Assessment of Learning Series: Educational Assessment Practices and Student Identity Formation (Online via Zoom)
January 22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Presented by: Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC), UTM
Assessment practices in higher education can have a significant impact on student identities, namely in how they perceive themselves, their academic abilities, and their sense of belonging. The third session of the Assessment of Learning Series will explore Dr. Juuso Henrik Nieminen’s work on the impact of educational assessment on student identity formation. Participants will be introduced to Nieminen’s (2024) framework of student identity formation through assessment practices. In anticipation of February’s “Ungrading” workshop led by Laura McKinley, participants will be invited to use Nieminen’s (2024) framework to reflect on assessment practices in their classrooms and rethink ways in which aspects of student identity formation can be better supported.
