Peer Marking Group Maker

Example: A Year 10 English teacher has 30 students whose assignments need peer marking. Students evaluate each other's work more effectively when they already have a good working relationship — so she collects preferences before grouping. She needs 6 marking groups of 5. She enters each student's preferred working partners — the algorithm finds the arrangement that satisfies the most requests across the whole class, not just the most popular students.

We've pre-loaded 30 students with preferences already entered — hit the Generate Groups button (bottom right). We've pre-populated 6 groups of 5 in the group distribution window, so just hit the Create button and generate your first marking groups. Each group then reviews and evaluates the work of the other members in their group. Click any student's preference button (green when preferences are set) to see or edit who they'd like to work with.

According to Cornell University, peer assessment "can improve overall learning by helping students become better readers, writers, and collaborators." Clever Groups helps you act on that evidence — forming groups that reflect students' working relationships, not just whoever happens to sit nearby.

Try it free — register to let students submit their own preferences directly and save your marking groups all year.