Implement peer assessment in absorbable steps with clarified criteria and quality training¶

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Description¶

The review distills organizational factors for quality implementation: clarifying expectations, objectives and acceptability for all stakeholders; matching participants and arranging contact; developing and clarifying assessment criteria with student involvement; providing quality training; and specifying required activities. "To maximize acceptability, one should progress in steps that are absorbable and achievable by students, building confidence from experience and providing feedback at each stage." "Clarification and exemplification of the assessment criteria to be applied is seen as essential and student involvement in their development, elaboration, or simplification highly desirable." Training should cover criteria use, group process, and giving and receiving feedback.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Training for participants in actual application of the criteria; clarification and exemplification of assessment criteria; a collaborative and trusting ethos

Constraints¶

• Direct experimental comparisons of trained and untrained groups are still awaited; acceptability may depend on confidentiality and obviousness of formative intentions, and cultural differences may arise

Target Learners¶

• higher education students

Target Learning Goals¶

• reliable and acceptable peer assessment supporting formative learning gains

Related Strategies¶

• Separate Product, Process, and Progress Criteria
• Setting Goals

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Keith Topping. (1998). Peer Assessment Between Students in Colleges and Universities. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543068003249