STWEL: Self-Reported Grades
About the Strategy
About the Strategy
A practice by which students assess the quality of their own work or their level of mastery over a given subject domain. The validity of such self-grading is often assessed by comparing a student’s “self-reported” grade with that provided by an instructor.
It can provide up to three years of additional growth in learning in one year.
It can provide up to three years of additional growth in learning in one year.
Hattie has said that if he could rename this strategy, he would. He would call it "student expectations." Others call it self-assessment.
Hattie has said that if he could rename this strategy, he would. He would call it "student expectations." Others call it self-assessment.
Research has found that when students have frequent opportunities to self-assess, they begin to attribute their learning to internal beliefs. In turn, they develop an awareness that they are in control. They come to understand that effort and the subsequent learning that comes from that effort, not luck or some outside factor, is directly connected to their success. (Fernandes & Fontnata, 1996)
Research has found that when students have frequent opportunities to self-assess, they begin to attribute their learning to internal beliefs. In turn, they develop an awareness that they are in control. They come to understand that effort and the subsequent learning that comes from that effort, not luck or some outside factor, is directly connected to their success. (Fernandes & Fontnata, 1996)
Matching Digital Tools to Strategy
Matching Digital Tools to Strategy
- Setting goals helps facilitate students' ability to know where they are going and how they can monitor their progress.
- Goals should be SMARTER (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious, Results Oriented, Time Bound, Evaluated, Reevaluated)
- Once the goal is set, students should:
- outline their steps for reaching the goal
- identify resources that will support their work
- develop ways to monitor and evaluate progress.
Use this template to help your students set goals for themselves.
Reflection
Reflection
Have you this strategy or a digital tool? How might you use it differently in the future?
Have you this strategy or a digital tool? How might you use it differently in the future?