. Things like tests maybe necessary (especially in a class with a provincial exam), but maybe homework assignments like papers could be switched up to posters, plays, diaramas, collages with a summary etc. Set it up so students have to select one or the other for a certain percent. OR they could choose to select how much a poster is worth and how much a paper is worth (for example they have to choose that the paper is worth either 20% or 30% and the paper is worth either 20% or 30% and they must total up to 50%) so that the students feel they have slightly more control over how they are graded.
Thoughts?
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The History 12 teacher I saw during observation gave the students a choice of either doing a presentation about different aspects of the early 1900's, or writing a test. Students who did the presentations had different subjects like clothing, cars, Olympics etc. Given the choice, about half the students wrote the test, and half the students did the presentation. I think this is a good way of addressing students who don't necessarily feel comfortable presenting in front of the whole class, but at the same time, should we be getting them used to it as it is something that will come up continually throughout life?
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