Poshtan, M., & Nafisi, A. (2017, April), Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class Work  Paper presented at 2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, Tempe, Arizona. 10.18260/1-2--29207

\bibitem{asee_peer_29207}
  Poshtan, M., \& Nafisi, A. (2017, April), \emph{Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class Work}
  Paper presented at 2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, Tempe, Arizona.
  10.18260/1-2--29207

Majid Poshtan and Ahmad Nafisi.  "Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class Work".  2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, Tempe, Arizona, 2017, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/29207 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_29207}
  Majid Poshtan and Ahmad Nafisi.
  "Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class Work".
  \emph{2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, Tempe, Arizona, 2017, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/29207 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

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author = "Majid Poshtan and Ahmad Nafisi"
title = "Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class Work"
booktitle = "2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting"
year = "2017"
month = "April"
address = "Tempe, Arizona"
publisher = "ASEE Conferences"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The two most important challenges for instructors are motivating their students about the course, and
assessing their students’ performances in the course. Motivation is an output of many inputs, including
evaluation, the gaining of knowledge, and the assurance of graduation. The existing evaluation methods
motivate most of the students, but can also cause unexpected results, such as discouraging student-student
interaction. Moreover, it discourages team working and sharing of ideas and knowledge. The standard
evaluation method in our current education system – which includes regular tests and quizzes – is a single
variable function between student and teacher. The author of this paper proposes a method of assessment
that changes the single variable function to a multivariable function of teacher, student, and class. In the
proposed method of assessment, the teacher combines evaluation and competition in a form of Class
Work (CW). Unlike simple assessment, CW is a function of team working, speed, and the participation
of all of the students in the class. The combination of competition and evaluation creates excitement,
which amplifies the motivation. I applied this idea by assigning the students into groups of two and
letting them work on a quiz during the class. The students obtain extra credit inversely proportional to the
time they spend on the CW. Hence, the less time they spend on the quiz (the faster they submit the quiz),
the greater the number of points they will earn.
AU  - Majid Poshtan
AU  - Ahmad Nafisi
CY  - Tempe, Arizona
DA  - 2017/04/20
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class Work
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/29207
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--29207
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