A questionnaire to assess students’ beliefs about peer-feedback

Figures & data

Table 1. Scales and items for the beliefs about the peer-feedback questionnaire.

Scale	Item text
Valuation of peer-feedback as an instructional method (‘VIM’)
	Involving students in feedback through the use of peer-feedback is meaningful
	Peer-feedback within [course] is useful
	Feedback should only be provided by the teaching staff [reversed]
	Removed: Involving students in feedback through the use of peer-feedback is instructive
Confidence in own peer-feedback quality (‘CO’)
	In general, I am confident that the peer-feedback I provide to other students is of good quality
	In general, I am confident that the peer-feedback I provide to other students helps them to improve their work
Confidence in quality of received peer-feedback (‘CR’)
	In general, I am confident that the peer-feedback I receive from other students is of good quality
	In general, I am confident that the peer-feedback I receive from other students helps me to improve my work
Valuation of peer-feedback as an important skill (‘VPS’)
	Being capable of giving constructive peer-feedback is an important skill
	Being capable of dealing with critical peer-feedback is an important skill
	Being capable of improving one’s work based on received peer-feedback is an important skill

Note: All items answered through 5-point Likert scale; For the scales VIM and VPS, the labels range from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree); For scales CO and CR the labels range from 1 (completely not applicable to me) to 5 (completely applicable to me).

Table 2. BPFQ descriptive statistics, reliability indices and scale correlations.

		Biopharmaceutical Science (N = 219)						Education & Child Studies (N = 121)
		Descriptives			Scale correlations			Descriptives			Scale correlations
Scale	Items	Mean	SD	α	CO	CR	VPS	Mean	SD	α	CO	CR	VPS
VIM	3	3.72	0.68	.67	.23**	.32**	.39**	3.84	0.76	.81	.23*	.35**	.32**
CO	2	3.49	0.68	.73	–	.37**	.02	3.71	0.62	.82	–	.43**	.29**
CR	2	3.41	0.65	.78		–	.02	3.64	0.67	.75		–	.29**
VPS	3	4.28	0.54	.76			–	4.23	0.51	.73			–

Note: VIM = Valuation of peer-feedback as instructional method; CR = Confidence in quality of received peer-feedback; CO = Confidence in own peer-feedback quality; VPS = Valuation of peer-feedback as an important skill; * = p < .05 (two-tailed); ** = p ≤ .01 (two-tailed)