Factors influencing self and peer assessment experiences among students / Rafizan Abdul Razak and Akma Hidayu Dol @ Abdul Wahid

Self and peer assessment are important tools in the educational process, especially in higher education. There are several factors that influence the effectiveness and outcomes of these assessment methods among students. The following are five (5) of key factors that can be found in literatures (as shown in Figure 1). Self-Efficacy and Confidence: Students with higher values of Self-belief and maturity are more likely to have a higher confidence level and know about their abilities in completing any task given or assignment. Normally those students can accurately assess their own grade achievement as what they aim to accomplish. On the other hand, students with low self-efficacy are more likely to have the tendency to affect the assessment estimation by either overstating or understating the marks for other team members (Fathi et al., 2021; Nicol et al., 2021). Research done by Panadero et al. (2013) highlighted that transparency of assessment criteria and feedback in formative assessment if shared directly with the students will also help to reduce anxiety, improve self-efficacy and self-regulation among students.