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Cheung-Blunden, Violet; Khan, Saera R. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
The peer rating system used here advances the quantitative literacy goals outlined in the social sciences. We instituted a mid-semester intervention to teach rating skills and used an index to track longitudinal changes of skill mastery over the course of the semester. Seventy-four students in five advanced research classes followed the procedure…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Rating Scales, Skill Development, College Students
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Smits, Marieke; Sluijsmans, Dominique; Jochems, Wim – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This study investigates the effects of a competency-oriented course and the effects of feedback training on students' reflection skills. Thirty-one nursing students enrolled in a conventional course with lectures and assignments following a traditional test. Subsequently, they enrolled in a competency-oriented course, which included more…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nursing Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
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Miers, Margaret E.; Rickaby, Caroline E.; Clarke, Brenda A. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This paper reports on a study of student learning about collaboration and discusses the effectiveness of different forms of assessment in facilitating learning. The study was conducted in a large health and social care faculty in which all students on pre-qualifying professional programmes learn together in modules aimed at developing…
Descriptors: Assignments, Program Effectiveness, Group Dynamics, Transfer of Training