Teamwork Assessment Grading

Question

It was my understanding that the teamwork assessments were to make adjustments to the grades of each group member and not an assignment in themselves. Is this not the case? It sates in the assignment description that first, to "State whether or not there were teamwork problems for this assignment" and then "If there are teamwork problems then state the following..." The teamwork assessment itself also states that "This will be used to adjust grades if necessary."  I did not provide a more in-depth description because I believed our team worked well together and fairly and did not need grade adjustments. If I had felt that a grade adjustment was necessary I of course would have wrote more to make my point.

 

Response

The question is appropriate.  If there are no teamwork problems then all that is required is a statement to that effect in order to receive full credit.  Only if there are teamwork problems do we need documentation.  The intent of the BbLearn grading rubric was to evaluate submissions when there was a problem.  Full credit was intended if there was no problem, but was not state explicitly in the rubric or in my instructions to Mr. Braley, the grader.  I apologize for the confusion.

I’m asking Mr. Braley to revise the grading for those who were penalized when the teamwork was equal on past assignments.

Here’s the full language that describes the teamwork submission for A5 – the other assignments are similar:

Submit an evaluation of your team's performance on this project - an opportunity to address any problems. Do so by submitting to the VistaBB assignment an evaluation including:

• Your team number (from the team page)
• State whether or not there were teamwork problems for this assignment
• If there are teamwork problems then state the following
  • A comment on each team member, starting with yourself including whether their performance was "average" or a little or a lot more or less than the average.
  • Any other comment about the problem that you believe should affect the grade.

Jim Mitchell