Our problem is that we have no way of monitoring whether they complete the feedback forms or not as they complete them on our intranet.  We were unable to find any other way of doing it.  However they have been told that if they don’t complete the forms for each team member they will get zero for the final unit iRAT.  I am hoping that this will be sufficient motivation but as this is our first time only time will tell!

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Jenny

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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jennifer Imazeki
Sent: 03 January 2013 17:27
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Subject: incentivizing team evaluations

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

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Jennifer Imazeki
Department of Economics
San Diego State University
homepage: jenniferimazeki.com
Economics for Teachers blog: http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com