An Application of Peer Review for Art Education: A Tablet PC Becomes a Language for Students Who are Hard of Hearing

This paper reports on a classroom practice that focuses on the effectiveness of peer review in drawing picture education for hard-of-hearing students. We developed a peer review application for art in special education (PRAISE). PRAISE consists of a basic evaluation function and a direct comment function that has been implemented in a tablet PC. We followed up on 2 sets of 30 artworks over two years and compared the results of paper review and using our application. We found that the hard-of-hearing students enjoyed collaborative learning using the application. We proposed an improved design of the peer review application for art education that would be useful for hard-of-hearing students.