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Its often recommended that there be a midterm peer eval.
Christine Maguire
Bunker Hill Community College
Charlestown, MA
Early Childhood Ed

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Daniel Williams <
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> Everybody:
>
> Note:  This is in an introductory biology class of 150 (25 teams).
>
> This problem was brought to me by a student today and doesn't seem to be a
> result of a poorly designed assignment.  One student in a team feels like he
> is "carrying the weight" for his team on some assignments, particularly on
>  team RATs.  The grades do support his argument to a degree.  To this point
> they have completed 3 RATs and he has the highest average on individual
> RATs, but there is no clear break between him and the other students.  Two
> other students in his team are right behind him.  Thus I feel like this is a
> psychological problem more than a real "social-loafing" problem.
>
> Do any of you have special techniques that you use to defuse these
> psychological problems?  I was just thinking of moving up the mid-course
> peer evaluations, so all of the other members know how he feels.
>
> Dan
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