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ERIC Number: EJ635246
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0814-7094
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"I'd Rather Vomit Up a Live Hedgehog"--L2 Students and Group Assessment in Mainstream University Programs.
Strauss, Pat
Prospect, v16 n2 p55-66 Aug 2001
Explores the pitfalls that may be encountered when group assessment is used as a means of evaluation, especially when the students involved are not native speakers of English. Issues of cultural differences and their impact on group formation and the problems surrounding free-loading in the group assessment are discussed. (Author/VWL) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Group Activities, Higher Education, Second Language Learning, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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