Team observations on Tuesday, 02-16-16

Dear Hellenists,,

On Tuesday, February 16, instructional team will be observing your teamwork during class.

During our observations, we'll take notes on how your team interacts. Specifically, we'll be focused on the following questions:

• Is everyone engaged?
• Are questions being addressed by the team, where appropriate?
• Are explanations being offered along with answers?
• Is the team working together and leaving no one behind?
• Is the team discussing the answer key and any mistakes that were made?

We would appreciate your team interacting as it normally does so that you and your peers can receive as honest an evaluation as possible. We also know that this is hard to do, but we want you to try.

The goal of this evaluation is twofold:

(1) We want to offer your team feedback so it can operate most effectively.

(2) With the first official peer review fast approaching, we want our feedback to enable any teams with potential problems to turn them around.

Note that the evaluation your team ultimately receives will be cast in general terms (that is, no names will be named) and no part of this evaluation will impact anyone's grade. There are no official points at stake here, only feedback from the instructional team.

If you have any questions about the upcoming peer review, please consult the following:

• The peer review section of our Policies web page; and
• The CG 110 peer review form, which you'll be filling out after the first exam.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC