Some instructors undervalue or ignore such short assignments as peer cri
tiques, progress memos, and practice documents when they calculate final
grades, while others over-emphasize these documents, assigning each a critique
and grade, which results in more work for them and re-emphasizes the impor
tance of the grade to the student. One strategy for fairly assessing these docu
ments is to incorporate them in a performance review at the middle and
end of the course. Such a review also helps prepare studerus for the evaluation
process they will face and use in the workplace.
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