Title: Effects of forum-based online peer assessment on students' academic performance

Authors: Yu Zhang; Pingxiu Niu; Lu Cui; Fengling Zhou; Wenjun Zhao

Addresses: School of Educational Information Technology, Central China Normal University, 276000, China ' School of Educational Information Technology, Central China Normal University, 276000, China ' School of Educational Information Technology, Central China Normal University, 276000, China ' School of Educational Information Technology, Central China Normal University, 276000, China ' School of Educational Information Technology, Central China Normal University, 276000, China

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.

Keywords: network forum; peer assessment; formative assessment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMILE.2017.090976

International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, 2017 Vol.5 No.4, pp.269 - 277

Received: 02 Jan 2017
Accepted: 21 Jul 2017
Published online: 05 Apr 2018 *

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