Group Peer Assessment: In progress interviews

Student Teachers

By Emily Brewer

his assessment involves two groups at a time

the Asking Team and the Project Team. The
students on the asking team will ask members
of the other team deep questions about their
collaborative project as a group and individually The
asking team takes on the role of the teacher. This will
happen in a different area while the other groups
continue working on their projects.
The asking team will take notes on what they liked
about the project teams work/answers and why. They
could potentially use these ideas in their own work or it
may help generate new ideas. The project team will also
have the opportunity to take notes on suggestions. I will
sit off to the side in the background formally listening
and taking notes myself. If the discussion dies down fast
or needs help, I will step in with some questions or
suggestions. The asking team will then switch roles and
a new asking team will come in. This way it doesnt
matter how many groups you have (even or odd
number) and the project team can get back to work with
their new ideas.
This strategy is beneficial to both teams the asking
team gets practice asking deep questions and seeing
how others are interpreting the assignment. The project
team gets to discuss their work with peers in a less
formal way than a class presentation and may get new
suggestions to use in their work. All students will
eventually have a class presentation at the end of the
project and this will help them prepare for that. Both
teams will have the opportunity to hear from people
their own age and on the same level of thinking.
This strategy will also help me see how the team is
working together and their attitudes toward the
assignment. Who is answering the questions? Do they all
take turns or is there a team leader? Do the other
members agree with the answers? Is everyone is getting
their voice heard? Are they excited to share? How deep
are their answers?
Where could this go? The project team could end up
teaching the asking team how they did a certain
technique or help them find the resources they used. I
would like these discussions to be student lead and have
the students generate their own deep questions.

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questions would ideally help
them to think deeper about their
own work.

Middle School

Project: ______________________________

Student Teacher: __________________________________________

Date: ___________________________

Project Team Members:

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What deep questions do you have for the project team or individual members?
Be sure to write who answered the question.
1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer:

2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer:

Please complete the questions below. You may use the back of the paper for notes.
What did you like most about the project teams work? Why?

Was there a moment of inspiration that you could use for your own project? Explain.

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High School

Project: ______________________________

Student Teacher: __________________________________________

Date: ___________________________

Project Team Members:

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What deep questions do you have for the project team or individual members?
Be sure to write who answered the question.
1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer:

2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer:

3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer:

Please complete the questions below.

What was most successful about this piece/idea? Why?

What could be explored further? Explain.

How can some of their ideas help you expand on your own?

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Summative Assessment
Art Journal Reflection Rubric

By Emily Brewer

his rubric reflects on how the students

respond in and to their art journals. The
students have the opportunity to assess
themselves before handing in their
rubric. There is a box in the bottom left corner of
each section where the student will make a check
mark indicating where they believe they stand.
Students also have a comment portion under each
unit to praise or defend their choices along with a
written reflection portion at the bottom regarding
their art journal experience.
The teacher will mark his/her choices in the same
way (maybe circle the box or use a highlighter)
and is able to comment in the empty space of each
section so the student can see what the teacher is
thinking.
This assessment helps the teacher know what the
students think of their journal and how they feel
about using it as a tool.

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What am
I lookin
g for?
o How do t
heir sketche
s or imagery
relate to the
ir ideas?
o How dee
p are their r
esponses to
journal prom
pts?
o Will outs
iders be able
to understa
nd
their ideas a
nd see prog
ression?

Example

Suzie Q.

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Great detail,
can really see
what you are
trying to say

I tried really hard with my sketches to show my ideas in detail.

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back

Sometimes I really wasnt sure how to respond to the prompts.

I think people
will really be
able to see your
progress!

I think it was pretty good, I could have done a little better in some places.

48 50

96%

I felt that I could organize my thoughts better when I could write them down and make sketches or use
images next to my notes. I also found the journal prompts to be really thought provoking and made me
want to research more than I would otherwise do on my own.

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