Reflection
Setup
Suppose that I give you $100 of bonus money to distribute to your groupmates based on your experience with your project. You are free to distribute the money in any way, so long as it is based on an honest assessment of your project-related experience. That is, you can’t just give someone bonus money because you like them, or because you don’t like them – it has to be based on the course experience.
First, think about yourself. If you feel like you contributed equally to all of your group’s efforts, then you might give yourself $100/n, where n is the number of people in your group.
Then, consider how you would distribute the rest of the bonus money. If everyone contributed equally, then you might give them each $100/n.
However, maybe you weren’t able to contribute equally to the project, and one of your partners picked up the slack. You might give yourself less, and them more.
Or maybe one of your partners wasn’t pulling their weight, and you had to pick up the slack. You might give yourself more and them less.
Maybe someone in your group did some truly outstanding work and you think they deserve a larger share of the bonus money. Maybe someone on your team was really helpful in the working with the project data and you think they deserve a larger share of the bonus money.
Your responses will not be seen by anyone but me. Your responses will not directly affect your grade or anyone else’s. This information will, however, be useful to me in understanding everyone’s contributions. This information will be one small factor in helping me determine everyone’s participation grade.
Please be candid, and explicit. Do not agonize over the exact amounts, but make sure they add up to $100.
List yourself and the other students in your group, how much bonus money you think they deserve, and a brief explanation.
For example,
- Jeniah Doe: $45. I worked on all aspects of the project and put forth a full effort. I wrote most of the initial set of code and did the final edit of the paper and submitted it. I also drafted our presentations slides.
- Janelle Doe: $45. I worked with Janelle and she went above and beyond. Janelle wrote the first draft and edited a lot of the code. She wrote our main model. She also helped coordinate meetings outside of class time. She was always focused and helped us stay on task.
- Jane Doe: $10. Jane missed one of our group meetings and didn’t contribute much to the project. She did edit some of the text, but didn’t contribute to the coding at all.
Procedure
Complete the Reflection assignment on Moodle.