Despite compelling evidence of its potential effectiveness, uptake of self and peer
assessment in higher education has been slower than expected. As with other assessment …

Designing activities for learners to deal with problems and cultivate their higher order
thinking is critical in professional training. Peer review is to allow a group of learners with …

Self-assessment and peer-assessment are strategies employed to encourage students to
take more responsibility for the learning process. Although the advantages are not obvious …

Most conventional information literacy classes apply direct instruction where students focus
on memorizing target knowledge. As this approach promotes little active learning, while …

There is a soaring demand for work-ready graduates who can quickly adapt to an ever-
challenging work environment. Group-based assessments have been widely recommended …

This paper analyses student cross-assessment with a gender perspective in three different
courses along several academic years in an engineering school in Spain. The aim of this …

Effective and durable learning achievements can result from students' engagement in their
own learning. This study explored students' perceptions of the mechanisms and processes …

Although the effectiveness of online peer assessment for writing performance has been
documented, some students may not perceive or attain learning benefits due to receiving …

This research addressed ongoing academic concerns about whether assessment practices
in higher education support student learning. Authors state that examinations have become …

The accuracy and consistency of peer marking, particularly when students have the power to
reward (or penalise) during formative and summative assessment regimes, is largely …