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| Reply To: | Jackson, John Mark |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:56:31 -0600 |
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How many of you doing peer evaluations require each student to grade at least one person higher and one person lower?
For my mid-term sample peer review, I required that they rank at least one person with more than 20 points and at least one with lower than 20 points. I got a lot of feedback saying that they didn't feel this was fair; they felt everyone in the group strongly contributed and wanted to award all equal points.
I relented on the end-of-term review and about 80% of the groups ranked each other will full points across the board. I am certain that many of the groups put their heads together and agreed to give all equal points.
Other than going back to the "must rank someone high and low" method, anything else I could do to encourage honest evaluations?
I must mention these are all first year professional program students and they are a tight-knit group...teams even more so.
Thanks
John Mark Jackson, OD, MS, FAAO
Southern College of Optometry
1245 Madison Ave, Memphis TN 38104
901-722-3314
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