Taking a Playful Approach to Assessment
When teachers bring collaboration, creativity, and choice into assessment, anxiety and dread give way to confidence and joy as students show off what they have learned.
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Go to My Saved Content.Years of experience and research have demonstrated that student voice, agency, and choice play critical roles in the classroom, but when it comes to assessment, they often fall by the wayside. At Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School (PETES), in Gatineau, Quebec, third- and fourth-grade language arts teacher Fiona Medley, who is committed to using music and movement as learning strategies in her lessons, intentionally brings a playful approach to her assessments as well. As a result, her students experience less worry and are more self-assured鈥攁nd they look forward to showing her what they know.
To learn more about the research behind the practices seen in the video, check out the links below.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics鈥� (2018)
- Kayleigh Skene, Christine M. O鈥橣arrelly, Elizabeth M. Byrne, Natalie Kirby, Eloise C. Stevens, and Paul G. Ramchandani鈥檚 (2022)
- Rachel Parker, Bo Stjerne Thomsen, and Amy Berry鈥檚 (2022)
- Miriam Evans and Alyssa R. Boucher鈥檚 (2015)
- Ceri Morris, Emmajane Milton, and Ross Goldstone鈥檚 (2019)
- Erika A. Patall, Harris Cooper, and Susan R. Wynn鈥檚 (2010)
- Anouschka van Leeuwen and Jeroen Janssen鈥檚 (2019)