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Evaluating Online Peer Assessment as an Educational Tool for Promoting Self-Regulated Learning

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Multidisciplinary Social Networks Research (MISNC 2015)

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A study was conducted to investigate how grade evaluations for a university course assignment derived from peer assessment, compare to grade evaluations derived from self-assessment and teacher assessment. One hundred thirty-six undergraduate students in a university course were asked to submit an assignment to Moodle Workshop in June, 2014. The assignments were assessed separately by the students themselves (self-evaluation), a random group of their classroom peers (peer evaluation), and the course teacher (teacher evaluation). Students’ opinions on various aspects of the peer assessment process were also collected and analyzed. Results indicate that grade evaluations from peer assessments are inclined to be lower than evaluations from self-assessments. Grade evaluations from peer assessments and teacher assessments were more similarly matched, with a significant positive correlation of r=0.75. Many students (84%) agreed that doing peer assessment on other students’ assignments led them to reflect on how they personally performed their own assignment. The benefits of peer assessment as a tool for promoting self-regulated learning are explored. Implications of the results and potential future research on this topic are discussed.

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  1. General Education Center, Oriental Institute of Technology, No.58, Sec. 2, Sih-Chuan Rd., Ban-Ciao District, New Taipei City, 22061, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Pei-Lin Hsu

  2. Department of Marketing and Logistics Management, Chihlee Institute of Technology, 313, Sec. 1, Wunhua Rd., Banciao District, New Taipei City, 22050, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Kuei-Hsiang Huang

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  2. Matsuyama University, Matsuyama, Japan

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  3. National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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  4. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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  5. National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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Hsu, PL., Huang, KH. (2015). Evaluating Online Peer Assessment as an Educational Tool for Promoting Self-Regulated Learning. In: Wang, L., Uesugi, S., Ting, IH., Okuhara, K., Wang, K. (eds) Multidisciplinary Social Networks Research. MISNC 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 540. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48319-0_13

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