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Peer Assessment of Past Exam Scripts

Peer Assessment of Past Exam Scripts SummaryThe examination process can produce hundreds of answer booklets or scripts every year. These are usually stored for a period of time and then discarded. This paper reports on a project that investigated the use of past scripts as a learning resource for students in a first-year engineering unit. Students were required to assess a range of hand-written solutions submitted by past students to a particular exam question, identifying errors and awarding a mark to each script. The aim of the task was to improve critical thinking by exposing students to good and bad problem solving, and to illustrate the importance of clear and logical written solutions. The students' marking behaviour was analysed and an online survey was also conducted to obtain student feedback. Most of the students found the assessment task very challenging, but also a useful learning experience. A random sample of the students' exam scripts was reviewed to see whether the assessment task had affected their presentation of written solutions. A small improvement was observed in the student's work when compared against the previous year and another unit. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australasian Journal of Engineering Education Taylor & Francis

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Peer Assessment of Past Exam Scripts

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SummaryThe examination process can produce hundreds of answer booklets or scripts every year. These are usually stored for a period of time and then discarded. This paper reports on a project that investigated the use of past scripts as a learning resource for students in a first-year engineering unit. Students were required to assess a range of hand-written solutions submitted by past students to a particular exam question, identifying errors and awarding a mark to each script. The aim of...
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Taylor & Francis
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© Australasian Association of Engineering Education
ISSN
1325-4340
eISSN
2205-4952
DOI
10.1080/22054952.2008.11464011
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Abstract

SummaryThe examination process can produce hundreds of answer booklets or scripts every year. These are usually stored for a period of time and then discarded. This paper reports on a project that investigated the use of past scripts as a learning resource for students in a first-year engineering unit. Students were required to assess a range of hand-written solutions submitted by past students to a particular exam question, identifying errors and awarding a mark to each script. The aim of the task was to improve critical thinking by exposing students to good and bad problem solving, and to illustrate the importance of clear and logical written solutions. The students' marking behaviour was analysed and an online survey was also conducted to obtain student feedback. Most of the students found the assessment task very challenging, but also a useful learning experience. A random sample of the students' exam scripts was reviewed to see whether the assessment task had affected their presentation of written solutions. A small improvement was observed in the student's work when compared against the previous year and another unit.

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Australasian Journal of Engineering Education – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 2008

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