ERIC Number: EJ1186113
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Three Approaches to Focusing Peer Feedback
Reinholz, Daniel L.
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v12 n2 Article 10 2018
Peer assessment has great potential to improve student learning. However, assessment is not an everyday activity for students, and thus providing appropriate guidance to students is a key component of creating a successful peer assessment experience. This paper explores how to structure peer feedback in the guided process Peer-Assisted Reflection (PAR), by comparing the artifacts and practices associated with three different iterations of PAR in undergraduate calculus. The iterations are referred to as the Questions, Critique, and Balanced approaches. Through a detailed analysis of this design-based research project, new insights are generated about how particular artifacts shape the feedback provided by students. In particular, students in the Balanced approach provided more succinct feedback across a greater variety of categories. In contrast, the Questions and Critique approaches had longer, narrative feedback, and it was focused on few categories.
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Calculus, College Mathematics, Reflection, Peer Relationship, Problem Solving, Homework, Teaching Methods, Error Correction, Instructional Effectiveness, Records (Forms), Instructional Design, Formative Evaluation
Centers for Teaching & Technology at Georgia Southern University. IJ-SoTL, Georgia Southern University, Henderson Library 1301, Statesboro, GA 30460. e-mail: sotlij@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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