%0 Journal Article
%T PeerWise: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Web
%A Anthea G. Blunden
%A Geoffrey Saw
%A Jason M. Lodge
%A Meredith McKague
%A Piers D. L. Howe
%J Psychology Learning & Teaching
%@ 1475-7257
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1475725718764181
%X Testing can do more than just determine what a student knows; it can aid the learning process, a phenomenon known as the testing effect. There is a growing trend for students to create and share self-assessment questions in their subject, as advocated by the contributing-student pedagogy (CSP). For subjects with large enrolments, this process can be facilitated by educational technology. PeerWise is an example of such technology. It is free, web-based software that allows students to author, share, answer, and provide feedback on multiple-choice quizzes in a collaborative and constructivist fashion. While it is popular, it is unclear to what degree it facilitates student learning. To evaluate its effectiveness, we introduced PeerWise into a second-year psychology subject. We measured the extent to which it increased scores in the final exam. We found that PeerWise did significantly increase exam scores, so was a useful learning aid
%K Computer-based learning
%K contributing-student pedagogy
%K collaborative learning
%K online learning
%K interactive learning environments
%K learning communities
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1475725718764181