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Peer Assessment in a Project-Based Engineering Course: Comparing between On-Campus and Online Learning Environments
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Usher, Maya; Barak, Miri – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
As the number of participants in online distance learning courses increases, peer assessment is becoming a popular strategy for evaluating open assignments and for breaking the social isolation surrounding distance education. Yet, the quality and characteristics of peer assessment in massive online courses has received little attention. Hence,…
Descriptors: College Students, Technology Education, Peer Evaluation, Student Projects
Feed-Forward: Students Gaining More from Assessment via Deeper Engagement in Video-Recorded Presentations
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Murphy, Karen; Barry, Shane – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Presentation feedback can be limited in its feed-forward value, as students do not have their actual presentation available for review whilst reflecting upon the feedback. This study reports on students' perceptions of the learning and feed-forward value of an oral presentation assessment. Students self-marked their performance immediately after…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Public Speaking, Video Technology
Strengthening Internal Quality Assurance Processes: Facilitating Student Evaluation Committees to Contribute
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Stalmeijer, Renée; Whittingham, Jill; de Grave, Willem; Dolmans, Diana – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Student evaluation committees play a crucial role in internal quality assurance processes as representatives of the student body. However, the students on these committees sometimes experience difficulty in providing constructive and structured feedback to faculty in an environment characterised by a strong power differential between student and…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Advisory Committees, Student Participation, Feedback (Response)
The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: A Large-Scale Study of Students' Learning in Response to Different Programme Assessment Patterns
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Jessop, Tansy; El Hakim, Yassein; Gibbs, Graham – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
Audits of 23 degree programmes in eight universities showed wide variations in assessment patterns and feedback. Scores from Assessment Experience Questionnaire returns revealed consistent relationships between characteristics of assessment and student learning responses, including a strong relationship between quantity and quality of feedback and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Programs, Universities, Summative Evaluation
"It's a Bit of a Generalisation, but …": Participant Perspectives on Intercultural Group Assessment in Higher Education
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Moore, Paul; Hampton, Greg – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
This paper reports on domestic and international students' perceptions of the influence of group diversity on communication, learning, task performance and assessment grades. The study's methodology involved quantitative and qualitative analysis of surveys (N?=?312), focus group interviews of students (n?=?26) and individual staff interviews…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Awareness
"I'm Not Here to Learn How to Mark Someone Else's Stuff": An Investigation of an Online Peer-to-Peer Review Workshop Tool
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Wilson, Michael John; Diao, Ming Ming; Huang, Leon – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
In this article, we explore the intersecting concepts of fairness, trust and temporality in relation to the implementation of an online peer-to-peer review Moodle Workshop tool at a Sydney metropolitan university. Drawing on qualitative interviews with unit convenors and online surveys of students using the Workshop tool, we seek to highlight a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Justice, Trust (Psychology)