Incorporating self and peer assessment with tutor assessment in evaluating student group work

In tertiary educations, most of the courses are having group projects as one of the part of assessments in their curriculum. In computer science, especially for software engineering students the group projects are providing the necessary skills to gear for project management, have experiences in playing and maintaining different roles and members within the project group. Traditionally, the evaluators awards the marks or grades for the individuals or group members based on the contribution and coordination’s within the group for the project. Sometimes the awarded marks for the students may be unfair to undeserving students or serving students, based on verbalized performance or oral presentation only. This paper is focused on the impact of group projects in course curriculum and the importance of self and peer assessments in accessing student’s grade for the group projects. Surveys, interviews are conducted with the students and staff members to find the impact of the recommended approach in accessing the group project.