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Self-Assessment and Peer Feedback
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Self-assessment and peer feedback make students active users of assessment criteria. When learners compare work with a clear standard, they practise recognising quality, diagnosing gaps, and choosing a next step. Evaluating another person's work can make the criteria easier to see before students turn the same lens on their own work.
The NFER guidance stresses preparation. Teachers should share or co-develop success criteria, examine examples together, and model comments that are specific and usable. Early peer review can focus on one or two features. As students become more confident, the process can widen to more complex judgment and self-assessment.
Culture carries much of the method. Errors need to be treated as part of learning, and students need language for challenge that protects dignity. Teachers still monitor accuracy, address bias, and decide how much assessment weight the process can carry. The strongest use is usually formative: a learner receives feedback, decides what to adopt, revises, and explains the change.
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Self and peer assessment develop learners' understanding of quality and criteria.
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Looking closely at another piece of work can sharpen judgment of one's own work.
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Examples and teacher modelling make criteria usable.
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A narrow focus helps beginners give specific feedback.
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A safe, honest classroom culture is a prerequisite for useful peer critique.
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Revision turns feedback from commentary into learning.
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National Foundation for Educational Research
Brushing up on assessment: Self and peer assessment
The companion guide to the video, covering progression, classroom culture, modelling, and implementation.
University of Oxford Centre for Teaching and Learning
Peer feedback
Practical guidance on preparing students, designing the activity, and helping them use feedback.
University of Queensland Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Self and peer assessment
Higher-education design considerations, benefits, risks, and examples.
Loughborough University WebPA Project
Supplementary Information About Self and Peer Assessment
A detailed guide to purpose, criteria, reliability, group work, and common risks.