1. Peer learning and Peer assessment
Dr. Mansour AlZahrani
SB-FM,ABFM,MRCGPInt
Associate professor of Family Medicine

2. Objectives Describe who is a peer
Define peer learning and peer assessment
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of peer learning
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of peer assessment

3. Describe who is a peer
PEER: A person who belongs to the same age group or social group as someone else(ref Merriam-Webster)

4. Peer learning
People from similar social groupings who are not professional teachers helping each other to learn, and learning themselves, by teaching.’ Topping 1996

6. Three good reasons for P2P learning
1. Peer learning can improve the overall quality of student learning 2. Group work can help develop specific generic skills sought by employers 3. Group work may reduce the workload involved in assessing, grading and providing feedback to students

8. Common issues and concerns
Lack of perceived relevance, lack of clear objectives
Inequity of contribution
Overuse

9. Designing group activities that work
Is there a best model for group work? Probably not, for the ‘best’ model depends much on the context.
Planning considerations ...
Determining group membership
Establishing the roles and responsibilities of group members
Scheduling group meetings
Defining group processes and procedures
Time management

10. Peer Assessment
Peer Assessment is an assessment which allows students to assess each other's performance. It can be extremely valuable in helping students to learn from each other by listening, analyzing and problem solving. It gives students the opportunity to encounter diversity in different ways, critique and judge and ultimately, students learn how to be responsible for their own learning.

11. Advantages of Peer Assessment
Encourages students to critically reflect each others’ work
Help students to develop their judgmental skills when they assess the work of other group members
More feedback can be generated by students compared to one or two teachers

12. Discourages the problem of ‘free rider’ because students tend to put extra effort to perform better in front of their peers
Students learn how to criticize, evaluate and apply other generic skills during the process
Students learn more from each others’ work

13. Disadvantages of Peer Assessment
Peer pressure and friendship can influence the reliability of grades given by students
Students may have a tendency to give everyone the same mark (for example, there may be collusion in return for good grades)
Students are not experienced in assessing each other

14. Students may cheat in collaboration for group assignments
Fairness may not be maintained because extroverted students can be usually be marked higher and quieter students got marked down

15. Thank you