Impact of collaborative peer and self assessment on students' judgment and written communication Category: Refereed Research (original) (raw)

Impact of collaborative peer and self assessment on students' judgment and written communication Category: Refereed Research

The study is designed to capture any change in the quality of firstly, the students’ judgment using the online tool Self and Peer Assessment Resource Kit (SPARK PLUS ) and secondly, their written communication (using the outcome of an independent grading process). The results indicate a statistically significant improvement in the quality of student judgment in relation to the grammatical, structural and presentation components of written communication. In addition, the quality of their written communication shows a statistically significant improvement in all six components specified by the assessment grid. While there is insufficient evidence to draw any specific conclusions, our observations and student comments suggest that the teaching initiative contributed to this improvement.