Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Pitfall in Group Work You have created a small group project and have intentionally divided the rubric to include some individual grades, but most of the 100 pts are collaborative. You know that a student has not been pulling their own weight in a group and you also wrestle with the fact that by not doing the work he/she has not proven mastery of the skills you were assessing, yet will still earn a passing grade. How do you address this? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Students are generally honest with themselves and each other. Group assessments in my opinion should be used with other types of assessments to show mastery. For the collaborative aspects of group assignments, have students rate themselves as well as each other for participation in the activity. A combination of both rating along with your observation and a simple individual assessment of the task should help to determine if the student has mastered the required skill.