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Assessing Creativity. (2014) Byrdseed. Retrieved
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Creativity in class can be a movie poster, a movie
preview, stories into video game instruction books, new or ancient
civilizations, or anything else one can image.
But the question is how do we assess this creativity? Does innovative thinking or an unexpected
idea get rewarded with extra points even thought the information may be
insufficient? The answer to this
question is to throw the responsibility back on the students. Have them vote on categories to grade the
assignment on. Now you have just
empowered your class once again to think about a problem and create a
solution. You have created another learning
experience and the students may not even realize it. Have a prize or a certificate of achievement
or anything else that will identify the winner.
Students love to earn prizes and that free drink at Starbucks will cause
them to go into a learning frenzy!
This is a genius way to once again empower students and keep them in charge of classroom dynamics. What a better way to come to a decision that is tough regarding how to grade an assignment than to give the power of a grading rubric back to the students. This type of situation can be used more often with many, if not all, of our assessments. Of course if the rigor needs to be ratcheted up at all the teacher can surely step in and make the executive decision. But do not underestimate the power, and how that the decision to have the students be responsible for their learning, has impacted the class. The idea of a certificate of achievement for the winning projects can create a competitive environment, spurring more passion and energy in an attempt to win the prize.
This is a genius way to once again empower students and keep them in charge of classroom dynamics. What a better way to come to a decision that is tough regarding how to grade an assignment than to give the power of a grading rubric back to the students. This type of situation can be used more often with many, if not all, of our assessments. Of course if the rigor needs to be ratcheted up at all the teacher can surely step in and make the executive decision. But do not underestimate the power, and how that the decision to have the students be responsible for their learning, has impacted the class. The idea of a certificate of achievement for the winning projects can create a competitive environment, spurring more passion and energy in an attempt to win the prize.
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