Student and Instructor group assessment
Would assessing skills by discussion as a group work in the medical diagnostic field? It demands everyone's participation because the technical or skill time is total participation per student, and by group assessment via discussion, all students benefit with what to do, and what not to do to perform the skill. Benefits are learning the equipment, improving hands on skills as well as learning protocols for exam. please comment as to whether or not this is set up for failure for students who are for example "shy".
Sarah
Hi Sarah - Thanks for your post to the forum. I think that if you know the skill level of your more shy students by observing their individual performance, I see no problem with discussion type assessments. However, weighting the discussion assessment would be something to consider. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
