use of peerwise in the bsc medical pharmacology and intercalated degree course

8/12/2019 Use of Peerwise in The BSc Medical Pharmacology and Intercalated degree course

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PeerWise: su$$orts students in the creation, sharing, evaluation anddiscussion of assessment %uestions &htt$'(($eer!ise.cs.auc#land.ac.n)(*

Students !rite their o!n %uestions and ans!ers and are $eer assessed

Aims of use of PeerWise in BSc & Intercalated module:

+to encourage students to revise during the semester+to hel$ student $ractice their eam !riting s#ills

+$rovide the students !ith a revision tool

-ctive $artici$ation !as

re!arded !ith /to!ards in course

assessment mar#.&Increased final module mar# y 0/*

1o $artici$ation'

1o re!ard 2 no$unishement

Reward vs punishment?

Student profile:

Module ME!"# Advanced Immunolo$%+ 3inal year BSc Medical Pharmacology

students &04*

+ BSc Intercalated Pathology and

Pharmacology students &5*


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Eample of a well phrased 'uestion ( answer

)o eplanation of answer $iven

*+ust a lin, to a research paper-

Eample of poorl% phrased 'uestion and answers

What is PeerWise?

*http:..peerwise/cs/auc,land/ac/n0.-


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Instructions to studentsPeerwise is a learning tool that y formulation your

o!n %uestions and ans!ers and y ans!ering and

evaluating your $eers6 %uestions and ans!ers hel$s

you understand the su7ect area.

Partici$ation in this is voluntary ut y $artici$atingy actively !riting %uestions and ans!ering

%uestions you can gain etra mar#s and it hel$s !ith

your revision.

#1 will 2e added to %our coursewor, mar, if you

actively $artici$ate in $eer!ise y'

+formulatin$ at least " 'uestions and answers of

your o!n (by 2 set deadlines and on different

lectures)

A)34 answerin$ and evaluatin$ at least 5! 'uestions of

your $eers. (one week after the end of term)

1ote' you have to !rite a %uestion first efore you

can ans!er %uestions

NB: students had a supervised practise session on the use of

Peerwise in a computer lab in Ty Dewi ant

6ollow up instructions:During the module students !ere reminded several

times aout the $ur$ose of Peer!ise and ho! to !rite

%uestions and ans!ers'

When writin$ the 'uestion and answer:

0. Ma#e sure the %uestion is not amiguous. If you haveset an amiguous %uestion, you soon notice it !hen

your $eers go for the !rong ans!er. -nd you $roaly

get loads of comments on it too.

5/ 8ive a clear eplanation of !hy the correct ans!er is

correct &you can include lin#s to !here you have found

information regarding this*. So don6t 7ust say !hat the

ans!er is !ithout e$laining it.

9. -lso give an e$lanation !hy the other ans!ers are

not correct.

:. Phrasing of your ans!ers is very im$ortant, and $oor

$hrasing results in not getting the $oints(loosing $oints

for e.g. the eam essays. By $ractising $hrasing your

%uestions ; ans!ers $ro$erly in $eer!ise, you are li#ely

to im$rove your aility to !rite eam essays and

increase your mar#s.

Instructions to students


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Participation:-ctive $artici$ation' sumitting :

%uestions and ans!ering he ma+orit% of students &


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