Abstract
This study aims to investigate the process of online peer assessment implementation in a writing activity and to find out the students’ responses toward the implementation of online peer assessment in learning writing skills. This research uses a qualitative approach and case study as the research design. The data were collected with the triangulation data by observation, interview, and documentation. Observation checklist, in-depth interview, and documentation used as data retrieval instruments. The subject of this study is an English teacher and students of class XI TKJ 1 at SMKN 1 Rawamerta. The result of this study shows that the implementation of peer assessment in writing skills is very effective to help the students in learning writing and evaluating learning process. Before the implementation of peer assessment, the students were not able to recognize their mistakes in detail, they could only find out about the numerical score, and did not know about how to assess. Based on the result obtained, it is concluded that teaching writing to the students’ responses toward the use of peer assessment was positive. It can be seen from the attitude and enthusiasm. Students agreed that peer assessment is a very effective technique used in writing activities. It can be concluded that online peer assessment can be applied both in writing and speaking as well as an important part of the move towards more forms of participatory learning. There is a need to apply it in the schools and universities since it is more adaptable to modern developments in the assessment of learning outcomes.
Highlights
Writing skill is emphasized on refining by students themselves
There are many reason for choosing this site: 1) Because the school is still active in the learning process that relate to the English skill via online; 2) The researchers have had a quite connection to the school through distance learning; and 3) The English teacher who have implemented peer assessment in learning process, is a graduate student of UNSIKA which made it easier to cooperate with the teacher in this research
The chart above explains the online peer assessment process in nurturing students' writing skills. This procedure has been applied to class XI TKJ 1 in writing learning, this is elaborated as follow: The first phase on the introduction the teacher introduced about concept of peer assessment
Summary
Writing skill is emphasized on refining by students themselves. It can be traced from pre-observation data that the students are used to write English through their capacity. They do not have proper suggestions on how to refine their writing. Based on the curriculum of Vocational High School in the standard of competency, one of the objectives of the English subject is that the students can develop their competency of communication in oral and written form to achieve an informational literacy level (Diknas, 2006: 308). The objective of the English subject above means that the students are expected to communicate either in writing skills or in writing
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