We suggest that you work with a group of students from your class and discuss with them examples of some assessments which you have made.
Perhaps you could use some written work that has been produced and look at any comments and corrections you made. How do the students feel about your responses?
You could also self‑consciously monitor your verbal feedback during a teaching session. Listen to your comments, observe the students’ faces. How do they seem to respond? Are they delighted, wary, confused, anxious, angry, resigned?
What ways of protecting students’ dignity can you develop, while still providing appropriate assessment feedback to them? Could you negotiate with the students to establish criteria by which their work will be evaluated? (See Chapter 13 in Reflective Teaching in Further, Adult and Vocational Education)
