Peer Assessment of Oral Presentations: What these two cases tell us

Authors

Anil Pathak
Chan Soon Keng

Publication Date

2001-07-01

Abstract

This paper explores the use of peer assessments of oral presentations in teaching and evaluation. The experiment was conducted on undergraduate and graduate university students of communication courses. While the undergraduates were asked to evaluate their peers' oral presentations using a rather structured assessment sheet, the graduate students used a relatively open feedback sheet. A comparison was made between the peer ratings and teacher ratings. It was found that the graduate students differed significantly from the teachers' ratings and other peer ratings. The undergraduates, however, displayed a tendency towards uniformity and towards a broad agreement with the teacher ratings. The paper examines the value of using assessment sheets, and comments on the use of peer assessment for teaching as well as evaluation purposes. It is concluded that the more structured assessment sheets provide more reliable assessment measures, while the less structured sheets provide a better scope for critical thinking, feedback, and instruction.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.31.1.2

First Page

13

Last Page

26

Recommended Citation

Pathak, Anil and Keng, Chan Soon (2001) "Peer Assessment of Oral Presentations: What these two cases tell us," PASAA: Vol. 31: Iss. 1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.31.1.2
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol31/iss1/2