Objectives Formative peer assessment focuses on learning and development of the student
learning process. This implies that students are taking responsibility for assessing the work …

This study is focused on how peer feedback in SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses) can
effectively lead to deep learning. Promoting deep learning in online courses, such as …

Modern education attaches great importance to interdisciplinary skills, among which
computational thinking is a core element, and heralds a new era. IT application has shaped …

Background: This article presents findings from a prospective, longitudinal cohort
educational study investigating empathy communication in clinical consultations. It reports …

Background: We have performed this research to assess the effect of work-place based
assessment (WBA) practice on medical students' learning approaches. Methods: The …

Background Fostering professional behaviour has become increasingly important in medical
education and non-traditional approaches to assessment of professionalism may offer a …

Relations between and changeability of goal orientation and learning behavior have been
studied in several domains and contexts. To alter the adopted goal orientation into a mastery …

Background: Student peer assessment (SPA) has been used intermittently in medical
education for more than four decades, particularly in connection with skills training. SPA …

Peer assessment is increasingly being encouraged to enhance dental students' learning.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the educational impact in terms of academic …

Introduction Peer‐assisted learning (PAL) is a method of teaching in which students teach
their often less‐experienced peers. Whilst they gain more knowledge, peer tutors are able to …