FeedbackFruits Group Member Evaluation structures the process by which students assess the skills and content contributions of themselves and/or fellow students.
With this tool, as a teacher, I can:
- Easily and randomly assign students to the person(s) they have to assess. This can be one or more individual students or a student group;
- Set up a system where students have to assess their own contribution and skills first;
- Set assessment criteria on which students have to assess each other;
- Have students assess each other’s contribution and effort anonymously.
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Why should I use this tool?
- Studenten leren om eerlijk en transparant met elkaar samen te werken.
- Je verkrijgt meer inzicht in het groepsproces en/of de individuele bijdrage van de studenten. Hiermee kun je de individuele beoordelingen aanpassen of bonussen toekennen.
- Je stimuleert studenten om kritisch naar eigen en andermans bijdragen te kijken.
- Voor studenten kan het veiliger voelen om online feedback te geven dan face to face.
- Students learn to work together honestly and transparently.
- You gain more insight into the group process and/or the individual contribution of the students. This allows you to adjust individual assessments or award bonuses.
- You encourage students to look critically at their own and others’ contributions.
- For students it can feel safer to give feedback online than face to face.
What is this tool less suitable for?
- The tool is not suitable for letting people see each other’s submitted work. It is not possible to link a submission to this tool within FeedbackFruits. If you do want to work with submissions, take a look at FeedbackFruits Peer Review.
- The tool does not create a group environment for sharing files, for example. If you are looking for such an environment you can look at Microsoft Teams and Canvas Groepen.
- You can only set one deadline per assignment in FeedbackFruits. Suppose you have different workgroups on different days, you can still only add one deadline for all these workgroups. However, you can create a separate assignment and corresponding deadline for each workgroup.
When does this tool work best?
- To start with peer and/or self-assessment, it is important to first decide what the students will assess: the end result (and possibly the individual contribution of the student therein) or the group process (and possibly the individual role of the student therein).
- Before using the tool, consider which method you want to use for the peer and/or self-assessment. Read this article for more information about the different methods.
- Using an assessment matrix will help students assess more objectively and effectively. If students are more experienced with peer/ self-assessment, you can work with them to determine criteria¹.
- Pay attention to the importance of honest criticism and train students to give feedback already during the group process. Discuss the process and the goal with the students, “We are going to learn from each other, you help each other especially by being honest.” Halfway through the course, you can have the students formally assess each other. This gives them a chance to adjust their own behavior before it affects the grade.
¹Tillema, H., Leenknecht, M., & Segers, M. (2011). Assessing assessment quality: Criteria for quality assurance in design of (peer) assessment for learning–A review of research studies. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 37(1), 25-34.
