Teamwork assessment and averaged feedback to students in very small groups

Abstract

Teamwork assessment by peers in small groups could be affected by personal relationships. This paper presented a system of teamwork assessments for a postgraduate course in a Thai university that integrated the collaborative learning and hand-on group projects as the means to deliver the desired outcome. Students found assessments quite suitable in assessing the teamwork and sufficiently detailed. They were very aware of the friendship but in general yield straightforward assessment with more benefit of doubts in students who felt a higher level of friendship. However, the assessment seemed to be less reliable for underperformed students.