Hi all, 

I am currently teaching a course in critical appraisal in which I am using a TBL format (for the first time!). At the beginning of the semester I let the students weight the different components of their grade. They collectively agreed to have the peer-evaluation be worth 15% of their total grade, despite me telling them that I would make stipulations that they could not simply give everyone 100%. 

In doing the peer evaluations, my thought process has been to create a class average of 85%, so that students are limited in the points they can give out (i.e., if you have a group of 5, you have 340 points to assign for the four other peers in your group). 

Given this is my first shot at this, I would love to hear any feedback or advice from others.  Thanks!!!
		
William V. Massey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy 
School of Health Professions 
Concordia University Wisconsin
Office: HS 143
262-243-2073
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