The 3pm session on Tuesday was most interesting. The group who went first did an excellent job - I scored them an A grade. The second one was pretty bad (one individual in particular, who had come panicking to me an hour before his presentation begging to be allowed to use cue cards). We had specified no cue cards - but actually it wouldn't have helped him - not only did he not know his material, also you could tell from the bullet points that he also hadn't covered the right material. I graded that group a C-.
The students were asked to grade each other, and grade themselves. It was fascinating. First of all, they were in pieces having to grade the group who hadn't done well. "But they'll see it!" one girl wailed. Others I caught sight of gave the group a B.... It was astonishing. Even though one group's presentation was so emphatically worse than the other, they could not bring themselves to mark the group down.
The student who had been worst asked if he could give a split grade - A for his group, F for himself. Clearly some level of understanding there then - I doubt he'll want to be in that position again. He's normally quite talkative, turns up but doesn't seem to study or take it very seriously. He will have had a confidence knock. Need to try and get him on his own and discuss it with him - important that he's had a sharp shock not been put off for life!
I'm looking forward to seeing this written up in their portfolios. What will they make of their peer assessment I wonder?
One student, who rarely shows up and is frequently challenging (but not in a good way) turned up late and noisily. Also started talking during one of the presentations - until I stared at him daggers - and had to be told to put his phone away. He came up and asked when his presentation session is. At this stage not to know when you're presenting... does not bode well. Impending doom on that one.
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