Chap 8. Assessment and Evaluation

 Grading in Cooperative Learning

 
These some options for grading students in cooperative learning situations:

• Individual score plus bonus points based on all members reaching criterion.

Criteria	Bonus	Students	Scores	Bonus	Total
100	15 points	Bill	100	10	110
90-99	10 points	Mary	95	10	105
80-89	5 points	Mark	90	10	100

 

• Individual score plus bonus points based on lowest score. 

Criteria	Bonus	Students	Scores	Bonus	Total
90-100	6 points	Bill	93	2	95
80-89	4 points	Mary	85	2	87
70-79	2 points	Mark	78	2	80

• Individual score plus group average. 

Student	Individual score	Group average	Final score
Bill	66	79	145
Alex	89	79	168
Carlos	75	79	154
Maria	86	79	165

• Individual score plus bonus based on improvement scores. Bonus points are awarded on the basis of whether team members percentage on the current test is higher than the average percentage on all past tests. 

• Summing up member’s individual scores. If group members scored 95, 80, 90, and 90 each student gets the score of 360. 

• Averaging the members’ individual scores. If the members’ scores are 90, 95, 85, and 90, then each group member would receive 90 points. 

• Group score on a single product. All group members receive the same score that is the grade obtained on a single group product (Johnson, Johnson, Holubec, 1998).