<p>A peer graded assignment can be graded anonymously. In this
case the names (and any photos) of the students doing the grading
are not shown. Only the (file) names of the submissions are used to identify
- the peices of work being graded. </p>
+ the pieces of work being graded. </p>
<p>When the peer graded assignment is not graded anonymously, the
pieces of work are shown with the names (and any photos) of the
<ol>
<li>The teacher's grade for their submitted work. This is optional and will be
used if the teacher actually assesses the student's work. If the student submits
- more than one peice of work the "best" grade is used. Here, best
+ more than one piece of work the "best" grade is used. Here, best
means the piece of work with the highest weighted combination of teacher's
grade and peer grade...</li>
<li>The average of the peer grades for their submitted work. Again if the student
- submits more than one peice of work the "best" grade is used. The
+ submits more than one piece of work the "best" grade is used. The
peer grade can optionally
include the teacher's grade. This grade would be included if the number of
peer gradings is very low or it is thought that the peer gradings are suspect
averages for each of the submissions they assessed. In general this component
should NOT be given a high weighting.</li>
<li>The student's reliability in grading peer work. This is a measure on how well
- a students grades follow the peer average for the peices of work they
+ a students grades follow the peer average for the pieces of work they
assessed. The measure discounts the student bias and averages the absolute
differences between their grades and the peer average grades. In theory if
- the students gives high marks for good peices of work and low marks for poor
+ the students gives high marks for good pieces of work and low marks for poor
pieces of work their reliability will be high. If it is suspected that the students in
general are poor assessors then the teacher's grades should be included into
the ppeer averages, this should make the reliability values more meaningful.
<p>In other type of asessments, you are asked to determine if various items
are present or absent, in others you are asked to choose which statement best
- fits the peice of work. In both of these assignments you can adjust the grade
+ fits the piece of work. In both of these assignments you can adjust the grade
somewhat as you see fit.</p>
<p>The last box on this form allows you to make a general comment on the
time has elapsed the teacher's comment is made available to the student. The
"grading grade", however, is not revealed to the student until the
final grades are made available. (The reason for this is the likely confusion
- between the grade for the peice of work and the grade for the ASSESSMENT
+ between the grade for the piece of work and the grade for the ASSESSMENT
of that work, at an early stage of an assignment the distinction will not be
clear to students.)</p>
<p align="center"><b>Number of Attachment expected on Submissions</b></p>
<p>The number entered here determines how many "upload boxes" are
- shown when the student submits a peice of work. The number can be zero,
+ shown when the student submits a piece of work. The number can be zero,
that is no attachments are allowed. If attachments are expected, the number
is set to 1, 2, up to 5. Normally the number will be 0 or 1, but in some
assignments the students may be asked to submit more than one attachment.</p>