Today I attended my first lab in a long while. The students were being formally assessed and the posters they had produced as part of a group accounted for 15% of their overall mark. Each group was asked to prepare a seven minute presentation. There was then a three minute question and answer section by the “expert panel” made up of other first year students who had read the background information and then devised expert questions. Everyone one in the presenting group shared the responsibility to answer the experts questions.
I saw six groups give presentations and they were all super. It made me wonder if I could have an “expert panel” in class when we do poster presentations – what do you think???
I really like the idea of expert panels – encouraging a greater level of responsibility and ownership of learning for each individual, while also providing opportunities higher order thinking and for peer assessment.
It was a super thing to see in action. The students really engaged with it. We teachers talked anongst ourselves about the possibility of doing something like this with AH to see if it was an idea we could incorporate to better prepare our students for the transition to university.
Nice one!
Thank you. It has been a really interesting experience!!!