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We're decentralized and low-tech.

The teachers I have worked with use some version of the attached peer eval form (some have students assign points, some don't).  I *strongly* recommend folks do it at mid-term AND end-of-term.

Then they or a TA type up the comments (and tabulate points, if necessary) and send the info out to each student.  I put together a quick-n-dirty "how to" handout for doing that efficiently.  Also attached.

Takes about 2 hours for a class of 70-90 students.    

-M



-----Original Message-----
From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Connors
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 12:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sometimes it's the small things

Speaking of team evaluations . . .

How do most people handle them?  Do you provide feedback for all  
students or only those who ask for team comments?  Do you give hard  
copies or only report results orally?  Do you edit in any way (e.g.,  
obvious spelling errors, redact especially mean-spirited comments,  
etc.)?

Thanks.

Tim


On Apr 7, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Sweet, Michael S wrote:

> Gang,
>
> As the term comes screeching to a close, I thought it might be nice  
> to share an out-of-the-blue e-mail I just got from a first-time TBL  
> user:
>
> "Dear Michael,
> I loved the team evaluations. Students were very tactful and funny.  
> It doesn't get any better when a student tells another student that  
> they need to come to class more often!"
>
> I know, it's nothing earth-shattering for those of us in the TBL  
> world, but amidst all the grind and groan of the usual resistance,  
> sometimes the quiet but cheerful energy of the newly-converted can  
> put a little spring back into one's step.
>
> :-)
>
> -M
>
>
> Michael Sweet, Ph.D.
> Faculty Development Specialist
> Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA)
> University of Texas Austin
> MAI 2206 * (512) 232-1775
>
> "Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions  
> possible." - Todd Witaker

Timothy D. Connors
Professor of Theatre
Central Michigan University

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