An empirical review of anonymity effects in peer assessment,peer feedback,peer review,peer evaluation and peer grading

Abstract

Peer assessment has proven to have positive learning outcomes. Importantly, peer assessment is a social process and some claim that the use of anonymity might have advantages. However, the findings have not always been in the same direction. Our aims were: (a) to review the effects of using anonymity in peer assessment on performance, peer feedback content, peer grading accuracy, social effects and students’ perspective on peer assessment; and (b) to investigate the effects of four moderating variables (educational level, peer grading, assessment aids, direction of anonymity) in relation to anonymity. A literature search was conducted including five different terms related to peer assessment (e.g., peer feedback) and anonymity. Fourteen studies that used a control group or a within group design were found. The narrative review revealed that anonymous peer assessment seems to provide advantages for students’ perceptions about the learning value of peer assessment, delivering more critical peer feedback, increased self-perceived social effects, a slight tendency for more performance, especially in higher education and with less peer assessment aids. Some conclusions are that: (a) when implementing anonymity in peer assessment the instructional context and goals need to be considered, (b) existent empirical research is still limited, and (c) future research should employ stronger and more complex research designs.     

Designing informal learning experiences for early career academics using a knowledge ecosystem model

This article presents a ‘knowledge ecosystem’ model of how early career academics experience using information to learn while building their social networks for developmental purposes. Developed using grounded theory methodology, the model offers a way of conceptualising how to empower early career academics through (1) agency (individual and relational) and (2) facilitation of personalised informal learning (design of physical and virtual systems and environments) in spaces where developmental relationships are formed, including programmes, courses, events, community, home and social media. It is suggested that the knowledge ecosystem model is suitable for use in designing informal learning experiences for early career academics.     

The Computerization of Career Services: Critical Issues to Consider

Increasingly, career centers on university and college campuses are making use of the World Wide Web to help their users with a myriad of career related needs. This technological service delivery mode has many advantages that will be briefly reviewed in this article. As well, a computer emphasis has the potential for drastically changing career centers as we know them: their traffic patterns, staffing needs, resource procurement, and perhaps most importantly, their outcomes in the lives of the students who make use of them. This article discusses these changes and through a review of seven critical issues, challenges the reader to closely examine the implications for technology within their own career centers.     

内职业生涯激励的途径分析与研究

内职业生涯是企业进行激励的有效激励源,内职业生涯对员工的激励可以通过两种途径实现:一是企业通过创造有利于员工内职业生涯发展的环境,对员工进行外部激励;二是员工重视内职业生涯的发展,进行自我激励。推进内职业生涯的激励有利于和谐社会的构建。     

日本中小学教学与评价一体化原则及其对我国的启示

教学与评价一体化是日本新的中小学课程改革中提出的一项重要理念或原则，它具有丰富的内涵，即：1)评价是教学过程中一个重要组成部分和不可缺少的环节；2)教学与评价不可分离，评价伴随于整个教学的全过程；3)评价内在于学校、教师的教学过程之中；4)评价的直接目的是为了改善学校的教学，而其最终目的则是为了促进学生的成长。与日本类似，印度在其中小学课程改革中也提出了评价与教学过程相结合的思想。我国在新课程及其教学的改革中．有必要借鉴教学与评价一体化的理念或原则。     

Influences on the struggle over content: considering two fine art studio practice curricula in developing/ed contexts

This paper considers the influences of curricula content on the nuances of teaching and learning practices, and the ways in such influences are complicated by the contexts within which they are situated. Generated data from within the particularity of two fine art schools, one operating from the developed world in the global ‘north’ and another the developing world in the ‘south’, considers how they have negotiated the contemporary push from the professional community of practice, led by ‘western’ artmaking, towards the discourse-interest of contextualism in fine art practice education, compared to the focus on skills and mastery of more out-dated formalism. Particular emphasis is placed on the significance of such influences and pressures on the structures and cultures of teaching and learning.     

关于环境影响评价问题的思考与建议

文章概述了国际环境影响评价法律制度的主要发展趋势,指出了改革我国环境影响评价的方向,对进一步健全我国环境影响评价法律制度提出了几点建议。     

专业课程实时交互式网络教学方案探讨——基于民法学课程网络教学改革实践

开放教育实施十余年来,其网络教学没有达到预期的效果,与现行网络教学形式自身的缺陷有关。基于专业课程的实时交互式网络教学方案的提出,是为了弥补现行网络教学形式的不足,给因各种原因不能参加面授辅导课的学生提供一种既能保证知识的系统性,又具有交互性的专业课程网络教学形式。实践表明,这一网络教学方案更能吸引学生参与,可操作性较...     

行动导向在《电路分析》教学改革中的实践

基于行动导向教学法,针对《电路分析》课程的教学理念、教学内容、教学方法、考核模式等方面展开教学改革与实践分析,通过《电路分析》课程行动导向教学的实践,强调学生在"做中学",挖掘和整合教学资源。