I have been using the same method as Molly for the last 10 years. It has worked well for me. Neil On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 11:30 AM Molly Espey < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I only use a final peer evaluation to weight the overall team average for > the contribution to each individual’s final grade. I use a midsemester peer > evaluation for students to get an idea of how it works and how it might > influence their grade, but only the overall final evaluation counts. > > > > I use the method where each student has points equal to ten times the > number of teammates they have, and they have to allocate all of the points > in evaluations but cannot give everyone a ten. In a team of six, for > example, everyone has 50 points to allocate among their 5 teammates. At > least one person will get above 10, at least one below, and some may get a > 10. The average is used to weight the team score for each individual with a > max of 100% provided for that portion of the individual’s grade. I also > request comments to support the evaluations given. > > > > Molly Espey, Professor > > John E. Walker Department of Economics > > 312H Wilbur O. and Ann Powers Hall > > Clemson University > > Clemson, SC 29634 > > > > [image: Tiger_CB__copur] > > > > > > > > *From:* Team-Based Learning <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *Carter, > Neal > *Sent:* Friday, April 7, 2023 12:16 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Peer evaluation guidance > > > > Hi John, I have a few of questions for your consideration. Could you > simply use the iRAT scores as the adjustment for quizzes? If they are > scoring high or low on the iRAT, would that be enough to provide the > accountability you seek? My understanding > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > > *This Message Is From an External Sender * > > Use caution when opening links or attachments if you do not recognize the > sender. > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > > > > Hi John, > > I have a few of questions for your consideration. > > 1. Could you simply use the iRAT scores as the adjustment for > quizzes? If they are scoring high or low on the iRAT, would that be enough > to provide the accountability you seek? My understanding was that peer > evaluation scores would be used to adjust complex applications or be > treated as a separate grading category. > 2. Could you set upper and lower bands on how they can rate anyone who > showed up for the RAT? (For those absent, I let my students choose what % > of the team score to give the missing member without affecting the team > score. I encourage them to set their own rules on how this will be > handled, such as requiring notification if they won’t be there or number of > times they get a pass.) > 3. Could you establish a rule that no one will receive more than 100% > or 105% of what the tRAT was worth? > > Hope this helps! > > Neal Carter > > Professor of Political Science > > Brigham Young University—Idaho > > > > *From:* Team-Based Learning <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *John > Gotwals > *Sent:* Thursday, April 06, 2023 1:59 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Peer evaluation guidance > > > > Hi all, > > I’m looking for some peer evaluation guidance. > > I use peer evaluations to adjust students’ averages across the team > quizzes. I use the Fink Method to conduct this adjustment. This is where > the ratio of the student’s average peer evaluation score and the team’s > average peer evaluation score is multiplied against their average across > the team quizzes. > > This works great, except in cases where there is one team member that gets > a peer evaluation score that’s much, much lower than their teammates. This > pulls down the team average and results in the person with the low > evaluation taking a big hit on their team quiz score while the other team > members get a big boost (sometimes adjusting their team quiz scores well > above 100%). > > To deal with this I’ve thought of treating the team member with the really > low evaluation as an outlier, removing their score from the adjustment > calculations, and just applying a set deduction to their team quiz average. > The challenges with this approach are: > > - What criteria do I use to identify outliers? How much lower do their > peer evaluation scores have to be from those of their teammates? > - How much of a set deduction should I apply? > > Has anyone else dealt with this issue? Any suggestions or thoughts? I’m > all ears! > > Thanks, > John > > > > -- > > ********************************* > John K. 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