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Enhancing the Quality of Essays Through a Student Peer-Review Process

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Innovative Technologies and Learning (ICITL 2019)

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Peer review and peer feedback is a mechanism that can have a positive effect on the quality of assignment essays. Reviewers need an education on what is a good review and how to conduct a review. A peer review process was implemented at a fourth-year information and cyber security module. The process did not result in any significant higher quality essays. This study evaluates the process as well as the results to determine what lessons can be learned from the process. The study highlights the importance of a strong correlation between the mark rubric and the list of identified characteristics of a good essay. The study strengthens the fact that student reviewers need to be educated in the review process and review aspects.

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    Jaco du Toit

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  1. The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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  2. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan

    Ting-Ting Wu

  3. Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

    Frode Eika Sandnes

  4. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

    Yueh-Min Huang

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du Toit, J. (2019). Enhancing the Quality of Essays Through a Student Peer-Review Process. In: Rønningsbakk, L., Wu, TT., Sandnes, F., Huang, YM. (eds) Innovative Technologies and Learning. ICITL 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11937. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35343-8_49

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