Presenters: Jenny Dixon & Jolie Roussel

1. THE MOST IMPORTANT
TOOL ON
BLACKBOARD
Self and Peer Assessment
JENNY DIXON, 6TH Grade ELA Teacher
JOLIE ROUSSEL, 8TH Grade ELA Teacher
Dutchtown Middle School
Ascension Parish
BayouBug 2013

2. About Me
Jenny Dixon
6th Grade ELA Teacher
Dutchtown Middle School
jennifer.dixon@apsb.org
I have used Blackboard
for three years.
Jolie Roussel
8th Grade ELA Teacher
Dutchtown Middle School
jolie.roussel@apsb.org
I have used Blackboard
for two years.

3. About Dutchtown Middle School
Built in 1936
First classroom outfitted with dial-up Internet connection in 1995
1:1 Initiative and Blackboard implemented in 2010.
DMS projected to be 100% 1:1 by the 2014-2015 school year.

4. TIPS AND TRICKS ON USING
THE SELF AND PEER
EVALUATION TOOL ON
BLACKBOARD.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LEARN
TODAY

5. Self-assessment is more accurately defined as a process
by which students
1) monitor and evaluate the quality of their thinking
and behavior when learning and
2) identify strategies that improve their understanding
and skills.
McMillan and Hearn
(2008)
THE SELF ASSESSMENT & PEER
ASSESSMENT TOOL

6. OUR CHALLENGE
Level of
Implementation
Establishing
Criteria
Teaching
Students How to
Apply Criteria
Providing
Feedback to
Students on
Application of
Criteria
Setting Learning
Goals and
Strategies
Beginning Criteria given to
students for their
reaction
Examples of
applying criteria
given to students
Teacher provides
feedback
Goals and
strategies
determined by
teacher
Intermediate Students select
criteria from a
menu of
possibilities
Teacher
describes how to
apply criteria
Feedback
provided by both
teacher and
students
A menu of goals
and strategies is
provided by the
teacher
Full Students
generate criteria
Teacher models
how criteria
apply
Teacher engages
students in
justifying
feedback
Student
constructs goals
and strategies
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
McMillan
and Hearn
(2008)

7. Students must have a clear
expectations of the task at hand
in order to successfully assess
the work of his or her peers.
PEER ASSESSMENT

8. Question
Criteria
Submission Time Frame
Evaluation Time Frame
THE SELF AND PEER
EVALUATION TOOL

9. 6th Grade Question
Beginning of the Year
QUESTION
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
GENRE?
CRITERIA
(How is the question being
assessed?)
1. Is the question
answered using a
complete sentence?
2. Did the author explain
his or her reasoning?

10. 6th Grade Question
iLeap Practice
During the California Gold Rush of 1849, the
world’s supply of gold more than doubled,
and hundreds of thousands of people
rushed to California to find their
share. Boom-towns popped up to
accommodate the visitors. A boom-town is
a community that receives sudden and
explosive growth and development. San
Francisco had around two-hundred residents
in 1846, and about 36,000 in 1852. The few
merchants in these boom-towns sold goods
for more than ten times what they cost back
East. For example, a single pound of flower
sold for as much as $17. Not everyone who
joined in the California Gold Rush got rich,
but most of the boomtown merchants did.
Why were boomtown
merchants able to sell
their products for so
much money?
How do you know this?
Use evidence from the
passage to support your
answer.

11. Compare and contrast
“Paul Revere’s Ride” with
“The Star Spangled
Banner.” Provide details
from both texts to
support your answer.
Criteria:
Likeness with detail from
each text.
Difference with detail
from each text.
Complete sentences
8th Grade Question
Beginning of the Year

12. 8th Grade Question
End of Year/LEAP Practice
Task:
Students studying Civil War in
Social Studies (background
info)
Read “O Captain! My
Captain!” by Walt Whitman &
Whitman Bio in ELA
View dramatic reading
Listen to dramatic reading
while reading along, paying
attention to punctuation and
impact.
Criteria:
12-point-rubric
Content (One Passage):
Central
Idea, Development, and
Organization
Style: Word Choice, Sentence
Fluency, and Voice
Writing Conventions:
Sentence
Formation, Usage, Mechanic

13. Younger grades - Start with a paper and pencil activity
Inference Activity
Tips and Tricks

14. ALL subject areas can engage in constructed
response
ELA: Writing prompts (12-, 4-, and 2-point rubrics)
Science: Writing prompts similar to standardized tests
Social Studies: Writing prompts similar to standardized
tests
Math: Explanation of steps to solve, constructed
response questions similar to those on standardized
tests
Art: Critiques of art
HERE IS HOW WE USED THE
PEER & SELF EVALUATION TOOL

15. Students were engaged and actively considering
criteria, rather than passively accepting their grades
Students gained a stronger understanding of
expectations
OUR RESULTS

16. http://youtu.be/x_G1QzCPrL4
Self and Peer Assessment Building Block
WHAT DOES THIS TOOL LIKE?

17. If you have an active Blackboard
class (we still do from last
year), feel free to create a prompt
using the self and peer evaluation
tool.
DO THIS NEXT

18. http://bbhelp.cit.cornell.edu/peer-assessment/ (click
on vendor documentation)
http://www.slideshare.net/thomasrobbbsu/self-and-
peer-assessments-in-blackboard-9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5GS_eh2Vs
http://www.louisianabelieves.com/resources/library/a
ssessment
Helpful Links

19. McMillan, James H., and Hearn, Jessica. "Student Self-
Assessment: The Key to Stronger Student
Motivation and Higher Achievement."
Educational Horizons 87.N1 (2008): 40-49. Print.
REFERENCE

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resources.
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