Its often recommended that there be a midterm peer eval. Christine Maguire Bunker Hill Community College Charlestown, MA Early Childhood Ed On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Daniel Williams < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Everybody: > > Note: This is in an introductory biology class of 150 (25 teams). > > 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. > > 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 > -- > ******************************************************** > Daniel Williams > Department of Biology > Georgia Southern University > Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 > (912) 478-7794 > Fax: (912) 478-0845 >