Reynaud, DanielMorton, Lindsay2023-11-012023-11-012021-04-012020-08-18Morton, L., & Reynaud, D. (2021). Classroom confirmation panels: Facilitating feedback in communities of practice in classroom learning groups. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 15</em>(1), 43-49. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1439https://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1439https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/19000090<p><h2>This article explores innovative peer-assessment strategies to create and support lifelong learners. It proposes that the confirmation panel—a formal progression requirement of a postgraduate degree—can effectively facilitate feedback, function as an assessment tool, and meaningfully induct both secondary and undergraduate tertiary students into a community of practice. The confirmation panel offers immediacy and richness of feedback, promotion of accountability, empathy, confidence, content knowledge, and—importantly—the transfer of tacit knowledge specific to a community of practice. Other positive results include: building and (re)structuring metacognitive frameworks, facilitation of self-reflection, and the forming of a creative, collegial environment where standards are clarified and learning is scaffolded.</h2></p>en-usdialogic feedback; formative assessment; student autonomy; communities of practiceJournal Article