Here is another wonderful response to the group project issue.
Bill Vilberg
305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)
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From: Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher
Education [mailto:POD@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Henderson
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 8:38 AM
To: POD@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [POD] Group assignment grading
Joe,
If the student's story is accurate it means that the professor did a
poor job of setting up the assignment. If the students were to complete
a group project then why were they each graded separately? And, if they
were each graded separately, what is the rationale for averaging their
individual grades? It is this type of use by well-meaning, but not
well-informed faculty that can give group assignments a bad reputation.
According to the Johnson & Johnson model of cooperative learning there
are five essential components. A good description of these and a lot
more information about setting up well-functioning cooperative learning
environments can be found at:
<http://www.foundationcoalition.org/publications/brochures/acl_piiapi.pd
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Charles
>Joseph A Marolla/AC/VCU wrote:
>
>
>>Fellow Poders,
>>
>>I am dealing with a request from the President's office to deal with a
>>student complaint regarding "group assignment grading". The student
>>claims that the professor formed groups of three with assigned group
>>projects. The grade for the project was determined by averaging the
>>three individual student grades. One student received an A, one a C
>>and one an F. The group project grade was then determined to be a C.
>>The student who got the A is complaining that this is not fair.
>>
>>Do any of you have experience with this type of grading which you
>>could share with me both in terms of a general rationale as well as
>>alternative applications? Thanks.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>
>>Dr. Joseph Marolla
>>Center for Teaching Excellence
>>Virginia Commonwealth University
>>James Branch Cabell Library
>>901 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, 301C
>>804-827-0839
>>jmarolla@vcu.edu
>>
>>
>>
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Charles Henderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physics
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5252
269-387-4951
Charles.Henderson@wmich.edu
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~chenders
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