Sharmaian,
It's nice to see that others are doing similar things. You have great steps to follow.
Thanks!
definately well executed on that one Dr.Tena.I usually ensure everyone participates the very similar way you'd listed. 1) appointing a leader of the group ensures communication and knowing progress of the group 2) topic that has been chosen has to be interesting 3) frequent reviews on the group performance and teamwork gives me an idea on the progression of the group 4) pointing out the weak ones and advising them on the importance in participating 5) alloting each member an assignment of the topic example in a medical research , i assign each member to look up on causes , prevention , treatment , signs and symptoms and putting all the information as a whole at the end 6)penalizing the least participant by asking him/her to do their own research by themselves
Miranda,
You have been busy today! ;-) I'm glad. I typically do two things.
1) Assign individual roles to students in the group. I use the following:
Leader: They ask the group "How are we going to complete this project? Then, organizes the meetings, makes decisions, leads group.
Facilitator: Makes sure everyone is involved. They may have to send emails to talk to people or prompt them to participate. They must also participate (obviously)
Recorder: Records what decisions were made by group; sort of like a secretary. They can send out reminders about meeting or what should be done by what deadline. Of course the leader should too.
Reporter: This is the person that puts together everything the groups been doing (of course wiht help from everyone!). Then, he/she reports to the class or teacher (oral or written) or works with the leader to make sure everyone is involved.
As for the group grade/individual grade, I use a peer evaluation sheet. I don't know if I can explain it clearly here, but I'll try.
Step 1: Whatever the project, a rubric is used to determine the overall group project grade. For this example, assume the group project grade was assessed and a 90 was earned.
Step 2: Group members assess themselves and each other group member. These assessments are done anonymously among the group members. Only the instructor sees the completed peer assessments. The assessment is based on up to 10 points per item below for a maximum total of 100 per person:
Whether the person
was prepared for meetings.
communicated ideas clearly.
completed work promptly.
worked well with others overall.
exhibited dependability.
displayed a courteous attitude and listens carefully to others.
showed tolerance for others’ ideas.
took a leadership role.
provided quality contributions.
provided contributions in quantity.
Step 3: Each group member submits a peer assessment to the instructor for analysis.
Step 4: The instructor averages each group member’s ratings.
Example: Matthew, Candice and Jackson are the group members. The group members have rated themselves and other group members based on the peer evaluation as follows:
Matthew rated:
Himself 100, Candice 95, Jackson 98
Candice rated: Matthew 95, Herself 95, Jackson 100
Jackson rated: Matthew 90, Candice 90, Himself 99
Step 5: The instructor averages each person rating as follows:
Matthew: 100 + 95 + 90 = 285 / 3 = 95%
Candice: 95 + 95 + 90 = 280 / 3 = 93%
Jackson: 98 + 100 + 99 = 297 / 3 = 99%
Step 6: Based on each group member’s average rating, an individual grade is calculated for each student. Hence, each group member may receive a different individual grade on the project. The instructor uses these averages (percentages) and multiplies them times 90 (the group grade) to determine the individual grades as follows:
Matthew: 90 (group grade) * 95% (peer evaluation average) = 86 individual grade
Candice: 90 (group grade) * 93% (peer evaluation average) = 84 individual grade
Jackson: 90 (group grade) * 99% (peer evaluation average) = 89 individual grade
Step 8: The instructor records the individual grade for each group member.
It may seem difficult, because I had to type a lot, but it's really not and the students become responsible for their part of group work.
It's just something that works for me. I've been using this peer evaluation for about 15 years.
