Learning as a Peer Assessor
Conference Tracks
Assessment and SoTL - Research
Abstract
When students engage in peer assessment, they often put emphasis on the feedback they receive from peers, but fail to appreciate how their role as a peer assessor can contribute to their learning process and improve their own work. This SoTL project conducts a small-scale controlled experiment with students conducting peer assessment in randomly assigned groups that either focus on giving and receiving peer feedback or assessing peers’ work without receiving feedback on their own. The results provide evidence that students improve at least as much or more when feedback is removed and they focus solely on their assessor role.
Session Format
Research Brief and Reflection Panels
Publication Type and Release Option
Image (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
CULVER, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, "Learning as a Peer Assessor" (2022). SoTL Commons Conference. 51.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2022/51
Learning as a Peer Assessor
When students engage in peer assessment, they often put emphasis on the feedback they receive from peers, but fail to appreciate how their role as a peer assessor can contribute to their learning process and improve their own work. This SoTL project conducts a small-scale controlled experiment with students conducting peer assessment in randomly assigned groups that either focus on giving and receiving peer feedback or assessing peers’ work without receiving feedback on their own. The results provide evidence that students improve at least as much or more when feedback is removed and they focus solely on their assessor role.
