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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Peer assessment

Overview

  • Influence: Peer assessment
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Feedback
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Teachers questioning students as part of lessons.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 9
  • Number of studies: 347
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 824
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.52
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Computer Assisted Language Learning Chen USA Technology-supported peer feedback in ESL/EFL writing classes: a research synthesis 2016 Peer feedback on ESL/EFL 11 0 36 0.60
Educational Psychology Review Double, McGrane, Hopfenbeck UK The impact of peer assessment on academic performance: A meta-analysis of control group studies. 2019 Peer assessment 54 0 141 0.31
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education Zheng, Zhang, & Cui China The role of technology-facilitated peer assessment and supporting strategies: A meta-analysis. 2020 Technology facilitated peer assessment 37 0 37 0.56
Conference paper Cui & Zheng China A meta-analysis of the peer evaluation effects on learning achievements in blended learning environment. 2018 Peer evaluation in blended learning 23 0 37 0.68
Asian EFL Journal Thirakunkovit & Chamcharatsri Thailand A meta-analysis of effectiveness of teacher and peer feedback: Implications for writing instructions and research. 2019 Peer feedback 27 0 52 0.68
Educational Research Review Yan, Lao, Panadero, Fernandez-Castilla, Yang, & Yang Hong Kong Effects of self-assessment and peer-assessment interventions on academic performance: A meta-analysis. 2022 Peer assessment 101 0 349 0.61
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education Li, Xiong, Hunter, Guo, & Tywoniw USA Does peer assessment promote student learning? A meta-analysis. 2020 Peer assessment 58 0 134 0.29
Tesol Quarterly Li & Vuogan USA Examining the effectiveness of peer feedback in second language writing: A meta-analysis.  2022 Peer feedback on language 26 0 26 0.73
Journal of Educational Computing Research Jongsma, Scholten, van Muijlwijk-Koezen, & Meeter Netherlands Online versus offline peer feedback in higher education: A meta-analysis.  2023 Peer compared to online feedback 10 0 12 0.33
TOTAL/AVERAGE 347 0 824 0.53
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