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I give them 2 interim teamwork behavior evaluations and then the final
one after they complete their final exam. They hand in the final exam
first, pick up the evaluation form, complete it, and turn it back in
before they leave the room. No gaming the system on that one I can
assure you. The only restriction I give them is that they cannot give
anyone more than 150 points and if they give someone a zero (and this
happens) they need to distribute those points over the rest of the team.

Harry Meeuwsen, UTEP


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On Behalf Of Joanna Rayner
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:45 AM
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Subject: Re: evaluations

I encountered that exact problem with regards to the peer evaluation in
TBL. I also had set it up so that they had to give one person in the
team
more than 10 and one less than ten and an individual's score was the
average from their team. Almost the entire class (and I had about 48
teams
- all 2nd year medical students), "gamed it" (so that the average for
each
person worked out as 10). So I wouldn't recommend that set-up!

This term, I'm requiring them to instead give written positive feedback
for
each team member, based on criteria that the team has pre-established.
Attendance at that session and the provision of the feedback will gain
them
the points associated with the peer evaluation (which is just 2 out of
an
overall course 260).

If anyone has suggestions on how to get them to give REAL feedback (and
not
just: "you are great, what a good job", etc, etc) that would be much
appreciated. Is this reluctance to provide constructive but critical
feedback just because they don't like doing it - or do they just not
know
how to provide this?

Joanna
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J.C. Rayner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology,
School of Medicine,
St. George's University,
Grenada, West Indies.
Tel:  (00) 1 473 444 4175 Ext. 2100
Fax: (00) 1 473 439 1845
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