Group Work, Peer and Self-Assessment

Peer Learning and Psychological Well-Being

By Maryellen Weimer
March 17, 2017

The reasons we should be letting students learn from and with each other continue to accumulate. Here are highlights from a large cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional study that explored the relationship between psychological well-being and peer learning experiences.

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