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Hi Karla and colleagues

I get my students to complete their self and peer evaluations in an
online environment and over a one week period following the last team
assessment.  This allows for confidentiality and reflection.  They can
re do it as many times as they wish during the rating period.  So if
someone is bullying them looking over their shoulder, they can simply do
it again later.

Cheers, Mark
PS. The link describing the software is here
http://www.educ.dab.uts.edu.au/darrall/Sparksite/ .  But I am currently
working on an upgrade to the software to enhance it and overcome some
niggly bugs in it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Team Learning Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Kubitz, Karla
Sent: Saturday, 17 December 2005 5:34 AM
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Subject: Re: Peer Evaluation

For what it's worth...

I have found it helpful to do a couple of things.  I first provide
feedback about team performance in comparison with individual
performance (something discussed in Michaelsen's book).  I also ask that
the students sit separate from their teams and I ask that there be no
talking during the team maintenance evaluation.  Finally, I have my
teams sign a statement that says...

The team maintenance score, in team-based learning, is worth 10% of the
course grade.  It is meant to reward those who contributed the most to
your team's productivity.  There are a variety of ways that your
teammates might have contributed.  We all have different strengths.
Some might have taken good notes for the RATs.  Some might have prepared
the appeals.  Some might have typed the narratives or drawn the maps.
In addition, you might want to consider attendance, preparation for and
involvement in the Integrative Assignments, and willingness to be
involved, enthusiasm, or cooperativeness.

I hereby certify that I have read the paragraph above and have provided
an honest assessment of my the contribution of my teammates to our
team's productivity.  My team maintenance scores are not based on any
'in or out of class' agreements among my teammates and myself to
distribute points in a particular way (i.e., in a way that does not
reflect the quality or quantity of individual efforts.



Karla

-----Original Message-----
From: Team Learning Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Maureen Jonason
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:59 PM
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Subject: Peer Evaluation


Ok, so I am following the Michaelsen peer evaluation and what I thought
would happen happened. One team's members clearly so loved each other
that
they couldn't bear for any team member to get fewer points; they must
have
put their heads together because--what a coincidence--they each ended up
with the same overall peer maintanance scores. Has anyone else run into
this? Is there/should there be a remedy? I knew this team would have
trouble
with it since they have bonded so closely and their work was always so
well
done (no complaints about teammates that they apparently didn't work
out).