WebPA
Peer assessment for group work
Peter Henderson
Chemistry
School of Natural & Computing Sciences
Peer Assessment
Encourages:
Reflection
Critical evaluation of your work and of others
Peer/Self assessment
Taking responsibility for own learning
Graduate
Attributes
http://goo.gl/9u5RN
Peer Assessment
Increases awareness of:
Criteria
Assessment procedure – assessing other people is not
easy!
Improved feedback
Reduced workload?
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Group lab work
CM3033 – physical chemistry
Conductivity experiment
Strong, weak, & unknown electrolytes
Conductometric titrations
Decide on method and work distribution
Submit group report
WebPA is an open source online peer assessment
tool that enables every team member to
recognise individual contributions to group work
http://www.webpaproject.com/
By using WebPA to peer assess group work, each
student received an adjusted mark
http://www.webpaproject.com/?q=node/125
How it works
On-line survey
time-keeping & preparedness
contribution – lab & report
problem solving
safe lab working
Care in taking measurements
Students mark peers & themselves
Normalise marks
Weighting factor
Using WebPA
Import students from MyAberdeen
Create question form
Lickert scale
Share from 100%
Using WebPA
Create assessment(s)
Weighting (50%)
Non-completion penalty
Date criteria
Email reminders
http://goo.gl/hMXSm
Problems?
Student engagement /fears
Non-submission
Absent students
Multiple deadlines – multiple assessments
Mark in %
Thoughts
It works!
Relatively easy
CAD / eLearning support
Can spend more time marking report & giving
detailed feedback
Students like it
Next time…
Better introduction to students
Allay fears, introduce Graduate Attributes
Student generated questions?
What do students think are important?
100% weighting?
Non-completion penalty?
Thank you for listening
Questions?