Hello everyone - 
I¹m curious about the peer evaluation procedures you use. Would you take a
few moments to respond to the following ³straw poll?² In addition, please
feel free to send any thoughts or comments about peer evaluations.

1. How many times do you collect peer evaluations during a term (e.g., once,
twice, after each team activity)?
2. Do you use a numerical peer evaluations (e.g., assigning points or
answering survey items on a 1-to-7 scale), open-ended comments, both, or
something else? 
3. Do you share peer evaluations with students?

In the spirit of sharing, I tell you my answers to the above questions. I
teach undergraduates in large-enrollment sections (N=140) of Introduction to
Psychology. In the past, I¹ve collected peer evaluations at the end of the
term using survey items rated on a 1-to-7 scale and I haven¹t shared peer
evaluations with students (unless they asked about their final grade). This
semester, I¹m experimenting with collecting open-ended comments after each
team activity and sharing those formative comments with students. Its too
early in the semester to determine the effect of the new peer evaluation
procedure but the change got me wondering about the variety of peer
evaluation procedures used by other TBL folks.

Many thanks for your thoughts and time!
lm
Laura Madson, Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Department of Psychology
Box 30001/MSC 3452
Las Cruces, NM 88003
(575) 646-6207
--