Message from Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Date: 6 October 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Zi Yan, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong
Session Facilitator: Dr. Ronnel B. King, CETL, HKU
Register here: https://www2.cetl.hku.hk/cetlevents/regist/470/registEvent.php?eventId=470
Abstract
Student self-assessment, which pertains to a set of practices that allows students to evaluate their own learning progress and outcomes, is a crucial lever that could promote motivation, self-regulation, and lifelong learning. This seminar aims to report research on student self-assessment and how this can be leveraged to promote students’ motivation and learning. I will share my empirical work which has focused on the whole “chain” of student self-assessment from what factors enables self-assessment, to key self-assessment practices, all the way to how self-assessment can promote motivation and learning. I will also share potential interventions that teachers can use to promote students’ self-assessment.
About the Speaker
Dr. Zi Yan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Education University of Hong Kong. His research interests focus on two related areas, i.e., educational assessment in the school and higher education contexts with an emphasis on student self-assessment; and Rasch measurement, in particular its application in educational and psychological research. He is the Chief Investigator of several competitive external grants including four General Research Fund projects supported by the University Grants Committee (Hong Kong). A recent book co-edited with Lan Yang is entitled, Assessment as learning: Maximising opportunities for student learning and achievement.
About the Motivating and Engaging our Students Series
This series, organized by the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), aims to offer evidence-based principles and strategies to use in motivating students to learn. During this series, we will have the chance to listen to educational experts on motivation and engagement as they share with us their research and what implications these might have for teaching and learning in higher education. We have speakers from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea to share with us their work and how this might be relevant for teachers at HKU.
Click here for more details regarding the series.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Lavina Luk at ytluk89@hku.hk
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