Effects of forum-based online peer assessment on students' academic performance Online publication date: Thu, 05-Apr-2018
by Yu Zhang; Pingxiu Niu; Lu Cui; Fengling Zhou; Wenjun Zhao
International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments (IJSMILE), Vol. 5, No. 4, 2017
Abstract: As one of formative assessment strategies, peer assessment has become a hot topic in the instructional evaluation field. This research designed the peer assessment (PA) rule based on instructional objectives so that students could use it to evaluate others' works explicitly, and apply the PA strategy in the course of Educational Technology Research Methods in Central China Normal University. An Experimental study was conducted to compare the impact of traditional teachers' evaluation and the network forum PA on students' outcomes. Finally, a questionnaire and an interview were designed to investigate students' perceptions of PA in the experimental group. The results showed that online PA could improve students' academic performance and also reduce or increase cognitive load, and students keep a positive attitude towards forum-based assessment.
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