Hello,
We were wondering how others handle the issue of students who do not take peer evaluation seriously. We currently use iPeer and the Koles method but the results don’t count toward a grade. With 2 classes of 200 students each and limited resources, it’s difficult to provide individual feedback to students regarding the quality of their comments. Students who make inappropriate comments are reported for lack of professionalism but this happens very rarely. Much more common issues include students copying and pasting identical feedback for multiple team members, using brief one-word responses or stating in the self-evaluation that their own performance is perfect. They’ve been addressed as a class regarding this and are given examples of helpful/unhelpful responses but there currently are no individual or team consequences. We’ve considered several options including grading the responses (probably not viable for us at this time), reporting all students whose responses don’t meet a minimum standard for lack of professionalism or making the entire group re-do the evaluation if any team member fails to take it seriously. We’d love to hear how the rest of you handle this type of behavior. Many thanks!
Regards,
Kristie Bridges
Kristie Grove Bridges, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
WVSOM
400 N Lee St
Lewisburg, WV 24901