Additionally, in my own classroom I use student inventory assessments frequently to check students' perceived comprehension and areas of challenge as compared with actual comprehension and areas of challenge based on cognitive assessments. This comparison helps in coaching students to improve their own ability to direct their learning, rather than to be guided all the time.
Rafael Alberto Méndez-Romero in my opinion, i believe that reflective essays are the best student self assessment to employ in an assessment task because it directly entails their thoughts and feelings towards given activities. How it benefits them or how they see it from their perspectiove if its beneficia;l to them or just an add up to the many burdens they ahve to face being a student.It deviates from the normal scenbario whgere assessments are based mostly on MCQ which for me more on the knowledge part leaving the affective side.
How power dynamics affect the student peer review process
"The increased focus of pedagogic discourse on ‘new paradigms’ of feedback practice is attributed to the theoretical move towards focusing on students’ actions and sense of agency in shared dialogue and socially constructed meaning.
Formative student peer reviews, often used in creative disciplines, can present a significant strategy for enhancing learning through discursive interaction, negotiation and collaboration as students become more actively engaged in feedback processes.
Peer review involves students reviewing each other’s work by giving and receiving peer feedback comments, while offering suggestions for development, and thereby enhancing their opportunities to make academic judgements...
There are five key considerations for educators to facilitate effective practice in peer reviewing activities with dialogic feedback. The following strategies can increase opportunities for the development of critical thinking skills, feedback literacy and active engagement in feedback processes, while enhancing the student experience...
As educators, the responsibility lies with us to positively influence power dynamics. We need to teach students to recognise power as a capability that can be attained by cooperating with others to help distribute power more equitably among all students, while supporting inclusive spaces for peer review practice. We must continue to endeavour to facilitate equal access to peer learning opportunities for students who might otherwise be excluded or marginalised within higher education settings.
Therefore, we need to get a deeper understanding of the power dynamics that students experience in our classrooms, how these imbalances may impact student learning from peer reviews and feedback and how to counteract these dynamics to create more inclusive spaces. By doing so, we will enhance opportunities for peer feedback and cooperative learning experiences centred on student peer review."