Hi all,
Has anyone else had issues with students who do
not complete the team evaluations at the end of the semester?
My students complete theirs online, though the LMS, and there
are always a couple students who 'forget'. This fall, there
were more than usual (at least seven out of a class of 55);
one team was particularly bad so the resulting scores only
came from three of the six members. I do make the consequence
fairly severe - if they do not complete the evaluations, then
they do not get to use the Team RA scores (that is, the weight
that would have been given to the Team RAs is instead given to
their individual RAs, which are generally substantially
lower). For most students, this has the effect of lowering
their final semester grade by at least a plus/minus, sometimes
more. Of course, when they see their grade, THEN they remember
that they were supposed to do the evaluations but it's too
late since all the grades are submitted. But I've had to deal
with a lot of whining...
What strategies do you all use to make sure the
evaluations get done?
thanks,
Jennifer