When we return the folders with the scores I include a list of the scores of all members of the group, but they are in a list in random order so there is no way to trace those numbers to a name. Obviously in a 5-7 member group, some people will likely be able to figure out some of their team-mates scores, but it is never available. An example of what I turn back: Maximum score for RAT 1: 12 points Individual RAT scores for RAT 1: 12, 10, 6, 10, 11, 8, 7 Ind. RAT average for the group for RAT 1: 9.1 Ind. RAT average for the class for RAT 1: 10.4 Group RAT score for RAT 1: 11 Group RAT average for the class for RAT 1: 11.5 With this information the groups can compare themselves with the rest of the class and know pretty much where they stand. At 02:26 PM 9/9/2004, Michael Bieber wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >The Michaelsen, Knight & Fink book recommends that individual RAT >scores be included in the team folder, so that team members know how >their fellow members are doing in the course. > >Does this mean that the identities of the members are known, or are >the individual scores only shown by ID, so the identity of members >actually remains anonymous within the group? > >Are there sufficient advantages to not keeping individual scores >private (among the team) to warrant this partial lack of privacy? > >Should one give class members the option of remaining anonymous, even >within their teams? > >Thanks! > >Cheers, > >Michael >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael Bieber, Associate Professor > - Collaborative Hypermedia Research Lab (Co-Director) > - IS Ph.D. Program (Director) > - Digital Library Service Integration Project (PI) > > Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://web.njit.edu/~bieber > AOL/MSN/Yahoo Instant Messenger: profbieber > Phone: (973) 596-2681 FAX: (973) 596-5777 [email preferred] > > Information Systems Department (http://is.njit.edu/) > College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology > 5500 Information Technology Center > University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982 USA >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen P. Weldon, Ph.D. History of Science Society Bibliographer Assistant Professor Department of History of Science 601 Elm St., Room 622 The University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 Personal email: [log in to unmask] Isis Bibliography: [log in to unmask] Phone: 405-255-5187 Fax: 405-325-2363 ------------------------------------------------------------