Whether or not it's a problem depends on the specifics of how your overall
grading system works. I've always used a system where each member
distributes an average of 10 points to the OTHER members and, when you have
a really weak member, the opposite is more of a concern (i.e. it's an
advantage to the "workers"). That's because:
1) Almost with exception, the non-contributors spread their points out as
evenly as the distribution rules will allow. Thus, none of the "workers"
gets a score that, by itself, is likely to have a significant impact on his
or her grade.
2) the non-contributor will get very few points from the "workers"--thus,
they (the "workers") have more points to distribute to each other."
In general, my advice would be to tell the worried students to be honest in
their evaluations and let nature take its course. If you don't think
justice has been done, then you might want to take an action that corrects
the problem--but still treats everyone in the class in the same way. For
example, you might consider is tossing out EVERYONE's highest and lowest
scores and see if that solves the problem without creating any inequities
in other groups.
I hope this helps. Good luck.
Larry
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Tom Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A situation came up for me where a team of students wanted to know how a
> team member who missed a few RATs, when present rarely contributed, and
> almost always left at the break to miss the application exercises could
> fairly evaluate the team members on the peer evaluation form I distributed.
> They were concerned that their own evaluations would be unfairly skewed
> because the 'absent' student may evaluate on criteria irrelevant to the
> exercise. What would you do?
>
> tom
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