What other questions can I add to a Peer Evaluation survey?
Extra questions are other team member rating criteria besides the CATME five dimensions. These can be included in Peer Evaluation surveys.
The different sections of Extra questions which can be enabled are as follows. For a complete list of the questions, see our Peer Evaluation Additional Questions page.
- Follow-Up questions: These questions gauge how well the team members get along with one another.
Video explanation of Follow-Up questions - Team Conflict: These questions help find conflict in the teams, which can help the instructor be aware of the situation and help manage the team better.
Video explanation of Team Conflict questions - Team Satisfaction: These questions will notify you if a student feels unwilling to continue to work with the students.
Video explanation of Team Satisfaction questions - Team Interdependence: These questions help to understand how each student works in the group with and without the help of teammates.
Video explanation of Team Interdependence questions - Team Cohesiveness: These questions help to understand how the team works as a unit. Teams with higher cohesiveness have a higher performance.
Video explanation of Team Cohesiveness questions - Peer Influences: This is a large set of questions that delves into how the teammates notice each others’ work, encourage and help one another, and how they discuss one another.
Video explanation of Peer Influences questions - Psychological Safety: These sets of questions will notify you when your students don’t feel safe to create new ideas or take risks with their team.
Video explanation of Psychological Safety questions
Can I add custom questions to a Peer Evaluation survey?
No, CATME does not allow users to add their own questions to the Peer Evaluation system, as the system has been heavily researched and developed with complex formulas. There are, however, a variety of optional Follow-Up questions and extra questions about team members and teams.
Why are there different students every time?
Having a new set of hypothetical team members displayed each time ensures that students must carefully consider the ratings they give, instead of simply remembering the correct scores from a previous attempt at Rater Practice.
Can I turn my students’ Rater Practice scores into a homework grade?
Yes. Once your students complete Rater Practice, you will be able to view their results by selecting the “view results’ button on the class editor page. On the raw data page, you can scroll down to view your students’ Rater Practice high scores, average scores, and total attempts in Rater Practice. This data can be used to evaluate and grade your student’s Peer Evaluation skills.
For more information, watch our video How to View Rater Practice Results.
How does the scoring on Rater Practice work?
Two points are given to students who rate the hypothetical student exactly as they should, and one point is given to students who rate the hypothetical students one level above or below the correct score in each dimension. The highest possible score is 30.
For more information, watch our video Rater Practice Demonstration.
How can I implement Rater Practice for my class?
You can assign Rater Practice on the “Basic Activity Information” tab while creating a survey/activity. On this screen, you will see a drop-down menu with the options “No Practice”, “Require Once”, or “Open Practice”.
For more information, watch our video How to Assign Rater Practice.
What is Rater Practice?
Rater practice is a game based stimulation with hypothetical team members. Assigning rater practice to students allows them to learn how teammates should be rated using the 5 CATME Teamwork Dimensions
For more information, watch our video Rater Practice Demonstration.
How can I customize the time zones for my class?
You can either choose one of the different time zone groups CATME already has, or create a new question with custom time zones of your choice.
What is the Time Zone Scheduling Tool?
The Time Zone Scheduling Tool facilitates team creation when team members are in different time zones from each other or from the instructor, such as in an online course.
The students input their time zones in their profiles. If a Team-Maker survey begins before the student sets the time zone, the times in the survey will appear in the instructor’s time zone instead.
The CATME system includes six time zone groupings:
- US: Time zones for continental US, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii
- North America: Time zones for Canada, the US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Mexico
- South America/Caribbean: Time zones for Eastern Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean
- Europe/Africa/Middle East: Time zones for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
- Australasia: Time zones for countries from West Asia to New Zealand, including countries such as India, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Central Australia, and Iran where the local time is offset by 30 minutes from surrounding time zones
- All World: Contains all 30 time zones, including those on the half hour.
For more information, watch our video on Time Zone Scheduling for Instructors.
Can I have “other” as an option for gender?
Yes. When completing a Team-Maker Survey, students can choose between “Female”, “Male”, or “Other/prefer not to answer”.