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One thing I do at a somewhat early point in the semester (and I know I
got the idea from someone on this list but I'm afraid I can't recall
who) is at the end of a class, have students write down the name of
the teammate "who contributed most to your learning today" and provide
one or two sentences about what that person did that was helpful. Then
I email individual students who are named by their teammates and share
some of the comments. This is easier than doing a full team evaluation
but could make the 'good' student at least feel his teammates
appreciate him, or it might bring to light whether his teammates share
his impression of him doing more than his share.
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Daniel Williams
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> Everybody:
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> Note: This is in an introductory biology class of 150 (25 teams).
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> This problem was brought to me by a student today and doesn't seem to be a
> result of a poorly designed assignment. One student in a team feels like he
> is "carrying the weight" for his team on some assignments, particularly on
> team RATs. The grades do support his argument to a degree. To this point
> they have completed 3 RATs and he has the highest average on individual
> RATs, but there is no clear break between him and the other students. Two
> other students in his team are right behind him. Thus I feel like this is a
> psychological problem more than a real "social-loafing" problem.
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> Do any of you have special techniques that you use to defuse these
> psychological problems? I was just thinking of moving up the mid-course
> peer evaluations, so all of the other members know how he feels.
>
> Dan
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