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What is a peer moderator?
Peer moderation is a kind of collaborative learning in which “people from similar social groupings who are not professional teachers help each other to learn, and learn themselves by teaching” (Topping, 1996, p. 322).
What is moderation process?
Moderation is a quality assurance process that ensures appropriate standards. It is a process for ensuring that marks or grades are awarded appropriately and consistently. Moderation involves checking and reviewing assessment schemes, items and assessor judgments.
Why is moderation important in training?
Moderation is an essential part of ensuring integrity in assessment tasks. It is through this process, particularly at the assessment design and point of assessment stages, that issues of assessment validity and reliability are identified and improved.
