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Hello to everyone
I have just finished reading the book on TBL and was impressed.  However, I
am not clear on a number of items and request your help.  I am going to
trial run this in my Economic Development course in the spring and I have
divided the text and am in the process of writing study guides and RATS
(quizzes?) on those sections.  First question....how long are those RATS and
in what format?  Multiple choice is what I am understanding so far.  Is this
correct?

This class is MWF for fifty minutes which I realize is short but I live with
what I am given so how much time for these and for the group do you think?

Then what I thought I would do is focus on one country.......say Vietnam for
this semester because I am very familiar with that country and have them
work in groups to suggest policy for a particular issue (such as urban
giantism, population, rural development) based on research they are asked to
do outside of class.  I don't think that asking the students to grade each
others work or assess the quality will work here.  This is a VERY SMALL
college, 650 students, and they are for the most part good friends with one
another.  They are all in the same classes etc.  So how to assess the group
work would be another question.

Finally, for a final group project, I would like to have them choose another
less developed country and write a report considering each of the issues
they considered for Vietnam.

Too much, not enough.  Should I give a mid term and a final also.......?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Lori D. Bell, Ph.D.
Economics Professor
Blackburn College
Department of Business and Economics

I refuse to believe I am a piece of dust
scuttering through uncaring space. I
believe I count--that I have work to
do--that there is need of me... With my
last breath, I sing a psalm.
         - Rita Duskin