Hi Everyone,
I recently finished my second Introductory Psychology course using TBL. I have
a question that is not that complicated but for some reason I can’t get
myself around the math and I want to double check with other TBL users before I
teach it again.
I used the Peer Evaluation form from the TBL book that assigns an average of 10
points, with one 9 and at least one 11 (max 15). A student asked me – so
what does my average have to be to get “perfect” on the peer
evaluations? And I was stumped (I had just never thought of it that way)
The max anyone can get would be 15, so I would assume in the rare case scenario
of one person getting all 15s from their peers that would be
“perfect”. But then, if 10 is average, is 10 “perfect”
(I.e., if someone gets an average of 10, do they get 100% on peer evaluations,
with the possibility for students to get higher than 100%)? (My class picked
30% for the peer evaluations grade weight). Calculating it this way (10 is
100%) increases everyone’s grade quite a bit (about half a letter grade),
which I don’t have a problem with, as long as it is correct!
I am second guessing myself with the math and want some input before I use this
method again.
Thanks so much.
Jorden Cummings Sahl, M.A.
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Depression & Wellness Research Lab (302.831.2215)