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From: dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Group projects
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Date: 20 Jul 90 15:55:58 GMT
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sadlerl@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (LoriLee M Sadler) writes:

>For the peer review, each student is asked to divide 100
>points among group memebers, including him/herself.  The students are able 
>to freely distribute points as they see fit.  I total the points for each
>person and then divide by the number of members in the group.

There's something I don't understand here. If, say, a group has two people
in it. Joe gives himself 50 points and his partner Mary 50 points. Likewise,
Mary gives both herself and Joe 50 points, thus implying that both partners
did an equal amount of work. Then the totals are:

Joe	50 + 50 = 100 => 100 / 2 = 50
Mary	50 + 50 = 100 => 100 / 2 = 50

Does this result mean that both Joe and Mary receive a 50% grade for the
peer review part of the course? Doesn't seem fair; what am I missing?