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Education & Teaching vocabulary · Assessment and Grading

Peer assessment

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCommon term

In education & teaching, peer assessment means: An activity in which students give feedback on or score each other's work, usually using clear criteria or a rubric provided by the teacher.

In Turkish: akran değerlendirmesi

How it is used

Common in writing, projects and presentations. Teachers use or set up peer assessment; students peer-assess or give peer feedback. Self-assessment, in which students judge their own work, is often used alongside it.

Example sentences

  1. Before they hand in the essay, students do a round of peer assessment using the checklist.

  2. Peer assessment works better when you model what kind and useful comments look like.

Common collocations

  • peer assessment
  • self-assessment
  • peer feedback
  • peer-assess a task
  • feedbackInformation given to a learner about their work or performance, explaining what went well and what they can do to improve.
  • rubricA scoring guide that lists the criteria for a task and describes what work looks like at each level of quality, so that marking is clear and consistent.
  • success criteriaShort, clear statements that tell students what they need to do or include in their work to show they have met the learning objective.
  • formative assessmentAssessment that takes place during learning to check how students are progressing and to adjust teaching, rather than to give a final grade.

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