Hi-
I have used a similar format as Mark, but I have students complete their evaluations after they have taken their final exam. This seems to be the best way to get feedback from all of the students. The downside is that I have to manually compute their scores.
Bob
Bob Brekken
Department of History
Central Lakes College
501 West College Drive
Brainerd, MN 56401
218-855-8190
>>> Mark Stevens 01/03/13 1:18 PM >>>
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
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