Individual evaluation for freshman in small size group

Individual evaluation in small size groups is an important part for collaborative learning. To evaluate individual contributions, we use a comprehensive assessment method including self-evaluation and mutual-evaluation in freshmen seminar course in Southeast University of china. And the comparison and problem between self-evaluation and mutual-evaluation are presented and analyzed. Relations of the scores between leaders, members and their projects are discussed. Analysis shows that the proposed method could be an effective way to evaluate individual contributions to groups. However, the conclusion may depend strongly on the background that the course is for freshman in an engineering school.