Methodological quandaries in studying process and outcomes in peer assessment

TY - JOUR

T1 - Methodological quandaries in studying process and outcomes in peer assessment

AU - Topping, Keith J.

PY - 2010/8

Y1 - 2010/8

N2 - Peer assessment is very various in its implementation. Six studies of peer assessment are reviewed, four of them in higher education. A literature review is followed by five empirical studies. Strengths and weaknesses of each study are considered and issues are raised. Variables in peer assessment needing further exploration are extricated – in sample definition, specification of type of peer assessment, organisational nature of the intervention, and the measures which are used to evaluate change. It is suggested that further experimental and quasi-experimental studies are necessary to contrast one or two of these variables at a time.

AB - Peer assessment is very various in its implementation. Six studies of peer assessment are reviewed, four of them in higher education. A literature review is followed by five empirical studies. Strengths and weaknesses of each study are considered and issues are raised. Variables in peer assessment needing further exploration are extricated – in sample definition, specification of type of peer assessment, organisational nature of the intervention, and the measures which are used to evaluate change. It is suggested that further experimental and quasi-experimental studies are necessary to contrast one or two of these variables at a time.

KW - Peer feedback

KW - Type of peer assessment

KW - Intervention

KW - Sample definition

KW - Measure of change

U2 - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.08.003

DO - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.08.003

M3 - Article

SN - 0959-4752

VL - 20

SP - 339

EP - 343

JO - Learning and Instruction

JF - Learning and Instruction

IS - 4

ER -