Team working and Peer Assessment: The assessment process as an aid to effective learning in creative group project work

A case study describing 'Team-working'  a level two module undertaken by 45 Interior Architecture and Interior Design students at the University of Teesside. The aim is for students to work together in small groups to simulate design practice. Such collaboration encourages the sharing of learning approaches and provides students with opportunities to develop team leadership skills. Self and peer assessment in group work can ensure a greater sense of fairness in the marking and enhances student understanding of assessment criteria and learning outcomes helping them become more effective learners throughout their courses of study.