Class Participation Grade

Draft Process and Criteria for 2011

At class during September it was agreed that

• there would be a group grade for the 10% of the total course grade allocated to class participation;
• in addition, any individual can ask to meet the instructor at any time if they would like his comments on their class participation; and
• in the last class of the term the group grade will be determined through the following procedures:
  • going around the table, each individual, including lastly the instructor, would summarize (2 minutes max.) their assessment of the group's performance using the agreed on criteria;
  • after this, each individual, including the instructor, writes down a grade between 80% and 95% and gives this to the instructor;
  • then each individual, including the instructor, would tell the group their grade; and
  • the group grade would be calculated as the mean of all those given, including the instructors.

Criteria for group mark

The criteria used can include the following and any others that participants find useful:

Process

• Cooperation
• Equal opportunity to speak
• Keep It Short and Simple (KISS)
• GTY Principles
• Attendance of class as a whole

Substance

• On topic, concise, relevant
• Original, provocative

Group negotiation case studies

• Criteria as above