I'd suggest trying Rstudio cloud so that you can see the individual students working and easily have them share their work with each other.
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 2:19 PM Jarek Bryk via discuss < [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks a lot for the suggestions! While git is out of the question (too > little time to introduce it and practice it), I will definitely consider > the elements of peer evaluation or group work that you mention (group code > of conduct, public self-assessment and explicit list of contributions). > CATME also looks very interesting. Food for thought! > > Thanks again, > Jarek > > On 18 January 2019 at 16:53:03, Madeleine Bonsma ( > [email protected]) wrote: > > Hi Jarek, > > I and some colleagues ran a course that sounds quite similar, at least in > structure and goals - it was an introduction to R and statistical data > analysis for ecology <https://uoftcoders.github.io/rcourse/>. We had > groups of 4 students working on a data analysis project at the end, and to > assess their group contributions we had them each submit a one-paragraph > self-assessment along with the project, outlining what their contribution > to the project was. Very similar to what Sarah said, and I agree with her > on the benefits of doing that in a way that all group members can see. > > We had tried in a previous version of the course to use GitHub > contributions to track group participation, but since Git was so new to the > students, there was often one student in the group who did most of the > GitHub management, and we felt it would be unfair to penalize them for > distributing the labour in that way. > > Another thing that I cannot recommend enough: if possible, get each group > to make themselves a code of conduct. From what I saw, this really helped > with the tone of the group work and the eagerness of everyone to contribute > to their groups. > > Best, > Madeleine > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 5:33 PM Sarah Supp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Both of these suggestions are great - peer evaluation and using GitHub or >> another tool to track evaluations. Another thing I sometimes do in a group >> project situation is have students add a "Personnel" or "Contributions" >> section, where they need to list each of their names and write about what >> aspects of the project they took the lead on and contributed to. I think >> for many students, when they have to "claim" parts of the project >> officially in writing, it feels a little more real and like there's some >> weight to actually making a significant contribution vs free riding. They >> also might get some real pushback from their peers if at the end of the >> project someone claimed to take lead on something that they actually >> contributed little to, and become apparent to the instructor. >> >> Good luck! >> >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:56 AM Erika Mesh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jarek, >>> >>> >>> >>> I teach a lot of group projects here at RIT. Peer evaluations is a huge >>> element of being able to assess contributions. I also have groups keep >>> everything in GitHub so that I can objectively see evidence of what they >>> report in the peer evals. I then generally say that I “reserve the right” >>> to adjust a student’s grade up or down based on the evals + my observations >>> of their engagement in the project. >>> >>> >>> >>> Catme.org is another great resource about peer evals and managing group >>> work. >>> >>> >>> >>> --Erika >>> >>> >>> >>> Erika S. Mesh, GOL-2573 >>> >>> Visiting Lecturer, School of Interactive Games & Media >>> >>> Rochester Institute of Technology >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Jarek Bryk via discuss <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Friday, January 18, 2019 9:41 AM >>> *To:* discuss <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [discuss] Ideas needed for asessment of group-based data >>> analysis project >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> >>> The projects would be group responsibility and they will be of >>> sufficient complexity that working on them only during the class will not >>> be sufficient (at least not for all groups). I can also imagine a scenario >>> where a group decides to split tasks to different individuals (and of >>> course we cannot control what students would work on outside the class). So >>> I think the answer to your question is mostly - but not entirely - in-class >>> group work :-) This group work throughput the project is what assessment of >>> is giving me headaches. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Jarek >>> >>> >>> >>> On 18 January 2019 at 13:56:21, Leinweber, Katrin ( >>> [email protected]) wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jarek, >>> >>> That sounds interesting! One question to clarify: Will the students work >>> on the group projects only together during the class (thus creating a >>> pair-/mob-programming-like situation) or also individually outside of class >>> (and for example bringing completed subtask to the next time their group >>> meets)? >>> >>> As I understand this now, I think the two different situations may have >>> very different biases attached to the perception of individual >>> contributions. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Katrin >>> >>> > University of Huddersfield inspiring tomorrow's professionals. > > > This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you > receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it > from your system. 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