Abstract
To become effective learners, students need to develop good evaluative judgment skills. Unfortunately, numerous studies find that self-evaluation estimates provided by undergraduates often differ significantly from the marks awarded by the tutor. This suggests that students either have a rather poor grasp of the assessment criteria, or they find it difficult to apply standards to their own work because of their emotional investment. They may demonstrate a better understanding of standards when asked to judge the work of their peers. We use data from a cohort of 2nd year undergraduates to compare the ability of students to accurately self- and peer-evaluate an assessed essay. We find that peer evaluation is more accurate, on average, than self-evaluation but shows greater dispersion, and there is limited evidence that misconceptions about standards are consistent across self- and peer-evaluation.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Higher Education Research & Development |
| Early online date | 6 Jan 2021 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 6 Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Higher Education Research & Development. Jon Guest & Robert Riegler (2021) Knowing HE standards: how good are students at evaluating academic work?, Higher Education Research & Development. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Keywords
- Peer-evaluation
- evaluation accuracy
- evaluation consistency
- evaluation design
- self-evaluation