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Structuring peer assessment: Comparing the impact of the degree of structure on peer feedback content

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Gielen, Mario, De Wever, Bram·2015·Computers in Human Behavior

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  • Peer feedback on wikis facilitates the improvement of writing essays and peer feedback content quality.

    “Peer feedback on wikis, for example, was shown to facilitate the improvement of writing essays and peer feedback content quality (Al Abri etal., 2021; Gielen & De Wever, 2015; Xiao & Lucking, 2008).”

    From Online peer feedback in higher education: A synthesis of the literature (2024) · cites this paper as Gielen & De Wever, 2015

    The Abstract reports that varying the structure of peer-feedback templates in a wiki environment affected feedback content. The Participants and procedure section describes students revising scientific-article abstracts after receiving feedback, but the study does not show that peer feedback improved essay writing; abstracts, not essays, were the writing task. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The selected studies identified comprehension outcomes such as conceptual understanding, elaboration, and ability to justify.

    “The selected studies on online peer feedback have identified comprehension outcomes such as conceptual understanding, elaboration (Gielen & De Wever, 2015), and ability to justify (Zhan, 2020).”

    From Online peer feedback in higher education: A synthesis of the literature (2024) · cites this paper as Gielen & De Wever, 2015

    The Results (§3.5; page not provided) measure elaborations in students’ peer-feedback messages, supporting the citation’s association with elaboration. The paper treats elaboration as a feature of feedback content, not as a measured comprehension outcome. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Peer feedback activities in asynchronous discussion environments promote students' conceptual understanding.

    “Peer feedback activities in asynchronous discussion environments were found to promote students' conceptual understanding, while structured peer assessment was shown to improve the quality and focus of peer feedback elaborations (Gielen”

    From Online peer feedback in higher education: A synthesis of the literature (2024) · cites this paper as Gielen & De Wever, 2015

    The Introduction (§1) describes peer feedback as a technique for enhancing students’ learning. It does not establish the more specific claim that peer feedback in asynchronous discussion environments promotes conceptual understanding; the study instead examines how structured templates affect feedback content. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Structured peer assessment improves the quality and focus of peer feedback elaborations.

    “Peer feedback activities in asynchronous discussion environments were found to promote students' conceptual understanding, while structured peer assessment was shown to improve the quality and focus of peer feedback elaborations (Gielen”

    From Online peer feedback in higher education: A synthesis of the literature (2024) · cites this paper as Gielen & De Wever, 2015

    In the discussion (section 3.5; page not provided), basic structure increased the proportion of elaborations, while elaborate structure increased the proportion focused on particular criteria. The paper treats these as potentially beneficial for feedback quality, but it does not find that more structure consistently produces higher-quality elaborations; the proportion of suggestive elaborations did not differ significantly across conditions. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Peer assessment becomes significantly more effective when peer feedback is scripted.

    “Gielen and De Wever (2015) contend that peer assessment becomes significantly more effective when peer feedback is scripted.”

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    The discussion (§3.5; page unavailable) calls a structured peer-feedback template a successful intervention and reports some significant differences in feedback content. But it also says that more elaborate scripting does not necessarily produce higher-quality feedback. The claim overstates these qualified findings as a general, significant improvement in peer-assessment effectiveness. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Gielen, M., & De Wever, B.
Affiliations
Ghent University (BE)
Corresponding author
Gielen, Mario
Venue
Computers in Human Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-11
Volume
52
Pages
315-325
ISSN
0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W564614949
Cited by
122
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2
FWCI
24.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Ghent University (BOF11/STA/026)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Keywords
peer assessment, peer feedback, wiki-based learning, higher education, elaboration, verification

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