Assessment as Learning: How Does Peer Assessment Function in Students' Learning?

ABSTRACT: Peer assessment (PA) is employed as one fundamental practice of classroom-based assessment in terms of its learning-oriented and formative nature. The exercise of peer assessment has multiple and additional benefits for student learning. However, research into the learning processes in peer assessment is scarce both in theory and in practice, making it difficult to evaluate and pinpoint its value as a tool in assessment as learning (AaL). This study focuses both on the learning process and outcome through assessment activities. We set out with three goals in mind: (1) to examine students' assessment performance in context, (2) to evaluate its impact on student progress, and (3) to illuminate teachers on organizing assessment activities. Three specific research questions are answered in thi

SUBMITTER: Yin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9271947 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature