@article{article_602354, title={OPINIONS of LEARNERS RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF PEER- AND SELF-ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES in ENGLISH WRITING CLASSES}, journal={Dil Dergisi}, pages={70–81}, year={2010}, DOI={10.1501/Dilder_0000000139}, author={Bayat, Özlem}, keywords={Peer-assessment, self-assessment, writing in English}, abstract={The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of English language learners in a university preparatory class related to the practice of peer-assessment andself-assessment in writing courses. A quasi-experimental without a control groupdesign was used in the study and the data was collected by open-ended questionsanswered by the participants in a written form. Content analysis was used to analyze the data and main themes were found by two coders. According to the findings,peer-assessment and self- assessment resulted in positive opinions of students related to reinforcement of learning, self-evaluation, and reinforcement of self-confidence. Few of the participants commented on the possible negative effects}, number={150}, publisher={Ankara University}