Peer Review

Each student is required to submit a peer review statement at the end of the semester. This statement does not affect your letter grade, but you need to submit a statement in order to complete the course. Its purpose is to inform the instructor of (potentially subtle) group-dynamics issues that individuals might not feel free to discuss in a class setting. The statement should be sent by email to the instructor, and it will not be made public.

In the peer review statement you should:

• Look back at each project, and assess whether you think you were a good project partner. Write about whether you measured up to your own expectations, not about whether you think you lived up to the expectations of others. Write two or three sentences per project.
• For each person you worked with as a team partner, write two or three sentences about whether their efforts met your expectations, and why.
• For each project, write one paragraph about how helpful (or unhelpful) your group's norms were in achieving group harmony and progress.

If you wish to let me know about a team member who is clearly not pulling their weight, don't wait until the peer review. Send me an email (or come to my office hours) at the time.