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"Development of authoring software for peer and self assessment of text based exercises using the web as an interface"

Development of authoring software for peer and self assessment of text based exercises using the web as an interface

The Centre for Educational Developmentay Queen's Belfast has identified a selection of online materials and resources to assist colleagues who may be interested in implementing peer and self-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. 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.

"Assessment is all about making judgements. A major argument for involving students in self and peer-assessment is that it helps them to develop the ability to make judgements, in particular about themselves and their work. This is an important life skill as well as an academic one. Research in Australia (Midgley & Petty 1983) showed that recent graduates rated the ability to assess their own performance among the most important skills used in their jobs, but one that their degree courses had almost totally ignored. It follows, then, that we should consider the ways in which these skills can be developed within existing courses. "

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