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Assessing team projects

Assessing team projects

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Assessing team projects

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- There's plenty of research about the benefits of collaborative learning, but let's be honest, sometimes managing team projects can be tough. Teams may face conflicts, members who dominate, poor communication and more. If we just focus on assessing team projects, then technology can help with assessing both the team process and the final product. Keep track of individual contributions. Provide a centralized environment for both peer review and teacher feedback. And, assign grades and provide feedback to individual group members as well as the whole team. When it comes to team projects, teachers can have a hard time telling who did what or how much each student contributed. By asking students to use certain tools like Google Docs or wikis, the technology can help you track individual contributions. An easy way to see contributions is to ask each student to pick a different text color or to follow each contribution with their initials. Keep in mind, that as drafts of projects progress,…

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