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For what it's worth...

I have found it helpful to do a couple of things.  I first provide feedback about team performance in comparison with individual performance (something discussed in Michaelsen's book).  I also ask that the students sit separate from their teams and I ask that there be no talking during the team maintenance evaluation.  Finally, I have my teams sign a statement that says...

The team maintenance score, in team-based learning, is worth 10% of the course grade.  It is meant to reward those who contributed the most to your team's productivity.  There are a variety of ways that your teammates might have contributed.  We all have different strengths.  Some might have taken good notes for the RATs.  Some might have prepared the appeals.  Some might have typed the narratives or drawn the maps.  In addition, you might want to consider attendance, preparation for and involvement in the Integrative Assignments, and willingness to be involved, enthusiasm, or cooperativeness.

I hereby certify that I have read the paragraph above and have provided an honest assessment of my the contribution of my teammates to our team's productivity.  My team maintenance scores are not based on any 'in or out of class' agreements among my teammates and myself to distribute points in a particular way (i.e., in a way that does not reflect the quality or quantity of individual efforts.



Karla

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Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:59 PM
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Subject: Peer Evaluation


Ok, so I am following the Michaelsen peer evaluation and what I thought
would happen happened. One team's members clearly so loved each other that
they couldn't bear for any team member to get fewer points; they must have
put their heads together because--what a coincidence--they each ended up
with the same overall peer maintanance scores. Has anyone else run into
this? Is there/should there be a remedy? I knew this team would have trouble
with it since they have bonded so closely and their work was always so well
done (no complaints about teammates that they apparently didn't work out).