Technology-enhanced pre-instructional peer assessment: Exploring students’ perceptions in a Statistical Methods course

• Main Author: Yosep Dwi Kristanto
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta 2018-12-01
• Series: Research and Evaluation in Education
• Subjects: peer assessment; pre-instructional activities; perceptions; statistical methods; higher education
• Online Access: https://journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/reid/article/view/20951

There has been strong interest among higher education institution in implementing technology-enhanced peer assessment as a tool for enhancing students’ learning. However, little is known on how to use the peer assessment system in pre-instructional activities. This study aims to explore how technology-enhanced peer assessment can be embedded into pre-instructional activities to enhance students’ learning. Therefore, the present study was an explorative descriptive study that used the qualitative approach to attain the research aim. This study used a questionnaire, students’ reflections, and interview in collecting student’s perceptions toward the interventions. The results suggest that the technology-enhanced pre-instructional peer assessment helps students to prepare the new content acquisition and become a source of students’ motivation in improving their learning performance for the following main body of the lesson. A set of practical suggestions is also proposed for designing and implementing technology-enhanced pre-instructional peer assessment.