Peer Evaluation, Peer Assessment, Strategies for peer evaluation, use of peer evaluation in education

1. Presented By
Asma
Ph D Scholar
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2. Contents
 Objectives of the Assignment
 Introduction: History of Peer Evaluation
 Why Important?
 Procedure of Peer Review
 Application of Peer Review
 Example of some peer review form
 Advantages of Peer Review
 Disadvantages of Peer Review
 Strategies for an effective Peer Review
 Criticism
 Conclusions
 References
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3. History of Peer Evaluation
 Peer evaluation is the evaluation of some one’s work
by a person who is equally competent.
 Henry Oldenburg is called the father of modern peer
evaluation.
 First peer evaluation publication is the medical essays
published in 1731 by Royal Society of Edinburgh
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4. Definition of Peer Evaluation
 “A process by which employees of the same rank, profession
and setting evaluate one another’s job performance against
accepted standards “(O’ Loghlin and Kaulbach)
 “It can be very fruitful if it is administered thoroughly
properly and systematically according to some set criteria
for evaluation “(Britton & Anderson, 2010).
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5. Why Important?
 Create critical thinking among students
 Students can learn from each other work (Vickerman,
2009).
 Judgment skill developed
 Teacher can focus on weaker students
 Students can get constructive feedback
 Use this feedback to improve their performance
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6. Characteristics of Peer Evaluation
 Considered and specific
 Thoughtful
 Constructive
 Relevant
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7. Procedure of Peer Review
 Student 1 read his/her assignment aloud
 Student 2 read his/her assignment aloud
 Both students swap assignment to each other
 Students fill the evaluation sheet
 Students exchange comments, suggestions about each
other work
 Teacher guide all the students
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8. Application of Peer Review
(examples)
 Traffic light assessment (using colour like red, green
and yellow)
 Peer evaluation with check lists
 A group evaluation in the form of presentation
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9. Examples of some peer review
form
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10. Advantages of Peer Review
 Peer evaluation encourages students involvement
 Student feels responsible
 This method focuses on the judgment skill of the students
(Zhu, 2011, p. 770)
 Students are active in peer evaluation
 Can minimize the work load of a teacher
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11. Disadvantages of Peer Review
 students are reluctant in doing the assessment of peer.
 Some students have tendency to award same grading
to everyone.
 Are not always correct
 Can create conflict
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12. Strategies for an effective Peer Evaluation
 assessing the work of other is a judgmental skill that
needs to be taught to the students.
 Before implementing it, the teacher should teach the
students about this.
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13.  Practice sessions
 Using Checklists
 Goals settings skills
 Using compliments and corrections strategy
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14. Criticism
 researchers have criticized on peer evaluation
 new ideas are not appreciated by experts
 peer review can be biased
 contain errors in the judgment
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15. Conclusion
 using in many fields of life like science, education,
research
 is also used in the classroom
 online evaluation of courses, it is also used
 Despite this, it is successfully used today.
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16. References
Britton, L. R., & Anderson, K. A. (2010). Peer coaching and pre-
service teachers: Examining an underutilised concept. Teaching
and Teacher Education, 26(2), 306-314.
Goodnough, K., Osmond, P., Dibbon, D., Glassman, M., & Stevens,
K. (2009). Exploring a triad model of student teaching:
Preservice teacher and cooperating teacher perceptions. Journal
of Teaching and Teacher Education, 25(2), 285-296.
Vickerman, P. (2009). Student perspectives on formative peer
assessment: an attempt to deepen learning? Assessment &
Evaluation in Higher Education, 34(2), 221–230.
Vo, L. T., & Nguyen, H. T. M. (2009). Critical Friends group for EFL
teacher professional development. ELT Journal, 64(2), 205-213.
http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-
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