The purpose of the present study was to describe the peer assessment experience from the
viewpoint of the students themselves in a post-secondary educational institution which
organizes its curriculum according to principles of problem-based learning. Here, assessing
peers’ learning within the team is a continuous (i.e., daily) activity. To that end, a
questionnaire containing statements inquiring about their experiences with peer assessment
was administered to 897 first-year students. Analyses of the data collected demonstrate that
students were generally positive about the peer assessment process. Descriptive statistics
showed that students agreed that peer assessment helped their peers in their learning (69%
agreed); they found the peer assessment process a valuable learning experience (43% agreed),
and contended that they judged their peers in a manner which was honest and unbiased (55%
agreed). The outcomes of a correlational analysis further suggest that those students, who
agreed that the peer assessment enabled them to aid their peers in their learning, regarded the
peer assessment exercise a valuable learning experience, and tend not to let interpersonal
relationships, influenced their judgments of peers. Furthermore, students, who did not
consider the peer assessment process as a valuable learning experience, also claimed to be
less honest and biased when judging their peers.