Trends in Practical Student Peer-review

Abstract

While much of the literature on student peer-review focusses on the success (or otherwise) of individual activities in specific classes (often implemented as part of scholarly research projects) there is little by way of published data giving an overview of the range and variety of such activities as used in practice. As the creators, administrators and maintainers of the Aropa Peer review tool, we have unique access to meta-information about peer-review assessments conducted in classes in institutions across the world, together with the variety of class sizes, subjects, rubric design etc. We reported on some of the key assessment configuration data in a 2018 publication covering a period of eight years; here we provide an update on this data, five years later, with particular comment on trends, academic discipline coverage and the possible effect of online delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.