For years now, over 1600 students through our curriculum, it works
for a student to get a zero if they don't show for the RAT - unless
excused
ahead of time. I can count on one hand the number of no shows in all
these years. Dean
On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Erica Hunter wrote:
> I'll add in what I do for students missing RATs.
>
> If they contact me and have a legit reason, I give them a score of
> 999,
> which is replaced at the end of the semester with the average from
> their
> other iRATs and gRATs. Since I drop their lowest score for the RATs,
> I find
> this keeps the math in the gradebook easier (I teach 100+ enrollments
> without assistance).
>
> If they know they will miss and arrange with me early, they can take
> it
> right before they go (as mentioned in a previous message), leave
> notes on
> it, and I give it to their team for the gRAT. In this case, they get
> both
> grades since they "helped."
>
> Students who no show earn a 0. Students who come late for class and
> miss the
> iRAT but help with the gRAT get only the gRAT score - if they put
> their name
> on it and remind me they took it if I miss it in the book/didn't
> know they
> came late.
>
> I've been interested in how others handle this. I started using Peer
> Helper
> Scores this term, which multiplies the team grade by a helper score to
> develop a fair grade for each student for team work. For the other
> part of
> the team grade (unit project) I give everyone the same grade,
> regardless of
> attendance, but I'm starting to wonder if I should drop that also
> (ie give 0
> to no show and give 999 to students who have excused miss).
>
> I just wonder if, depending on the grading model, students are double
> penalized for slacking. But again, my experience with evals tend to
> show
> that even poor performing/attending students get decent grades here
> because
> no one wants to "put their neck out." Switching to PHS has helped
> some,
> because it weights with the score the team earned, but it is a
> question I
> have in my mind.
>
> Erica
> University at Albany
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