Appendix III. Survey
PLEASE, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW
This is an anonymous questionnaire. Do not sign it up with your name or ID. After you
finish answering the questions, place the questionnaire in the provided envelope.
1. How much prior experience with self
or peer assessment did you have?
(Check one.)
___ 1. A great deal
___ 2. Quite a bit
___ 3. A fair amount
___ 4. A little
___ 5. Very little
___ 6. None
2. How valuable did you find the
experience with evaluating your
classmates’ and your own work for
learning the material, practicing the
skills of critical thinking, and self-
appraisal. (Check one.)
___ 1. Extremely valuable
___ 2. Very valuable
___ 3. Somewhat valuable
___ 4. A little value
___ 5. Very little value
___ 6. No value
3. How would you describe your
personal position on the incorporation of
practices of peer evaluation in the
classroom curriculum? (Check one.)
___ 1. Strongly favorable
___ 2. Favorable
___ 3. Neutral
___ 4. Opposed
___ 5. Strongly opposed
4. Which of the following conditions
may improve your opinion on peer
evaluation and/or increase its value?
(Check as many as necessary.)
___ 1. Making peer assessment
anonymous
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The students from the anonymous condition
were asked if they would like to evaluations their
peers anonymously.
___ 2. Giving no criteria for
evaluation allowing the students to use
their personal judgments for
assessment
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___ 3. Negotiating and
discussing the criteria for assessment
with the students
___ 4. Having your instructor
rectify extreme peers’ grades
___ 5. Having your peers provide
the feedback and explanation of their
assessments
___ 6. Others (please explain)
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5. Which concerns (if any) with peers’
evaluation of your work and your
evaluation of others’ work did you have?
(Check as many as necessary.)
___1. Worried about peers giving
too low marks
___ 2. Was reluctant to give too
low grades
___ 3. Feared criticism
___ 4. Did not feel prepared to
evaluate others’ work
___ 5. Did not feel safe
___ 6. Did not have a sense of
trust, respect and rapport in the
classroom
___7. Others (please explain.)
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The students that were given no criteria for
evaluations were asked whether they would like
to be offered such criteria.
Convention