There is considerable evidence of general student scepticism regarding the purpose of team assignments and high levels of concern for the fairness of assessment procedures when all members of a team receive the same grade. Some educators are similarly anxious about not only the validity of team grades, but also the need to assess ongoing team processes in addition to the final assignment product. This paper offers self-andpeer-assessment (SAPA) as a fair, valid and reliable method of producing information about ongoing team processes. The paper examines a pilot study investigating an online SAPA tool originally developed for a small class of architecture students. This tool is adapted for use for by students completing team assignment in two further architecture design units and for a very large class of 800 business communication students. The sample students studied on four campuses, as well as in off campus and offshore modes. The paper focuses on the initial stages of the study to demonstrate how researchers from very different backgrounds collaborated to adapt the online tool and implement a pilot study whilst maintaining both comparability of assessment and integrity of research design.
History
Pagination
264 - 271
Location
Geelong
Open access
Yes
Start date
2007-11-14
End date
2007-11-16
ISBN-13
9780958192538
ISBN-10
0958192537
Language
eng
Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2007, ANZAScA
Editor/Contributor(s)
J Coulson, D Schwede, R Tucker
Title of proceedings
ANZASCA 2007 : Proceedings of 41st annual conference. Towards solutions for a liveable future: progress, practice, performance, people.