Imperial College London
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Emeritus ProfessorSusanEisenbach

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computing

Emeritus Professor of Computing
 
 
 
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Location

 

Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Alpay:2009:10.1080/03043790903202983,
author = {Alpay, E and Cutler, PS and Eisenbach, S and Field, AJ},
doi = {10.1080/03043790903202983},
pages = {17--32},
publisher = {Taylor and Francis Group},
title = {Changing the Marks Based Culture of Learning  through Peer Assisted Tutorials},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03043790903202983},
year = {2009}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - We describe and evaluate an approach to student learning that aims to instil a culture of formative assessment based on peer-assisted learning. The idea is for suitably qualified undergraduates to assist in the running of weekly first-year tutorials. They mark submitted work, provide written and verbal feedback and lead problem solving discussions during tutorials. However, contrary to normal practice, the marks they award do not contribute to the students' year total; all tutorial work becomes essentially voluntary. We report results from a pilot implementation of the scheme over a 12-month period in an engineering department at a leading academic institution. The scheme was such that a comparative and triangulated assessment was possible amongst the students and tutor team. Results show no discernible degradation in student attendance, submission rates and performance in either the weekly exercises or end of year examinations. Important benefits to the peer tutors are also found.
AU  - Alpay,E
AU  - Cutler,PS
AU  - Eisenbach,S
AU  - Field,AJ
DO  - 10.1080/03043790903202983
EP  - 32
PB  - Taylor and Francis Group
PY  - 2009///
SP  - 17
TI  - Changing the Marks Based Culture of Learning  through Peer Assisted Tutorials
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03043790903202983
ER  -
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