Nowadays, many high schools and universities require students to work on projects in groups, and all members of the group receive the same grade (mark) on the project. Do you agree or disagree that giving every member of a group the same grade is a good way to evaluate students?

TOEFL, IELTS, Personal Statement and CV Proofreading Services. TOEFL Writing Nowadays, many high schools and universities require students to work on projects in groups, and all members of the group receive the same grade (mark) on the project. Do you agree or disagree that giving every member of a group the same grade is a good way to evaluate students?

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    University: Nanjing University
    Nationality: chinese
    July 28, 2022 at 2:01 am

    Nowadays, many high schools and universities require students to work on projects in groups, and all members of the group receive the same grade (mark) on the project. Do you agree or disagree that giving every member of a group the same grade is a good way to evaluate students?

    Imagine that you are a university student, would you want to receive the same grade on the group work project or the difference? What would you do? This essay would explore why I disagree that members of the group would receive disparate grades on the project for the following reasons.

    It is unfair for some group members to receive the same grade since that there might be free-riders existed in the team. Although most of the group members may be distributed to the same amount of work, some group members reject to turn in the assignment on time and do not work on their part carefully, which would be quite harmful to the group grade. Similarly, the group project, such as a research report, could not be divided equally. Some people in the group must do the most difficult and challenging part to finish the research report. According to a survey in the Chinese Daily, over 45 percent of students in Beijing University dislike group works because of free-riders. Nearly 60 percent of these people get a low grade because of the policy of receiving the same mark to all the members on the project.

    Getting different scores to individual can trigger competition. It is reported in the Cornell University that competition is the best way to evaluate students, such as exams. People would work even harder to finish the group projects for their own grades, which is also beneficial to the whole group mark. As a result, it would be easier for professors to judge their work separately. According to a report in the Students Newspaper that over 30 percent of students do better on their projects in group due to the competition with their group members. 40 percent of professors in high school in China think that it is easier for them to evaluate and know more about students’ weakness and advantages when they mark their group project individually.

    To put in a nut shell, grading students who work on a report in groups can get rid of free-riders and be more fair to all members.

     

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