Rhett Allain et al 2006 Phys. Educ. 41 255 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/41/3/008
Rhett Allain1, David Abbott2 and Duane Deardorff3
Show affiliationsWhat do we want our students to get out of the introductory physics course? Often these goals include improved conceptual understanding, improved critical thinking and improved writing and communication. These can be difficult goals to accomplish. One possible way to address these goals is through the use of peer ranking of student writing. In a peer ranking assignment, students not only answer a conceptual question but they also evaluate other students' answers. With a normal writing assignment, once students answer a question the students' involvement has ended. With a peer ranking assignment, students actively focus on both writing and physics.
Issue 3 (May 2006)
Received 18 November 2006, in final form 19 January 2006
Rhett Allain et al 2006 Phys. Educ. 41 255
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