A research on innovative management of teaching assessment- using I.T. to implement students' on-line peer review of learning outcomes through rubric

Abstract

The assessment of a student's learning outcome in a particular course is aimed not only to evaluate the learning effects but also to actively provide the student with immediate feedback to improve performance. However, the conventional methods for assessment are mostly concerned with the learning effects. In this study, the free software of General Public License is adopted to develop a database platform to let students of different learning teams conduct a peer review online, both quantitatively and qualitatively. With the system, inter and intra team peer reviews are also implemented. The findings help facilitate the conduct of online rubric quantitative and qualitative reviews, regardless of self or mutual ones. A multidimensional evaluation of learning outcome is therefore achieved. More crucially, the finding offer students an opportunity to drill down their learning effects, to understand current learning status, and to be acquainted with the feedback or comments made by peers. It also helps the learners modify their pace as well as strategies to eventually better their learning outcome.