STUDENTS PEER-EVALUATION PROCESS: A CASE STUDY IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

In this study, the authors performed peer-evaluation analysis towards students who have completed their group assignment as part of their overall grades at the end of 2016. The objective of this data collection is to understand each of their respective performance and their ability to grade their fellow students. A hidden purpose of this study is to measure the behavior of each of the students, to value their partnership with their friends, in correlation with their works. For this study, the authors employ nine questions in the peer evaluation forms, with four level of values, ranging from the value of one (strongly disagree) to the value of four (strongly agree). The objects of this study are 202 students from two parallel classes in the same teaching subject. From this study, we can see that the score that the students provided are varying high, above 30, from the possible maximum score of 36. One unique phenomenon that we found is that the students tend to give moderate to higher score towards their teammates while giving themselves a slightly lower score. In conclusion, some unique traits can be uncovered from this preliminary study about the peer-evaluation process for students in Malaysia. The base findings on this study can be replicated in the other Southeast Asian country, such as Indonesia or Thailand, to understand more about whether culture, habits, loyalty, and belief systems affect the student's’ performance during their education time.