Learning activity

Mid-Project Team Performance Evaluation

Help students assess team performance in the middle of a project using a structured rubric, encouraging early reflection and constructive feedback to guide improvements as the project progresses.

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Created by:

Peggy Odom Reed

Cornell University

Pedagogy

Metacognitive learning

Learning outcome

Prep time

Intermediate (10-30 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:

Assess individual contributions mid-project

Students will use a structured rubric to evaluate their own and their team members’ performance at the midpoint of the project, identifying strengths, areas for improvement, and hidden skills.

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Provide constructive feedback for development

Students will give honest, actionable, and rubric-aligned feedback to peers, enabling team members to implement improvements and enhance collaboration as the project progresses.

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Reflect and apply feedback

Students will read, evaluate, and reflect on the feedback they receive, using insights to adapt their teamwork, communication, and project approach for better outcomes in the remainder of the project.

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Activity setup

Activity steps Activity goals Tools used In this activity

Mid-Project Team Performance Evaluation

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Activity steps

Read instructions: Students carefully review the activity guidelines and learning outcomes to understand expectations.
Self-assessment: Students begin by evaluating their own video using the provided feedback criteria.
Provide peer feedback: Students provide constructive feedback to assigned peers using the same criteria.
Received reviews and feedback-on-feedback: Students rate the feedback they receive on a usefulness scale of 1 to 10 and offer clarification or follow-up comments as needed.‍
Grading: Grades are based on students completing the peer review process.

Learning Activities Used

Group Member Evaluation

Empowering students with a critical and collaborative space

In this activity

The group member evaluation is designed to be conducted midway through a project, giving students actionable feedback they can implement to improve their work. The same rubric can also be used at the end of the project to assess growth and changes in performance.
Structured rubrics are provided to guide students in giving fair, clear, and constructive feedback to their peers. These rubrics can be customized or expanded to fit your course needs.
Students begin with a self-assessment using the rubric to familiarize themselves with the criteria and reflect on their own contributions.
Feedback-on-feedback is enabled, allowing students to rate and comment on the usefulness of the feedback they received from peers.
Reviewer anonymity is enabled to encourage honest and unbiased feedback, though this setting can be adjusted if desired.
Students are evaluated individually within assigned groups, but this can be adapted to match the structure of your course.

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