Piloting Two Sets of Peer Assessment Rubrics on Arab EFL Learners’ Academic Writing Performance

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10.2991/assehr.k.210312.073How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Arab EFL learners, peer assessment rubric, writing performance

Abstract

Despite the crucial role of EFL teachers in enhancing EFL learners’ academic writing, addressing EFL teacher classroom stress still stand as significant challenge in education. This study describes two newly developed sets of peer assessment (PA) rubrics on English academic writing of EFL learners. The peer assessment rubrics named PA rubric (PAR A) and PA rubric were adapted from Oshima and Hogue [1]. While both sets of rubrics focus on the components of an essay, each rubric assesses the language criteria differently. Adopting an experimental design, 10 EFL Arab learners enrolled in the Preparatory English Course at the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia participated in the pilot study. The participants were randomly assigned into two groups. Both groups were asked to write an academic essay of 250 words, later assessed one essay written by a peer in the other group. Group A used Peer Assessment Rubric A, while Group B used Peer Assessment Rubric B. All ten essays were assessed by two English lecturers based on an agreed essay marking rubric. The findings indicated that there is no significant difference between the two PA rubrics (PAR A and PAR B) and teachers’ assessment at p < 0.073 and p < 0.097, respectively. This suggests that PAR A and B manage to guide the peer assessors in evaluating essays as similar as their English teachers’ assessment. The preliminary findings suggest that both Peer Assessment Rubrics were suitable for the use of EFL learners in assessing academic essays.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Abdallah Mohammad Salem Almahasneh
AU  - Samsiah Abdul-Hamid
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/13
TI  - Piloting Two Sets of Peer Assessment Rubrics on Arab EFL Learners’ Academic Writing Performance
BT  - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Industrial Revolution (ICSTEIR 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 447
EP  - 451
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210312.073
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210312.073
ID  - Almahasneh2021
ER  -