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Summative peer assessment using ‘Turnitin’ and a large cohort of students: a case study
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posted on 2009-04-28, 12:54 authored by Silvester Draaijer, Patris van BoxelAt the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, the use of peer assessment is increasingly
being considered by lecturers that want to give their traditional lecture-based courses
a more active learning component. Prins et al. (2005) point out that peer assessment
can be very well integrated in such courses and research shows that formative peer
assessment results in an increased understanding of the learning content, the
development of assessment skills and a reflection on one’s own learning
performance (Hamer, Kwong et al. 2005; Prins, Sluijsmans et al. 2005). However, the
validity and reliability of peer-generated marks is still under debate (Cho and Schunn
2003). In order to support peer assessment in courses with large cohorts of students,
computer support can be regarded as a necessity to manage the whole process of
assignment submission and grading.
This paper describes a case study on the use of a commercial peer assessment
application for summative peer assessment. It describes the course set up, the use of
the software and use of the generated marks for summative purposes. The study
shows that the system is easy to use for both instructors and students and that it can
support large cohorts of students despite some technical problems. The students are
very positive about the benefits of peer assessment for their own learning, but they
have a low confidence in peer assessment for summative purposes, despite
considerable efforts to motivate the students and to build in measures to increase the
grade reliability and validity.
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- University Academic and Administrative Support
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- Professional Development
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- CAA Conference
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DRAAIJER, S. and VAN BOXAL, P., 2006. Summative peer assessment using ‘Turnitin’ and a large cohort of students: a case study. IN: Danson, M. (ed.). 10th CAA International Computer Assisted Assessment Conference : Proceedings of the Conference on 4th and 5th July 2006 at Loughborough University. Loughborough : Lougborough University, pp. 167-180Publisher
© Loughborough UniversityVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2006Notes
This is a conference paper.ISBN
095395725XLanguage
- en
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