Contributor: Pam Birtill, University of Leeds

Name of the recipe: Haiku assessment

Ingredients (any equipment or supplies needed for the activity)

• Paper and pens, description of haiku printed out.
• I used https://www.haiku-poetry.org/what-is-haiku.html

Method (what you do)

• Give people 2 minutes to write a haiku, with no further information.
• Then provide them with slightly more information (haiku is a Japanese poem, with 5, 7, 5 syllables).
• Then ask them to swap poems around, and mark them according to the rules that you have printed out.
• This leads into a discussion about fairness in marking, about assessment criteria, about hidden curriculum.
• You can provide a typical ‘assessment rubric’ grid, exemplars, etc to support the discussion and deepen conversation, according to your goals.

Special Notes

• I’m happy to share the powerpoint I used for this session, if it’s helpful.

Acknowledgements

• References (links to scholarly articles, conference presentations etc where people can find out more if needed)
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