Date of Award

1-1-2000

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Education

Department

-

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

This is an exploratory study of peer-assessment on a Mathematics group-project by a group of Pre-University students focusing on a method to assess the individual contribution within a group. The study investigates whether there is a way to discriminate between the contribution of individual student within a group project and to determine whether it is appropriate to make process assessment of the group projects as a part of the peer assessment. It also attempts to find an alternative method 10 reward individual effort in a group-project. The subjects of this study consist of four groups of Pre-University students. Each group comprises four students of mixed abilities. The students are required to complete a report and make a presentation on a chosen Mathematics project. The instrument used is adapted from Lopez-Real and Chan (1999). It consists of three parts. Part I comprises the process assessment by students within the group. Part 2 is the assessment on presentation by both teacher and students across the groups. Part 3 consists of students' evaluation of peer assessment on presentation and contribution of the peer assessment to the group projects mark. The findings indicated that students showed high degree of acceptance of the use of peer assessment in the Mathematics group-projects. Most of the students felt that they had performed better by participating in the peer assessment process and that the participation had exposed them to new ideas. The distinction of overall marks obtained by each member in the group as the result of peer assessment was found to be a fair way to justify individual contribution and efforts towards the group project. However, students indicated reservation of the use of peer assessment in the oral presentation of the project in view of the lack of confidence and experience

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Additional Information

Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, 2000.

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