Creative Critique Methods for Peer- and Self-Assessment in the Art Room Campbell County High School MAAE, MFA Brian Harmon -

Why Critique? Part of Discipline Based Art Education Allows students to better understand art Gives students ideas for improvement Promotes self-assessment Provides formative assessment Practices using content-specific vocabulary Meets state and national standards

Standards Common Core ELA: Speaking/Listening Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11–12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. WHST Write arguments focused on discipline- specific content.

Standards English Language Arts Standards » College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading English Language Arts Standards » College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Standards KY Program of Studies: High School Skills and Concepts – Visual Arts Students will use knowledge of the elements and principles of art and art terminology to describe and critique their own work creations and the creations of others (e.g., how the identify and apply criteria for evaluating visual arts (e.g., skill of artist, originality, emotional impact, variety, interest, technical quality)

Standards NAEA National Visual Art Standards Content Standard 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions: (b) students evaluate the effectiveness of artworks in terms of organizational structures and functions Content Standard 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others

Three Critique Games Token Token Musical Chairs Musical Chairs Scavenger Hunt Scavenger Hunt

Token Critique Best for: Best for: group formative assessment group formative assessment peer review peer review personal reflection personal reflection self-assessment self-assessment

Token Critique Materials Materials completed artworks completed artworks colored “tokens” colored “tokens” assessment criteria assessment criteria

Token Critique Procedure Procedure arrange art on cleared desks arrange art on cleared desks have students generate categories for analysis have students generate categories for analysis assign each category a color and give each student a token in each color assign each category a color and give each student a token in each color gallery walk gallery walk after viewing all works, students place tokens on the desks of deserving pieces after viewing all works, students place tokens on the desks of deserving pieces

Token Critique return, count, reflect return, count, reflect one category at at time, bring works with large numbers of tokens forward one category at at time, bring works with large numbers of tokens forward class discussion/reflection class discussion/reflection written response/self-assessment written response/self-assessment

Token Critique Things to watch out for Things to watch out for the unthoughtful giver the unthoughtful giver the follower the follower the bff awarder the bff awarder the pity/jerk awarder the pity/jerk awarder the self-server the self-server

Musical Chairs Critique Best for: Best for: peer review peer review personal reflection personal reflection individual formative assessment individual formative assessment self-assessment self-assessment

Musical Chairs Critique Materials Materials completed artworks completed artworks critique sheets (optional) critique sheets (optional) assessment criteria assessment criteria music music

Musical Chairs Critique Procedure Procedure arrange art on cleared desks arrange art on cleared desks decide on categories to be critiqued decide on categories to be critiqued distribute crit sheets or paper distribute crit sheets or paper student-focused or artwork-focused? student-focused or artwork-focused? play music, students circulate room viewing artwork of classmates play music, students circulate room viewing artwork of classmates

Musical Chairs Critique stop music, students plop down at the nearest seat and fill out crit sheet stop music, students plop down at the nearest seat and fill out crit sheet after a number of rounds, have students return to their desks after a number of rounds, have students return to their desks reading and reflection reading and reflection discussion and/or written response discussion and/or written response self-assessment self-assessment

Musical Chairs Critique Things to watch out for Things to watch out for the repeater the repeater the bff reviewer the bff reviewer the brutally honest the brutally honest the prance in one placer the prance in one placer

Scavenger Hunt Critique Best for: Best for: individual formative assessment individual formative assessment peer review peer review personal reflection personal reflection

Scavenger Hunt Critique Materials Materials completed artworks completed artworks crit guides crit guides

Scavenger Hunt Critique Procedure Procedure arrange art on cleared desks or hang on walls arrange art on cleared desks or hang on walls number each artwork number each artwork distribute crit sheets distribute crit sheets students circulate room looking for examples of each item on crit sheet students circulate room looking for examples of each item on crit sheet students fill out crit sheet, complete with artwork number students fill out crit sheet, complete with artwork number use completed sheets to facilitate discussion use completed sheets to facilitate discussion

Scavenger Hunt Crit Guide ElementDefinition (in your own words) Artwork # How does the artist use this element line shape form color value texture space