Assessing Peer Performance in PBL Groups: how technology can help
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Explore strengths and weaknesses of online peer evaluation tools and learn how to integrate them in teaching activities to provide timely and confidential feedback.
Assessing Peer Performance in PBL Groups: how technology can help
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Assessing Peer Performance in PBL Groups: how technology can help Carolyn K. Manning Associate Professor Dept of Health, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences University of Delaware Newark, Delaware USA
Objectives Describe strengths & weaknesses of an online peer evaluation tool Implement an online peer evaluation tool in your teaching activities
Questions for the audience • How many of you include peer evaluation in your course requirements? 2. Do you use this model: • Mid-semester • give numerical score/grade & comments • award points toward final grade • End of semester • award points toward final grade
Questions for the audience • What has been your experience with peer evaluations? • Paper form • Time • Feedback: calculations, compiling comments • Quality
A peer evaluation process needs to be: • Easy for students to do in a meaningful & confidential manner • Easy for the instructor to provide feedback in a confidential manner • Timely
Peer evaluation process:Paper form • 3 sections (see handout) • Evaluation scale & Criteria for evaluation • Individual: • group member names & numerical scores • supporting comments • specific strength • Group: • strength • weakness & strategy to overcome
Paper form Advantages • Easy to implement (instructor) • Somewhat easy for students to complete
Paper form Disadvantages • Lots of paper to collect & keep track of (instructor & student) • Time consuming (instructor) due to manual: • tabulations & compilations of comments • Quality of evaluations: • Comments (limited space, superficial) • Inflated numeric scores
Peer evaluation process:Online form • Information Resource Consultant III: John Hall • “Quiz” tool in WebCT (see handout)
Online form • Sections: • Individual performance • letter grade • comments: • strength and/or weakness • specific to research & writing skills • Group performance • strength • weakness & strategy
Online form (see handout)
Online form Advantages • Quality (see handout) • No space restrictions for comments • Easy for students • Time spent • Easy to track student participation • Printed summary reports (see handout)
Online form Disadvantages • Evaluation criteria not listed • Instructor time • Printing reports (~1 hour 5 min for 42 students in 9 PBL groups) • Compiling comments & grade into written feedback for each student (see handout)
Questions? Comments?
What I learned • Online form facilitates the peer evaluation process • More depth by students in supporting comments • Printed individual feedback for each student
How can you have an online peer evaluation form? • PBL WebCT Quiz Generator (see handout) • Download : http://udel.edu/~hall/webct/pblgen • Need IT help