Peer Assessment

题目与答案

1. 21 Sally says many students see peer assessment as
   • a way for tutors to save time
   • a useful learning tool
   • a valuable from of assessment

   答案：a way for tutors to save time

   原文定位：I know a lot of the other students are pretty skeptical about its value as a way of assessing their performance. They think the tutors are in favor of it because they don't have to spend so long marking

   同义替换：「many」↔「a lot of」，「save time」↔「don't have to spend so long marking」

2. 22 What do Steve and Sally agree is an advantage of peer
   • It is more reliable than self-assessment
   • It is increases students` self-awareness
   • It builds rapport between students

   答案：It is increases students` self-awareness

   原文定位：The real gain is the fact that the students learn to stand back and assess their own assignments objectively because they're much more familiar with the marking system;It gives them an opportunity to reflect on their own performance

   同义替换：「advantage」↔「real gain」，「increases students' self-awareness」↔「reflect on their own performance」

3. 23 If the peer assessment marks seem incorrect
   • students should mark the assignments again
   • the tutor should check those assignments
   • the marking criteria should be rewritten

   答案：the tutor should check those assignments

   原文定位：What happens if a tutor notices that the marks for a particular assignment seem wrong;the tutor would have to remark all those assignments

   同义替换：「incorrect」↔「wrong」，「check」↔「remark」

4. 24 How were presentations in the research project marked?
   • Students and lecturers marked all the presentations
   • Students chose which presentations they wanted to mark
   • Lecturers marked a selection of presentations

   答案：Students and lecturers marked all the presentations

   原文定位：Each of these presentations was assessed individually by all the participants, both students and lecturers

   同义替换：「marked」↔「assessed」

5. male students making female presenters
   • they gave higher marks
   • they gave lower marks
   • their marks were not significantly different

   答案：they gave higher marks

   原文定位：I expect the male students were more generous when marking female presenters, were they;Quite the reverse, actually. They were harder on the female presenters than on the males

   同义替换：「generous」↔「higher」，「harder on」↔「lower」

6. female students marking male presenters
   • they gave higher marks
   • they gave lower marks
   • their marks were not significantly different

   答案：their marks were not significantly different

   原文定位：Did female students show any bias towards male presenters;Interestingly not

   同义替换：「significantly different」↔「bias」

7. female students marking female presenters
   • they gave higher marks
   • they gave lower marks
   • their marks were not significantly different

   答案：their marks were not significantly different

   原文定位：The results showed that when women marked other women, this didn't affect the grades they gave

   同义替换：「female」↔「women」，「not significantly different」↔「didn't affect the grades」

8. younger students marking older presenters
   • they gave higher marks
   • they gave lower marks
   • their marks were not significantly different

   答案：they gave lower marks

   原文定位：we found the marks awarded to them by their younger peers were rather more generous

   同义替换：「students」↔「peers」，「older presenters」↔「mature students」，「gave lower marks」↔「more generous」

9. students marking presenters from a different university
   • they gave higher marks
   • they gave lower marks
   • their marks were not significantly different

   答案：they gave higher marks

   原文定位：Did they tend to favor students making presentations from their own universities;It didn't seem to influence marking one way or the other

   同义替换：「not significantly different」↔「didn't influence marking one way or the other」

10. students who had helped set criteria
    • they gave higher marks
    • they gave lower marks
    • their marks were not significantly different

    答案：they gave higher marks

    原文定位：One striking variation, though, was in the students who'd been asked to help devise the criteria for the marking scheme. They were actually the toughest markers of all, marking consistently below the tutors

    同义替换：「set」↔「devise」，「gave higher marks」↔「toughest markers」