Assessing and Grading

Assessing and Grading

Pamela Dexter, EPICS HighTammy Watson, Agawam High School

Grading Team and Individual WorkStudents produce artifacts that can be

assessed during their EPICS experienceDesign NotebooksReflectionsSelf-assessmentsPresentationsReports

Project documentationDelivered projects

Manuals or other documentations with project

Assessing Team WorkTeams are assessed

o Project planning Thorough planning and accomplishments

oCustomer/Partner feedbacko Presentations and team reports

Short presentations can be efficient and effective

Individuals are assessedo Notebookso Written Reflectionso Presentationso Accomplishments

Team Roles: Students Team Leader/Co-Leaders – Organization of the

team and project tasks Project leaders – If you have multiple

projects you may need to break the leadership down into project leaders

Liaison - primary contact with the community partner

Financial officer - manages team’s budget Webmaster – If your team would like to

create a webpage you might want to assign a webmaster

AccountabilityShort tasks allow team members to be

accountableCharting/organizing tasks

Keeps projects moving and shifting resources as needed

Visiting deadlines - what is due this week?Prevent delays that span several weeks

Keeping a Design Notebook – The Purdue EPICS

Approach Using Notebooks as Legal Documents

Individual Documentation: Design Notebook

Bound, composition style notebook All entries should be in ink Tape, staple, or glue any sheets that

you want to include in the notebook

Individual Documentation: Design Notebook

• Record of your individual work• All work should be in or referenced

in your notebook• Actual entries• References to other documentation

• Notebook is your thinkpad Record thoughts, ideas, research, etc.

Individual Documentation: Notebook Content

Record any thoughts you may have about your project, no matter how strange it may seem

When doing research, site where any information you acquired came from

Explanations of design decisions are essential

Individual Documentation: Design Notebook

Entries showing work accomplished on the project

Types of information: Results of research Calculations Drawings Test procedures Test setups Results

Individual Documentation: Design Notebook

Entries showing evidence of the design process

Types of Information: Plans for project work Identification of tasks Distribution of work Design decisions Problems encountered and overcome

Individual Documentation: Design Notebook

Entries showing in-depth thinking about the issues related to the project, your team, the community, or the needs you are addressing Some regular reflection activities (as

assigned by teacher)

Individual Documentation: Design Notebook University Example

Individual Documentation: High School Design Notebook Example

Design Process

See Handout – Students should know where they are in the design process.

Team CommunicationThe team should communicate with

their project partner consistentlyProject partner memos (see handout for

example) could be graded as part of the team grade.

Evaluating Individuals on Group WorkHow individuals contribute to the team

can be evaluated by you (the teacher) and/or through peer evaluations by other team members.

*See handout of an EPICS High example of a group work evaluation form

Self Assessment

See examples from EPICS High

Written ReflectionsSee University example reflection

questions including a final written reflection