The assessment of students in community settings faces unique difficulties. Since students are usually posted in small groups in different community settings and since the learning (largely) takes place outside the classroom, assessing student performance becomes an intrinsically complex endeavor. In this article, the proposition is made and tested that peers may be used to accurately assess particular aspects of performance, in particular those which need extensive and close observation. Examples are: Effort displayed while working in a community, quality of the interaction with that community, display of leadership, and subject-matter contributions.

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doi.org/1009786129941, hdl.handle.net/1765/2898
Advances in Health Sciences Education
Department of Psychology

Schmidt, H., Dolmans, D., Abdel-Hameed, A., & Mohi Eldin, M. (1998). Assessing students in community settings: the role of peer evaluation. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 3(1), 3–13. doi:1009786129941