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Hi Keith Thanks for your response. Web-PA was recently used to request formative peer assessment between team members (team size 5 or 6) in a large first year group (120) of engineering students when they had been working together for only 6 weeks. This was largely very helpful to them in highlighting areas for change/improvement. However we gained the impression (nothing stronger than that) that a small number of international students in this UK setting were being quite hard on themselves both in the numerical mark they self-awarded (only two criteria - attendance and quality of contribution) and in their narrative self-evaluations. The feedback these students received from their peers was much more appreciative. Not all the international students taking part rated themselves in this way. We wondered if, had this been later in the year, these students' self-evaluations might have been different. My request to the list was to find out if anyone had noticed anything similar. Thanks Clare ________________________________ From: WebPA [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Keith Pond [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 05 February 2013 14:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: international students Hi Clare. As with much “research” I have accumulated data on using Web_pa with students in Singapore – but it has yet to be written up. I expected reluctance but actually found more engagement than with Uk based students on similar modules. I was specifically testing out the text comments used in the newer version and the yet to be released feedback loop that I have been working on and have some data on each. What exactly do you need to know? Keith Keith Pond Associate Dean (Teaching) School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom. +44(0)1509 223290 Skype:keith.pond1 http://tinyurl.com/keithpond Follow us on Twitter: @LboroSBE<https://twitter.com/> // @LoughboroughMBA<https://twitter.com/> P Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this e-mail? This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain privileged information. All statements and opinions in this e-mail are made without liability and without prejudice. If you are not the addressee you must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you have received it in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. [Description: teamgb-bse2011] From: WebPA [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Clare Hopkins Sent: 05 February 2013 13:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: international students Dear list members I would be most interested to hear the perspectives of the experience of list members of international students using Web-PA. I am defining 'international' students as those who come from outside the EU. Has anyone encountered any relectance of international students to use Web-PA? Or have you found that this student group rate themselves or others differently from other groups? Many thanks Clare Hopkins Research Assistant