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标题：Peer feedback enhances a ‘journal club’ for undergraduate science students that develops oral communication and critical evaluation skills
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作者：Kay Colthorpe ; Xuebin Chen ; Kirsten Zimbardi 等
期刊名称：Journal of Learning Design
印刷版ISSN：1832-8342
出版年度：2014
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：105
DOI：10.5204/jld.v7i2.198
出版社：Queensland University of Technology
摘要：Effective science communication is one of the key skills undergraduates must achieve to meet the science communication threshold learning outcome (TLO 4.1: ( Jones, Yates, & Kelder, 2011 )). In addition, presenting published research to their peers allows students to critically evaluate scientific research (TLO 3.1) and develop a deeper appreciation for the link between experimental methodologies and the contestable nature of scientific knowledge. Although it is well recognised that feedback given to students has positive impacts on student learning ( Hattie & Timperley, 2007 ), increasing workload pressures may restrict academics’ capacity to provide effective feedback. An alternate approach is to facilitate the exchange of feedback between peers, where gaining experience in providing feedback can further develop students’ skills in critique, which enhances their learning outcomes (Liu, Lin, Chiu, & Yuan, 2001; Liu & Carless, 2006). In this study, 3 rd year undergraduate biomedical science students were asked to provide anonymous, written feedback on the quality of an oral ‘journal club’ presentation of a primary research article by a group of their peers. Students gave extensive, rich and detailed feedback to their peers. The quality of the feedback given was high, with most students receiving a grade of distinction or higher for the feedback they provided. In addition, the improvement in student learning outcomes was significantly greater with peer feedback than with academic feedback alone, suggesting that students peer-reviewing provides students with additional benefits.
其他关键词：Science communication, peer feedback, nature of science, critical evaluation