Jennifer -
I have my students complete the peer evaluations in class (on paper) on
the last class day of the semester, which eliminates the possibility of
students "forgetting" to do them. I have to enter their peer evaluation
scores by hand into my grade spreadsheet, but that isn't a huge problem
as my classes are relatively small (usually 10-30 students).
- Mark
On 1/3/2013 9:27 AM, Jennifer Imazeki wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone else had issues with students who do not complete the team
> evaluations at the end of the semester? My students complete theirs
> online, though the LMS, and there are always a couple students who
> 'forget'. This fall, there were more than usual (at least seven out of
> a class of 55); one team was particularly bad so the resulting scores
> only came from three of the six members. I do make the consequence
> fairly severe - if they do not complete the evaluations, then they do
> not get to use the Team RA scores (that is, the weight that would have
> been given to the Team RAs is instead given to their individual RAs,
> which are generally substantially lower). For most students, this has
> the effect of lowering their final semester grade by at least a
> plus/minus, sometimes more. Of course, when they see their grade, THEN
> they remember that they were supposed to do the evaluations but it's
> too late since all the grades are submitted. But I've had to deal with
> a lot of whining...
>
> What strategies do you all use to make sure the evaluations get done?
>
> thanks,
> Jennifer
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> Jennifer Imazeki
> Department of Economics
> San Diego State University
> homepage: jenniferimazeki.com <http://jenniferimazeki.com>
> Economics for Teachers blog: http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com
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