Learning activity

Undergraduate group evaluation

Enhance peer collaboration and feedback in undergraduate groups

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Pedagogy

Collaborative Learning

Learning outcome

Collaboration

Prep time

Low (<10 min)

Activity type

Learning Activity

Why this learning activity?

Learning activities targeting high-order skills like this one can help you activate students more effectively. This learning activity will help you with:

Collaborative skills

Students will demonstrate effective collaboration and communication skills through their interactions with peers and contributions to group assignments.

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Feedback literacy

Students will develop the ability to provide and evaluate constructive feedback, enhancing their understanding of effective feedback practices.

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Reflective practice

Students will engage in reflective learning, articulating how the activity contributed to their personal and academic growth, fostering metacognitive skills.

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Activity setup

Activity steps Activity goals Tools used In this activity

Undergraduate group evaluation

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Activity steps

1. Assessing Yourself and Peers: You'll start with a self-assessment followed by peer assessment. Utilizing a comprehensive rubric, you'll evaluate your own work and then provide actionable and constructive feedback to your peers.‍

2. Rating and Reflection: Alongside providing feedback, you'll also be tasked with rating the feedback you receive from your peers. Additionally, reflection is key to our learning process. You'll be invited to reflect on the entire experience, focusing on what you've learned and how this activity has contributed to your growth.‍

3. Feedback Release: Your feedback, along with your peers', will be released following the assignment deadline. This ensures everyone has ample time to engage with and learn from the feedback provided.

Learning Activities Used

Group Member Evaluation

Empowering students with a critical and collaborative space

In this activity

Anonymity has been turned on to help make it a more scaffolded experience for students, wherein they can more comfortably provide constructive feedback to their peers.
A collaboration rubric has been added, that considers students interactions with their peers, and contributions to the teamwork. It can be removed, edited and adjusted as best suits your activity.
Students will also provide a rating and comment on the feedback they received, to help them reflect on what makes good feedback and if the feedback they received was helpful to them.
Finally a reflection ties the activity together - it's important that students actively reflect on how this activity helped them and what they felt they got out of it.