Document Type
Poster
Department
Physics
Presentation Date
Fall 2020
Abstract
Many education experts considers peer-to-peer education as the most effective way for students to learn (Peersdom, 2014). Western Michigan University (WMU) physics laboratories embraces this philosophy and has designed the assessment to be based on the team report. The assumption is that every team member contributed (not necessarily equally) to the work submitted by the team hence every team member should receive the same grade. This is a ubiquitous assessment philosophy in education, and some forms of additional individual assessment in team projects are strongly discouraged (David Boud et al, 1999).
There is no doubt on the effectiveness of peer-to-peer education, but what is questionable is whether David Boud is correct in discouraging a supplementary individual assessment. Team based only assessment has many issues of which some will be discussed in this investigation.
WMU ScholarWorks Citation
Hlatshwayo, Manqoba Q., "Issues and Proposed Solutions to Team Based Assessment in University Physics Labs" (2020). STEM Instructional Graduate Teaching Assistant Posters. 14.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/stem-gta-posters/14