Open AccessRELIABILITY OF PEER FEEDBACK IN ESL CONTEXT
Author(s) -
Sevwandi Ganesha Pathmaperuma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2019.v04i08.007
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , context (archaeology) , computer science , reliability engineering , peer feedback , psychology , mathematics education , engineering , physics , history , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , archaeology
Reliability can be considered as one of the crucial factors in the assessment process. However, with regard to peer assessment, reliability has become controversial due to many reasons. Hence, this study aims to investigate the extent to which peer assessment is reliable in ESL context. Irrespective of the fact that peer assessment is popular and wide spread, in the context the study has been carried out, peer assessment is still a new concept which needs more exploration and practice. The sample of this study consisted of 45 science students who were studying technology in a higher educational institute. The students received peer feedback for the oral presentations they made. The feedback forms of the students were the research instruments of this study. Here, the attention was paid on the inter-rater reliability of the students. According to the findings, six, out of nine groups were identified to have fair to moderate reliability with regard to rating of their peer groups.