One thing that I found interesting from this weeks reading
was the rating scales. I have been in groups before where we would rate how
things worked and I enjoyed doing them. It makes it so that your rating are
confidential, and it helps the group to
improve. A likert scale is the rating
system where you would ask a specific questions and list 7-5 ratings and have a
person check the one that they fell best fits the group from their point of
view. The topics for the rating scale
should be relevant to the expected behaviors of the group. That way it helps
the group evaluate things and to improve.
The best way to get the most effective ratings, would be to have a
variety of questions for the group members to rate. The book also mentions that
a rating scale offers a systematic feedback mechanism and it is helpful to the
groups success.
In my opinion, i feel that rating scales are great, if we all took them seriously. i feel that many times people aren't as honest as they could be on them. i can remember times when people would circle "10" for "fully agree". People sometimes brush by the scales part when really it's a great way to gauge what is really going on in a group. I rather do a group interview either one on one with the evaluator. That way there is no bias and you are allowed to freely say how you feel without having your group members there to hear you out. I know i would either sugar coat or be a little dishonest having to rate somebody on paper or in person.
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