Literature on written and oral peer feedback
For context on why I’m interested in this, see the previous post. I’ve done some searches into the question of oral and written peer feedback, and been surprised at the paucity of results. Or rather,...
View ArticleHow does giving comments in peer assessment impact students? (Part 1)
Some colleagues and I are brainstorming various research we might undertake regarding peer assessment, and in our discussions the question in the title of this post came up. I am personally interested...
View ArticleHow does giving comments in peer assessment impact students? (Part 2)
This is the second post looking at published papers that use empirical data to answer the question in the title. The first can be found here. As noted in that post, I’m using “peer assessment” in a...
View ArticleHow does giving comments in peer assessment affect students? (Part 3)
This is the third post in a series summarizing empirical studies that attempt to answer the question posed in the title. The first two can be found here and here. This will be the last post in the...
View ArticleProblems with grading rubrics for complex assignments
In an earlier post I discussed a paper by D. Royce Sadler on how peer marking could be a means for students to learn how to become better assessors themselves, of their own and others’ work. This could...
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Peer feedback: oral, written, synchronous, asynchronous…oh my
In an earlier post I summarized a few studies of peer assessment/peer feedback, and since then I’ve done some more research and found several more studies. What I also realized is that “oral vs written...
View ArticlePeer assessment: face to face vs. asynchronous, online (Pt. 1)
I have been doing a good deal of reading research on peer assessment lately, especially studies that look at differences and benefits/drawbacks of doing peer assessment face to face , orally, and...
View ArticlePeer assessment: face to face vs. online, asynchronous (Pt. 2)
This is part of a series of posts in which I summarize and comment on research literature about different methods of doing peer assessment. Earlier posts in this series can be found here and here, and...
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Peer assessment: Face to face vs. online, synchronous (Part 1)
This is another post in the series on research literature that looks at the value of doing peer assessment/peer feedback in different ways, whether face to face, orally, or through writing (mostly I’m...
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Peer Assessment: Face to face vs. online, synchronous (Part 2)
Here I look at one last study I’ve found that focuses on the nature of student peer feedback discussions when they take place in a synchronous, online environment (a text-based chat). Part 1...
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Summary of research on modes of peer assessment
I have been doing quite a few “research reviews” of articles on peer assessment–where I summarize the articles and offer comments about them. Lately I’ve been reading articles on different modes of...
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Closing the feedback loop
I attended the biannual meeting of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers July 30-Aug 2, 2014, and got some fantastic suggestions/ideas for future teaching, as I did the last time I attended...
View ArticleMedia!
So, this is kind of exciting for me. I’ve been mentioned in some articles and blog posts, and even interviewed! First, as a result of my presentation at the Open Education Conference 2014 in...
View ArticleRubrics and peer feedback
I’ve been participating in an open, online course called Human MOOC: Humanizing Online Instruction. It’s officially over now, but I’m just completing a couple of final things from it. One of the...
View ArticlePresentation on SoTL research re: peer feedback
In mid-November I gave a presentation at the SoTL Symposium in Banff, Alberta, Canada, sponsored by Mount Royal University. It’s a little difficult to describe this complex research, so I’ll let my...
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