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I handle it in two ways:

1) Just don't score applications.  By this time, they are hopefully
"sunk into" the material enough to be eager to see what other teams
think/do and so at least somewhat motivated to do it themselves.

or

2) Have them turn in a SHORT written rationale for why they did what
they did.  It should be something they can write in class, and you can
grade it with any of various rubrics (as long as they know what rubric
you are using).

I like the "team that got the most votes gets a prize" idea, but only as
a playful motivator, not for points.  If it were to be for points, I am
almost certain teams would frequently collude outside of class to ensure
a "tie" just like individuals do with peer evals when those have points
attached.

Good luck!

-Michael

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Subject: Scoring of Applications


Dear All,

As we are getting close to setting up our system in Singapore, I was
wondering how most of you handle the scoring of the applications?

For example, when groups just hold up flash cards - how do you determine
what the group's real/original/final answer is?  Or do you not score
flash card events or do you have the group submit their group answers
first - before they hold up the flash cards?

What if you do some type of project which is posted on the wall and the
teams vote on the best response - Do you give any points to that type of
activity or as one person suggested - take the group that accumulated
the most votes at the end of the (course, year, event) and give them a
prize of some sort?

What if there is a "more" right answer to a project - diagram -
description?  Do you score them on certain pre-determined criteria -
even though the class might vote?

Any other thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks

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Sandy Cook, PhD
Associate Dean, Curriculum Development
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore

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