Grading students on the quality of their reviews rather than on peer-assessed marks reduced tensions and improved student-instructor mark correlations¶
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q2 i? Kali and Ronen report that grading students on the quality of reviews rather than peer-assessed marks for assignments reduced tensions and produced higher correlations between student and instructor marks. → Luxton-Reilly 2009
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Luxton-Reilly 2009¶
Luxton-Reilly, A. (2009). A systematic review of tools that support peer assessment. Computer Science Education, 19(4), 209-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993400903384844
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The review reports, citing Kali and Ronen (2005), that in three semesters of an undergraduate educational philosophy course, "grading students on the quality of the reviews rather than the peer assessed marks" reduced tensions and produced higher student-instructor correlations. No effect size is printed.
"They report that grading students on the quality of the reviews rather than the peer assessed marks for their assignments reduced tensions and produced higher correlations between the marks assigned by students and instructors."
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Grading students on the quality of their reviews rather than on peer-assessed marks reduced tensions and improved student-instructor mark correlations |
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Grading students on the quality of their reviews rather than on peer-assessed marks reduced tensions and improved student-instructor mark correlations |
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