Part 2 of the Freedom Post - How did they do?

No lie here, the students in my Grade 8 Science class did not complete this assignment perfectly the first time around. Here are a few observations:

1. I found that students worked together and looked like they simply "copied" drawings one from the other. Either I do not allow them to work together, or I watch much closer to see if they are drawing it on their own. However, I do think that the collaborative work is beneficial if they come to the right conclusions, of which most did not it seemed.
2. Students seem to have the right definitions, but could not translate the definition into the drawing correctly. Thus, they would need more time to truly understand what the definition really meant.

My plan is a simple one: give them back and have them correct them and then hand it in.

The issues above might be corrected if a) students were not working on this assignment all a the same time, and b) weren't all asked to do the same thing! Perhaps, as my previous posts alluded to, if students were able to simply show me that they knew it but were not asked to draw it, I might get better results. Also, the hand in / assess / hand back / correct scenario might be how this type of assignment would have to go: I should not be looking for perfection the first time - how would student's learn if they were not able to try and fix?