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Man, Deliang; Xu, Yiqin; O'Toole, John Mitchell – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
Academic writing is a social practice in which the writer interacts with both texts and people and uses the interaction as a learning resource. While academic interaction in the classroom setting has been extensively investigated, student interaction that takes place without teacher supervision remains largely unexplored. Since autonomy is a key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Graduate Students
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Yu, Shulin – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2021
This case study examines postgraduate students' practices, sources of knowledge, and difficulties and challenges in regard to providing genre-based peer feedback on their peers' academic writing at a research-oriented university in Macau. The analysis of multiple sources of data including the students' written feedback on their peers' thesis…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Case Studies, Criticism
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Bruno, Andreina; Dell'Aversana, Giuseppina – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
Sustaining students in becoming reflective practitioners is considered as a valued outcome of higher education. The paper aims to evaluate the impact of the learning environment conditions inspired by Schön's theory of reflective practicum, by discussing a case study of a master's degree class. The learning environment was designed to sustain…
Descriptors: Reflection, Practicums, Higher Education, Educational Environment
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Mirador, Josephine – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
This article discusses the results of an investigation into selected MA in Education students' interpretation of feedback to their written assignments in a teaching and learning institution in the UK, using the framework of cultural capital and acculturation. A case study method was adopted to investigate four participants' thoughts and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Education Majors, Feedback (Response)
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Amador, Filomena; Martinho, Ana Paula; Bacelar-Nicolau, Paula; Caeiro, Sandra; Oliveira, Carla Padrel – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
Universities are an important part of the process of change taking place in society. However, this is often overshadowed by these institutions giving priority to technocratic models in the relationship between science and society. In this context, according to Habermas, theories can serve to clarify practical questions and guide praxis into the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Sustainable Development, Science and Society, Higher Education
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Russell, Jill; Elton, Lewis; Swinglehurst, Deborah; Greenhalgh, Trisha – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
The development of e-learning has opened up new opportunities for innovation in assessment practices in higher education. This descriptive case study draws upon staff and student experiences of teaching and learning on a web-based Masters programme in primary health care to explore how specific features of the online environment can be exploited…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Online Courses, Distance Education, Case Studies