Activity Title: “Assess the Assessors”

Duration: 45 minutes
Focus: Understanding and practicing self and peer assessment
Format: Small group work + whole-class reflection

🔹 0:00–0:10 | Introduction & Setup

• Brief Discussion (5 mins): Ask students: “What makes feedback useful?” and “What’s hard about assessing yourself or others?”
• Define Concepts (5 mins):
• Self-assessment: Reflecting on one’s own work to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
• Peer assessment: Evaluating a peer’s work constructively using criteria.

🔹 0:10–0:25 | Mini Task & Self-Assessment

• Task (10 mins): Students write a short reflective paragraph (e.g., “Describe your ideal learning environment and why”).
• Self-Assessment (5 mins):
• Provide a simple rubric (e.g., clarity, depth, relevance, grammar).
• Students score themselves and write 1–2 sentences of reflection.

🔹 0:25–0:40 | Peer Assessment & Feedback

• Exchange Work (2 mins): Students swap paragraphs with a partner.
• Peer Assessment (10 mins):
• Use the same rubric to assess each other’s work.
• Write 2 pieces of feedback: one strength, one suggestion.
• Feedback Discussion (3 mins): Pairs discuss their feedback and reactions.

🔹 0:40–0:45 | Debrief & Reflection

• Whole-Class Reflection:
• What did you learn about assessing your own work?
• How did it feel to give and receive peer feedback?
• Where could self and peer assessment be useful in your teaching?