The purposes of this study are to gain more insight into students' actual preferences and perceptions of assessment, into the effects of these on their performances when different assessment formats are used, and into the different cognitive process levels assessed. Data were obtained from two sources. The first was the scores on the assessment of…

To test the belief that good designers are the best judges of architectural design, 27 architecture students rated 15 architectural designs by other students. Instructors' ratings were criteria. As predicted, good student designers were not more accurate than poor student designers; average students were most accurate. (Author/SJL)

In order to determine student attitudes and the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction, an introductory psychology class at Northern Arizona University participated in a study identifying which students preferred such instruction, and whether it made a difference in class performance. The sample consisted of 165 students, predominantly…