April 1976: An Interesting Idea #1
Question: What follows is an idea for student self-assessment. How would you as a teacher use this profile?
Answer: Frankly, I’m not sure whether I would ever use the following profile. Yet it provides insight into people’s self-judgment of their personal characteristics. It was included in an article on evaluating elective programs.
A Profile of Me
How Would You Rate (circle number) (#1 = low #8 – high):
.Your intelligence 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your reading ability 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your ability to express ideas clearly 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your amount of participation in class 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your ability to get along with fellow students
In committee or other group work 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your ability to get along with teachers 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your group leadership ability 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your ability to keep up with the work of this class 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your ability to listen to what the other person says 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your tendency to recognize and support others
in a group situation 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your tendency to impress other students as a very
worthwhile person 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your tendency to impress teachers as a
very worthwhile person 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.Your impression of yourself as a very
worthwhile person 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
.What are three important things
about you which are not listed above? 1..... 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 8
Comment: Many of the articles in these past journals deal with topics that have very little interest for today’s teachers. Still, they contain ideas that are interesting and useful in today’s (2011) teaching situations. I suspect that I might give this “profile” to a class at its beginning in order to help them set goals for themselves. I would not read the responses myself. At the conclusion of the class, at the end of the year/semester, I might give the “profile” again to use in comparing the students’ progress in their personal characteristics during the class. I might even have them write an essay comparing the results from beginning to the end of the course. Anyhow, I think the “profile” is an interesting idea to use on myself as a teacher. RayS.
Title: “Evaluating Alternatives: Elective Program Assessment.” Roberta Riley and Eugene C. Schaffer. English Journal (April 1976), 37-42.
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