January 2012 Volume 15 Number 1 - Educational Technology ...

Appendix A: Attitudes toward Peer-Assessment
1. Peer-assessment assisted my learning.
2. Peer-assessment allowed me to be aware of the main ideas of the studied materials.
3. Peer-assessment enabled me to recognize more of the demands the instructor had for this course.
4. Peer-assessment improved my written communication skills.
5. Peer-assessment allowed me to understand better other classmates’ thoughts.
6. Peer-assessment put me under quite a lot of pressure.
7. Peer-assessment increased my motivation toward learning
8. Peer-assessment led me to like this course better.
9. Peer-assessment enabled me to interact more with the instructor.
10. Peer-assessment allowed me to have a sense of participation.
11. Peer-assessment enabled me to interact more with peers.
12. Assessment should not be part of student responsibility.
13. Instructors should set up explicit rules by which students abide for peer-assessment.
14. Students should involve in the set-up of the rules for peer-assessment
15. Peer-assessment is an objective assessment method.
16. The comments or ratings that peers provided me were fair.
17. Peer-assessment took up much of my time.
18. When giving comments or ratings to peers performance or work, I felt that it was affected by those given to me
in the first place by my peers.
19. If the received comments or ratings were lower than what I expected, I would give lower comments or ratings
to peers’ performance or work in return.
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