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  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!)
This is a problem that I have encountered as well. I have two possible solutions. First, you could add an element to the rubric that has students grade each other. Students tend to be honest doing this. Second, put your students who do not carry their own weight into their own group. Either some of them will step up to the challenge if they see no one else is doing the work, or they will fail because they have not shown the skills to pass the standard.
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I think this is a good and well thought out solution.
Rated On: October 12, 2015 12:16 pm
Rated By: Natalie Taylor
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I think this is an interesting idea and I really like the idea about having the students grade each other.
Rated On: October 14, 2018 10:16 pm
Rated By: zuMuGe