Biography peer assessment

Student assessment of other students' work, both formative and summative, has many potential benefits to learning for the assessor and the assessee. It encourages student autonomy and higher order thinking skills.

Biography peer assessment examples

Its weaknesses can be avoided with anonymity, multiple assessors, and tutor moderation. With large numbers of students the management of peer assessment can be assisted by Internet technology.

Stephen Bostock FSEDA is Director for IT, Department of Computer Science, at Keele University, where he is also an

Academic Staff Developer.

After an initial career as a biologist, he developed interests in learning technology and then staff development.

Keywords

Peer assessment, self-assessment, ownership, authentic assessment, reliability, validity, web-based formative assessment

Introduction

Peer assessment is assessment of students by other students, both formative reviews to provide feedback and summative grading.

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