Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Assessment is the teacher's job! Some pupils have strong views about the teacher's "job" and their own role. They say things along the lines of: "In English, we have partners that you swap books with and assess each other. The teacher then takes them in. I don't like that and I feel like the teacher should do it." "We sometimes assess our own work in Science - it's a waste of time." What would you do in these kinds of situations to get the students to not be as dependent on the teacher for their learning? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The first thing teachers should do is to model how to assess the work. We need to teach our students how to properly self-assess and assess their peers if we are to expect them to do it in class. Also, attaching a grade to not only the assessment, but also the assessing will provide motivation for the students to do it correctly.