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A few teachers have been known to grade the individual performances of each student in their group project. However, it is more desirable for teachers to evaluate group projects identically for all the members of the group.
A project's final result comes from a cumulative effort by a group, so it should be graded accordingly. In this sense, teachers should base their evaluations upon the final results, not upon each individual's performance. For example, in any group project, the members contribute in many different ways. Some might do the design while others write or conduct research. Through this common effort, the group can get what is greater than the sum of each member's effort as the final result. Therefore, it is natural that their grades should be based on the final result, not on the individual.
One of the most important aspects of group work is to encourage and foster teamwork, so the work of the group should be judged as a whole. If the teacher evaluated a project based on how the members of the group performed as individuals, it would discourage the spirit of teamwork. Last semester, when I had to do a science project with three other classmates, all of us had to put aside our petty differences and work well as a team. Though the project was not easy, we completed it successfully through strong teamwork. Evaluating group work as a whole can help students learn more about cooperation.
Finally, judging individual effort on group projects is simply too difficult a task to accomplish. How can the teacher precisely judge each student on his or her effort? There are many instances where groups may complain about on member not contributing much to a project, but how is the teacher to know if this is true or not? Even that person's contributions, no matter how small, may be vital to the end result. Judging individual effort on group work is thus an impossible task that should never be attempted.
In a nutshell, group projects should be graded on the members' overall, not individual, performance because these projects are the result of a cumulative effort, which encourages teamwork, and it is practically impossible to grade them on an individual basis. If an instructor wants to grade students individually, then group work should not be assigned.
