Oral Questioning &

Peer Appraisal
Submitted to: Dr. Shafqat Hussain
Submitted by: Saira Kazim(Roll No. 1355)

M.Phil Education (2nd Semester)

Riphah Internationa Univesity, FSD

CONTENT

Introduction
Oral Questioning
Purposes of Oral Questioning
Characteristics of Oral Questioning
Types of Oral Questioning
Peer Appraisal
Purpose of Peer Appraisal
Criteria of Good Peer Evaluation
Process of Peer Appraisal
Advantages of Peer Appraisal
Disadvantages of Peer Appraisal
Sample Peer Evaluation Form

ORAL QUESTIONING

Its an effective way to stimulate

students
motivation
and
participation
it focuses students attention and
develops interest and curiosity.
It
provides
students
with
opportunities
to
practice
selfexpression.

CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD ORAL QUESTIONS

Well planned questions

Simple and carefully arranged words
and phrases
Clarity of meaning
Use of interrogative
Consider the level of instruction

TYPES OF ORAL QUESTIONING

Open Questions
What, Why, When, Who and the
statements can be: "tell me about",
"give me examples of".

Closed Questions
require a yes or no answer
useful for checking facts

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Specific questions
Use to determine facts
"How much did you spend on that".

Probing questions
check for more detail or clarification
allow the tutor to explore specific areas

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Hypothetical questions
Pose a theoretical situation in the
future
"What would you do if?'

PEER

According to the Mariam Webster

Dictionary,
Peer is
a person who belongs to the same age
group or
social group as someone
else.

PEER APPRAISAL

Peer assessment involves students

taking responsibility for assessing the
work
of
their
peers
against
setassessment criteria.

PURPOSE OF PEER ASSESSMENT

To enhance learning (for assessor and assessee)

To encourage student autonomy

To develop critical judgement

Brown and Glasner (1999)

PEER ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK ACTIVITIES GIVE STUDENTS

OPPORTUNITIES TO:

Internalize the criteria

Learn from examples

Receive feedback

PROCESS TO START PEER ASSESSMENT

Assess against criteria

where criteria have not been met.

Teacher may suggest ways to improve.

Students identify success and a place

for improvement, and make the
improvement independently.

ADVANTAGES OF PEER APPRAISAL

Encourages student involvement and

responsibility
Focuses on the development of
students judgment skills.
Provides more relevant feedback
can reduce a lecturer's marking load
Can help reduce the free rider

DISADVANTAGES OF PEER APPRAISAL

reluctance of one or more to participate in

process
general dislike of assessing/judging friends
character conflicts
time consuming
lack of evaluative/assessment skills
lack of accuracy of peer grading
legal issues relating to degree classification

Peer Assessment Form

Student being assessed:_______________________

Student making the assessment:_________________

For each aspect, rate the student on a scale from A

to D using the following guide:
A: did this very well
B: did this adequately
C: did this less than adequately D: did this poorly
(Issacs, G. (2002) Assessing Group Tasks. Teaching and Educational
Development Institute. Queensland, Australia)

General Aspect
Group Process

Specific Aspect
Attended a large majority of group
meetings
Maintained contact with other group
members
Communicated constructively to
discussion
Generally was cooperative in group
activities
Asked useful questions

The task

Encouraged and assisted other group

members
Made a genuine attempt to complete
all jobs agreed by the group
Made an intellectual contribution to
the completion of the task
Did (at least) their fair share of the
work
Read and commented in a timely
manner on drafts of the report
Contributed a significant amount
(measured in ideas as well as words)
to the report

Overall

Based on your ratings and comments

above, this students contribution
overall on this group task

Comment

Rating

SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Why do you want to work for this company? Why are you
interested in this job?
Have you done this kind of work before?
What kind of training or qualifications do you have?
Tell me about yourself. Why should we hire you?
What do you do in your spare time?
What do you think of working in a group?
How do you react to instruction and criticism?
With the kind of work experience you have had, do you think
this job would bore you?
How well do you work under pressure or tight deadlines?
What are your long-term goals or career plans?
What five words would be describe you?

THANK YOU