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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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An Inventory of Peer Assessment Diversity
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Gielen, Sarah; Dochy, Filip; Onghena, Patrick – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2011
Since Topping published his literature review on peer assessment in 1998, the number of studies on this subject has doubled, if not tripled. However, along with this expansion, the diversity of peer assessment applications increased equally fast. Based on recent literature, this contribution focuses specifically on the diversity that has come to…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Practices, Predictor Variables
The Use of Self, Peer and Teacher Assessment as a Feedback System in a Learning Environment Aimed at Fostering Skills of Cooperation in an Entrepreneurial Context
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Schelfhout, Wouter; Dochy, Filip; Janssens, Steven – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
Education is criticized for producing inert knowledge and for paying too little attention to skills such as cooperating and problem solving. Powerful learning environments have the potential to overcome these educational shortcomings. The goal of this research was to find out ways in which a "learning enterprise" can best be supported (coached) in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Educational Environment, Business Education
Integrating Assessment Tasks in a Problem-Based Learning Environment
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Gijbels, David; van de Watering, Gerard; Dochy, Filip – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to get more insight in the effects of written assessment tasks integrated in a problem-based learning environment. Both the influence on students' performances and students' perceptions were investigated. Students' final exam results were used to find out whether students who make the assessment tasks do better than…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Problem Based Learning
Students' Perceptions about Evaluation and Assessment in Higher Education: A Review
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Struyven, Katrien; Dochy, Filip; Janssens, Steven – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
In educational contexts, understanding the student's learning must take account of the student's construction of reality. Reality as experienced by the student has an important additional value. This assumption also applies to a student's perception of evaluation and assessment. Students' study behaviour is not only determined by the examination…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes