ABSTRACT

This chapter presents seven student self-assessment practices in primary schools, five of these self-assessment practices took place in Singapore, and two in England, United Kingdom. There are common elements among these primary school teachers who shared their self-assessment practices such as the teachers’ belief and mindset about student self-assessment that it should be part of learning and teaching in the classroom, training their students to use self-assessment and others. The self-assessment practices are implemented in different subjects such as English, Science, Art, Physical Education, and others and with students as young as 7 years old. These teachers share their experiences of implementing self-assessment, including initial challenges and how they overcame them, as well as their reflections and insights of their self-assessment journey with their students, with the intention to serve as encouragement for interested teachers to use self-assessment in their own students and classrooms.