Webb, Noreen M. (1995)
"Group collaboration in Assessment: Multiple Objectives, processes, and outcomes,"
EEPA. 17 (2), 239-261.
Copyright (1995) by the American Educational Research Association.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

Although small group work is common in classrooms, they are practically a fact of life in most telecommunications projects, primarily because computer stations are shared rather than reserved for a single student. Moreover, some large-scale efforts are being initiated to evaluate student performance in groups; acquiring productive work group skills are regarded by some educators as essential for future employability. The author considers the purposes of assessment, how the different purposes sometimes represent competing goals of learning, how the purpose of the assessment and the kind of task may differentially influence the outcomes, and issues of design, fairness, and equity. The author also provides an extensive bibliography and some examples from science education projects.

Professor Noreen M. Webb is in the Graduate School of Education at UCLA. To contact Professor Webb send email to webb@ucla.edu.