Complete thesis - Murdoch University

Figure 8.19: Cumulative activity log for week 3system worked before submission of the finalreportMarkus Due to issue working within the Java programmingenvironment the class development is progressing slower, thoughthe coding of the packages is still developing. This slowerdevelopment is slowing the overall progress of theimplementation stage. Also pressure of end of semester anddemands of other units is making time management difficult forgroup members.Given the importance of perception of workload on learning orientation, it was interestingthat students were eager to comment on the amount of time they were spending on thelogged activities (sometimes to justify lack of output!). It became one of the items of groupdiscussion as well as individually with the teacher.Self and peer assessmentIndividual student perception of their own work in comparison to other team members wasalso collected. At the end of each component of the project (defined as output from theproject for assessment) students were required to complete a self-/peer-assessment form.Each team member submitted a rating, which is used to calculate an adjustment factor forthe group mark assigned by the teacher. The students appeared to have no inhibitions aboutrating their team members’ contributions (or lack) higher or lower than average, with each374