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A Peer Review Training Workshop: Coaching Students to Give and Evaluate Peer Feedback
- R. Lam
- Psychology
- 19 May 2010
In this article, I demonstrate how I planned and conducted a peer review training workshop to coach my students in giving and responding more effectively to peer feedback. The recommended training… Expand
Language assessment training in Hong Kong: Implications for language assessment literacy
- R. Lam
- Psychology
- 1 April 2015
Despite the call for using assessment to promote effective learning, most language teachers remain underprepared to conduct classroom-based formative assessment and interpret the summative assessment… Expand
The examined life: perspectives of lower primary school students in Hong Kong
- D. Carless, R. Lam
- Psychology
- 4 May 2014
Students have a wide experience of being tested, but their perceptions of assessment are comparatively under-explored. This paper illuminates the perspectives on assessment of a sample of lower… Expand
Two portfolio systems: EFL students’ perceptions of writing ability, text improvement, and feedback
- R. Lam
- Psychology
- 1 April 2013
Abstract Research into portfolio assessment (‘PA’) typically describes teachers’ development and implementation of different portfolio models in their respective teaching contexts, however, not much… Expand
Balancing the dual functions of portfolio assessment
While research on portfolio assessment (PA) has focused largely on the summative aspects of writing assessment, not much has been done to find out its formative potential. Drawing upon student… Expand
Convergence and Divergence of Process and Portfolio Approaches to L2 Writing Instruction: Issues and Implications
- R. Lam
- Sociology
- 31 August 2015
In the L2 writing literature, there has been a rich history of scholarship in theory, research and practice since the 1960s. Two of the most prominent L2 writing approaches are process and portfolio… Expand
Promoting Self-Reflection in Writing: A Showcase Portfolio Approach
- R. Lam
- Economics
- 2018
A process-approach to writing is often overlooked in favour of tests and the products of writing. The Showcase Portfolio Approach was introduced in Hong Kong as a viable alternative to more… Expand
Formative Use of Summative Tests: Using Test Preparation to Promote Performance and Self-Regulation
- R. Lam
- Psychology
- 1 February 2013
The study aims to investigate teachers’ and students’ perspectives of how “the formative use of summative test” (i.e., test preparation) may impact student's performance in internal school tests and… Expand
Understanding EFL Students' Development of Self-Regulated Learning in a Process-Oriented Writing Course.
- R. Lam
- Psychology
- 1 September 2015
This article describes a study which investigated how explicit strategy instruction may shape student use of metacognitive knowledge and in what ways this knowledge promotes self-regulation in the… Expand
Teacher assessment literacy: Surveying knowledge, conceptions and practices of classroom-based writing assessment in Hong Kong
- R. Lam
- Psychology
- 1 April 2019
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