Self-assessment and peer assessment are an essential part of moderbn education as they support students’ self-regulation, interaction skills, and reflection on learning.

Through self-assessment, students learn to examine their own learning and identify both their strengths and areas for improvement. This enhances their ability to set goals and assess their progress. Peer assessment, on the other hand, develops students’ ability to give and receive feedback, enriching the learning experience and offering different perspectives on their own work.

In the Alfons learning environment, these assessment methods are built-in and easily accessible for both teachers and students.

Teachers can set self-assessment tasks to occur at the start and end of learning materials, helping students track their learning progress continuously. In peer assessment, teachers can select the best student work for other students to assess anonymously. This creates a safe and fair assessment process, focusing on the quality of the work rather than comparing students to each other.

In Finnish education, self-assessment is a formative part of learning, where students have the opportunity to develop as learners by evaluating their skills in relation to goals. Peer assessment, in turn, supports the development of learning communities and strengthens collaborative learning.

These methods are widely used, as they make students active participants in their own learning process, which improves long-term learning and engagement.