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Investigating Secondary School Students' Unmediated Peer Assessment Skills
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Tsivitanidou, Olia E.; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Hovardas, Tasos – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary school students' unmediated peer assessment skills. Specifically, 36 seventh graders, without receiving any kind of support, were anonymously assigned to reciprocally assess their peers' science web-portfolios. Additionally, students' attitudes towards and intentions about the use of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Grade 7
Variation in Teachers' Descriptions of Teaching: Broadening the Understanding of Teaching in Higher Education
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Postareff, Liisa; Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari – Learning and Instruction, 2008
In the present study 71 university teachers from several disciplines were interviewed in order to capture the variation in descriptions of teaching. Two broad categories of description were identified: the learning-focused and the content-focused approaches to teaching. The results showed that the relationship between the two approaches was…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Teaching Methods, Interviews, Feedback (Response)
Experiences of Understanding in Revising for Degree Examinations.
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Entwistle, Abigail; Entwistle, Noel – Learning and Instruction, 1992
Students' experiences of revision were used to clarify the concept of understanding for 24 undergraduates through interviews describing the nature of their understanding and how it was reached. Contrasting forms of understanding were discovered. Implications for teaching and learning in higher education are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Degree Requirements, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries