The document discusses strategies for using assessment to increase student motivation. It recommends making clear learning objectives, engaging students in self-assessment, using criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced assessment, basing assessment on learning targets or objectives, inspiring a growth mindset in students, and conducting assessment sensitively since it can have an emotional impact.
The document discusses strategies for using assessment to increase student motivation. It recommends making clear learning objectives, engaging students in self-assessment, using criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced assessment, basing assessment on learning targets or objectives, inspiring a growth mindset in students, and conducting assessment sensitively since it can have an emotional impact.
The document discusses strategies for using assessment to increase student motivation. It recommends making clear learning objectives, engaging students in self-assessment, using criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced assessment, basing assessment on learning targets or objectives, inspiring a growth mindset in students, and conducting assessment sensitively since it can have an emotional impact.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES THAT CAN INCREASE MOTIVATION • Make clear your learner's objective every time. • Make your students own the lesson objective. • Engage your students in self-assessment. • Practice criterion-referenced assessment rather than norm- referenced assessment. • Your assessment is certainly based on established criterion, your learning target or objective. • Inspire your students to have mastery-focus rather than performance-focus. • Have a "growth mindset". • Your assessment practice must be sensitive and constructive because assessment has an emotional impact.