Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549780
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
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Peer Assessment and Group Work as Vehicles for Student Empowerment: A Module Evaluation.
Stanier, Linda
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v21 n1 p95-98 Mar 1997
Discusses the reactions to two empowering styles of teaching introduced into a newly developed interdisciplinary unit in geography and environmental sciences. Peer assessment was embraced more thoroughly than group work which was eventually accepted with some reservations. Includes charts illustrating student reactions to both innovations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment, Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Strategies, Peer Evaluation, Progressive Education, Self Actualization, Self Directed Groups, Small Group Instruction, Student Improvement, Student Participation, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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