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Peer assessment of teamwork in group projects: Evaluation of a rubric
Issues in Educational Research, Vol.29(3), pp.961-978
2019
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Abstract
Effective teamwork is integral to the functioning of many professions. Employers desire work-ready graduates who have developed the so-called 'soft skills' involved in teamwork. One way for students to practise and gain feedback on their team skills is through team-based assessment tasks. The TeamUP Rubric was developed to teach and assess five domains of teamwork skills through peer feedback. Initial evaluation of the five domains and use of the TeamUP with health and arts students has provided initial support for its utility as a measure of teamwork. In the current study the scale structure of each of the five domains was evaluated using Mokken scale analysis (MSA). MSA is a non-parametric item response theory approach that evaluates the internal structure of an evaluation tool. One-hundred and seventy-seven primary education students were recruited for the study. All participants were undertaking a teamwork assignment in a unit of study in their education degree at an Australian
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- Title
- Peer assessment of teamwork in group projects: Evaluation of a rubric
- Creators
- Brett Vaughan - University of MelbourneJacqui Yoxall - Southern Cross UniversitySandra Grace - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Issues in Educational Research, Vol.29(3), pp.961-978
- Publisher
- Western Australian Institutes for Educational Research
- Identifiers
- 991012871400302368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; School of Health and Human Sciences; Allied Health and Midwifery
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article