Group members rate their peers within the group using the following rubric. (Note: Rating of team members should reflect each individual's level of participation, effort, and sense of responsibility, NOT academic ability! Specific ratings of team members will remain confidential.)
| Abbrv | Rating | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E | Excellent | Consistently went above and beyond; tutored teammates, routinely did far more than his/her assigned team responsibilities. |
| VG | Very Good | Always did what he/she was supposed to do, very well prepared and cooperative. |
| G | Good | Mostly did what he/she was supposed to do, acceptably prepared and cooperative. |
| S | Satisfactory | More often than not did what he/she was supposed to do, minimally prepared and cooperative. |
| M | Marginal | Sometimes failed to show up or complete assignments, rarely prepared. |
| D | Deficient | Often failed to show up or complete assignments, rarely prepared. |
| U | Unsatisfactory | Consistently failed to show up or complete assignments, unprepared. |
The peer evaluations are used to compute a multiplier for each group member. The project receives an overall grade of X points without factoring in peer evaluations. Group member $g$ with peer-eval multiplier $m_g$ receives as their individual grade $X \cdot m_g$ points. The example below illustrates how the peer-eval multipliers are computed.
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Continuing with the example: if this group's project received an
overall grade of 88 points, then Alice would get 88*1.09 = 95.9
points, Bob would get
88*1.13=99.4 points,
Cathy would get 88*1.05 = 92.4 points and
Don would get 8*0.73 = 64.2 points.