Panther Peer: a Web-based Tool for Peer and Self Evaluation
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Panther Peer is a novel web based tool for peer evaluation. It has been developed at the Florida Institute of Technology to enable students (specifically those involved in capstone design projects) to give one another anonymous feedback on their team performance. Panther Peer is simple to implement and completely automated. Panther Peer automates the process of peer evaluation and minimizes the workload for both instructors and students. With the benefits of automation students can gain feedback more quickly. Moreover, the reduction in workload for course instructors enables them to encourage peer evaluations. The primary advantage of this system is the feedback students receive from their peers which helps them identify their weaknesses and focus on their strengths. The automated process means that the collection and dissemination of information is highly efficient. From the peer evaluations by students, instructors can have a fair idea about the teams progress and intervene where deemed necessary. INTRODUCTION This paper describes the design, implementation, and use of an online student-team peer-evaluation tool named Panther Peer. It has been in use in the senior design course in mechanical Address all correspondence to this author. engineering at the College of Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology. Its primary purpose is peer feedback on team members for improved performance and team health. In addition it helps instructors evaluate the level of participation by team members and monitor team health. Evaluation of individual contributions in team based learning is a major challenge [1]. It has been demonstrated in many situations that students often learn from their peers in various ways [2]. An important focus in academic settings is the methodology used for determination of individual grades based on one’s contribution to the team [3, 4]. Several studies indicate that the use of 360-degree feedback helps improve performance of both the individual and consequently the team [5, 6]. Panther Peer works on the principle that each student in a project group evaluates the other members of the project group and himself/herself by indicating how each member of the group has performed with respect to a number of predetermined parameters and rating them on a scale. The system allows students to get direct and timely feedback on their team skills. Students can track their skill development in particular areas (e.g., adaptability) and focus on improving them. Moreover, students learn how to use peer-based reviews for overall development. There are various online survey tools providing 360-degree feedback mechanisms, viz., Qualtrics [7], SurveyMonkey [8], 1 Copyright c © 2011 by ASME Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2011 November 11-17, 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA
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