When I See My Reflection: Building Self-Assessment Skills in the Classroom

Keywords: Self-assessment, reflection, experiential

Abstract: Students need to cultivate self-assessment skills for use in the workforce, however, they struggle to do so in practice. In this session, we describe six self-assessment activities for participants to include in their classrooms. We begin with a preliminary demonstration, followed by a discussion of the importance of self-assessment. Next, we outline activities we use in our own classrooms. We conclude with further discussion and a final self-assessment activity. At the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the importance of self-assessment, will have a menu of activities, and will have the ability to develop new activities.