ME AND MY PEER REVIEWS

“The receiver is totally in control of feedback, but the control is not necessarily conscious.”

Overall my feedback from peers was positive, I was hard working, volunteered for outside work, and had positive ideas. The one comment that stood out to me was one that said that I needed to speak up more and participate more. This one, I definitely agreed with. I don’t usually volunteer my ideas, thoughts, or opinions in class; this is one thing that I have been trying to do more especially in our Group Dynamics class. I know that I am a hard worker and an encourager and a positive person. Just like my peer evaluator my self evaluation for would be and is that I did not speak up more or volunteer to go in for more fishbowls. I really didn’t mind going into the Fishbowls once I was there, but I always felt really nervous about going in. One comment said that I was absent which I am pretty sure was not the case on that day. Physically I was there, but I didn’t make my presence known to the group. I sat as an observer of the group instead of as a participator of group discussions. When this reality really began to change for me was when the subject of the WIKI GIST was brought up, and as a class we were told by Steph that we needed to decide. This was an important decision because even though we didn’t know the figure yet, we knew that this assignment was going to be a huge portion of our grades and the majority of the purpose of this class. As temper rose and opinions were being shot out right and left, I suddenly began to become involved. I felt that if my peers were getting this passionate about the gist that I should probably become more involved! My only regret for this class was that I didn’t speak up sooner. In some ways I wish I had seen this Peer Review earlier on in the coarse, but honestly I knew what I was lacking! Anyways I feel that the Receivers Fact is correct. You get what you put out basically and others pick up on it pretty readily.

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Portion B

4.) Goal-setting is a responsibility that I share.

For this answer I chose TRUE! I feel that in order to fulfill a goal you have to first set one! I think I have taken responsibility for setting goals especially within my coarse Wiki group. Ashley and I took it upon ourselves to decide what we wanted our portion of the site to look like, and how we were going to achieve it.

10.) Our class/group has all the roles necessary to achieve optimum group growth and productivity.

I chose true for number 10, I think our class most definitely has the roles necessary to achieve optimum growth and productivity. I think any group has the potential for that matter. At first I was worried that our class would be caught in the storming phase for the entire semester, but after we reached the calming phase I started to notice how different members of the class began filling role that were beneficial to success, the leaders stepped up, and the followers contributed and I can already see that our coarse WIKI is amazing, our pages look better than most of the other pages I have seen! (Not to boast or anything)

11.) Our class/group has not yet generated effective work on the problem of role-required ness. I chose false for “our class has not yet generated effective work on the problem of role required ness” because I believe that there is no right or wrong answer to which role are required to fulfill “optimum group growth and productivity (Benne and Sheats) I don’t remember ever talking to my peers and saying “I am going to fulfill the role as follower in order to make the coarse Wiki a success.” I feel like within the group people contributed and worked together to decide on a project and then to create our Coarse Wiki. I think we have generated effective work!

15.) I have role flexibility. I feel that I have switched roles many times within our group dynamics class. I have been a Recorder when I examined the fishbowls and observed my peers for decision making procedures. I feel I have been a Contributor when I went into the fishbowl and gave my ideas. I feel I have been an Encourager, when I agreed and accepted the contributions of others (Benne Sheats)

16. Developing role flexibility is an important objective of group member training.

The three roles I flex among the most are: a) encourager, b) recorder, c)follower. My decision to flex is based upon: The situation of the group and the roles that others play within it. Two factors are that when there was no one else to step up as leader in our group project, I did, I am not a leader usually but because of the circumstances of the group and some people not contributing or even responding to our group; I had to take the lead in order for my groups grade not to suffer. Another example is when I was as follower, one time I went along with the group and acted passively in order to keep the peace and just get the work done.

18.) I never find myself resisting the retraining required to be a functional group member. I responded False for resisting the retraining required to be a functional group member. I think it has been hard for me in certain situations to not feel tension or anxiety. I really don’t like speaking in class, I definitely have gotten batter at it through this class, but this anxiety for speaking has caused me to not say things that I should have. I also found that when I did I would try to just go along with the group to ease tension which is also a problem when you are trying to work in a functional group.

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