Collaborative assessments

Collaborative assessments are often considered challenging to implement. However, they can prove to be an excellent opportunity to foster a spirit of community. CO-Lab provides various methods of collaborative assessments, which can be accessed to give you greater insight into this topic.

The concept of peer assessment makes the student feel responsible and accountable and promotes collaboration. Such assessments tend to elicit critical thinking skills through the constructive feedback of their peers’ work.

If you are ready to dig deeper into peer assessment methods, then check out:

This McGill University resource on making teamwork work and peer assessment (page 5 -8) provides excellent insight into making peer assessment work. You may also like to explore Iowa State University’s Center for Teaching and Learning insight or Carnegie Mellon Eberly Center’s insight into some different methods of grading group work.