ERIC Number: EJ1052809
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
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Using Peer Grading and Proofreading to Ratchet Student Expectations in Preparing Accounting Cases
Chaney, Barbara A.; Ingraham, Laura R.
American Journal of Business Education, v2 n3 p39-48 2009
Accounting educators struggle with ways to incorporate the development of critical thinking and communication skills into the curriculum. Case analysis is one tool for developing these skills. We examine whether students' case analysis scores improve as a result of participation in peer grading and peer review. We find that students improve their ability to perform case analyses after both evaluating and being evaluated by student peers. Students initially experience an Expectation Ratcheting learning effect after evaluating the case of a peer. Subsequently, students experience an Enhanced Feedback learning effect from the comments and suggestions made by the peers who evaluated (proofread) their cases.
Descriptors: Accounting, Peer Evaluation, Grading, Proofreading, Expectation, Critical Thinking, Communication Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Enrichment, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Student Improvement, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Student Experience, Feedback (Response), Scores, Assignments, Prior Learning, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Measures (Individuals), Comparative Analysis, College Students
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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