Reliability assessment of a peer evaluation instrument in a team-based learning course

Authors

Joy Wahawisan
Miguel Salazar
Robin Walters
Fadi M. Alkhateeb
Omar F. Attarabeen, Marshall UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 3-1-2016

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the reliability of a peer evaluation instrument in a longitudinal team-based learning setting.

Methods: Student pharmacists were instructed to evaluate the contributions of their peers. Evaluations were analyzed for the variance of the scores by identifying low, medium, and high scores. Agreement between performance ratings within each group of students was assessed via intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC).

Results: We found little variation in the standard deviation (SD) based on the score means among the high, medium, and low scores within each group. The lack of variation in SD of results between groups suggests that the peer evaluation instrument produces precise results. The ICC showed strong concordance among raters.

Conclusions: Findings suggest that our student peer evaluation instrument provides a reliable method for peer assessment in team-based learning settings.

Comments

This article has been published under a Creative Commons License. Copyright © 2016 The Authors.

Recommended Citation

Wahawisan J, Salazar M, Walters R, Alkhateeb FM, Attarabeen O. Reliability assessment of a peer evaluation instrument in a team-based learning course. Pharmacy Practice. 2016 Jan-Mar;14(1):676. ;14(1):676. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2016.01.676