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Title: Empowering students to be the judges of their own performance through peer assessment
Related: IASE/ISI-Satellite Conference on Assessing Student Learning in Statistics (19 - 21 August 2007 : Guimarães, Portugal)
Related: Phillips, Brian and Weldon, Laurence. Proceedings of the ISI/IASE Satellite on Assessing Student Learning in Statistics
Related: http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/sat07/Bilgin_Fraser.pdf
Publisher: Guimarães, Portugal : International Association for Statistical Education
Date: 2007
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 130200 Curriculum and Pedagogy 130300 Specialist Studies in Education
Author/Creator: Bilgin, Ayse
Author/Creator: Fraser, Sharon
Description: Alternative assessment methods are becoming increasingly common in higher education with the aim of increasing the potential learning of students. This paper presents an application of an alternative assessment method: peer assessment of oral presentations for postgraduate students within a statistics department. Even though the assessment of peers is a valuable workplace skill, such an activity is rarely an integrated part of university education. With a new emphasis in universities on the development of generic skills, it is appropriate to explore means of assessment that are valued in the marketplace. The aim of the peer assessment intervention reported here was to increase the critical thinking skills of students and enable them to develop their ability as independent decision makers. The advantages and disadvantages of the intervention and peer assessment in general are discussed and suggestions are made for possible improvements.
Description: 10 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 130200 Curriculum and Pedagogy
Subject Keyword: 130300 Specialist Studies in Education
Subject Keyword: Statistics Education, Peer assessment
Subject Keyword: statistics
Subject Keyword: education
Subject Keyword: peer assessment
Resource Type: conference paper
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Statistics
Organisation: Macquarie University. Centre for Professional Development

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/88916
Identifier: ISBN:9789073592278
Identifier: mq-rm-2007001404
Language: eng
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