Description
This Element traces the evolution of peer assessment in writing instruction and illustrates how peer assessment can be used to promote the teaching and learning of writing in various sociocultural and educational contexts. Specifically, this Element aims to present a critical discussion of the major themes and research findings in the existing studies on peer assessment regarding the three assessment paradigms (assessment of, for, and as learning), and to identify whether and how peer assessment has served the purposes of assessment of, for, and as learning, respectively in writing instruction. This Element highlights the contextual factors that shape the effect of peer assessment in writing instruction and concludes with directions for future research and implications regarding how peer assessment can be successfully used to improve students' writing development.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual framework of peer assessment in writing classrooms; 3. Peer assessment in the L1 writing context; 4. Peer assessment in the ESL/EFL university writing context; 5. Peer assessment in the EAP and ESP writing context; 6. Peer assessment in the ESL/EFL school writing context; 7. Peer assessment in the non-English foreign language writing context; 8. Moving forward with peer assessment in writing instruction: Possibilities for future dialogue; References.
