Abstract

Group work assessment is a challenging and complex practice for teachers. This study focuses on the challenges teachers perceive before and after participating in a group work assessment project that emphasizes individual assessment. By conducting a qualitative thematic analysis of twelve interviews with six teachers at upper secondary schools in Sweden, several challenges could be identified. The most prominent challenge concerning group work assessment is how to discern students’ individual performance within groups. This challenge has consequences for both the validity and the fairness of the assessment. Further, teachers experienced challenges with (un)fairness in group work assessment, in terms of both achieving fairness and having to deal with students’ emotions regarding perceived unfairness. The results also show how teachers perceive inadequate conditions, such as a lack of time and methods, and generate challenges in their practice, which is also related to reliability.

摘要

小组工作评估对教师而言是一项具有挑战性和复杂性的实践。这项研究的重点是教师在参加强调个人评估的小组评估项目之前和之后所面临的挑战。通过对瑞典高中六位老师的十二次访谈进行定性的主题分析，可以确定一些挑战。有关小组工作评估的最大挑战是如何辨别学生在小组中的个人表现。这一挑战对评估的有效性和公平性都有影响。此外，教师在小组作业评估中遇到（不）公平的挑战，既要实现公平，又要处理学生对被认为不公平的情绪。