Wow, what great responses! This has been very helpful; thanks so much,
everyone. So far I think this option (Andy Finn's) is easiest and will
work best for me. But all the methods had something to recommend. Great
food for thought.
Virginia
On Tue, September 2, 2008 11:06 am, Dr Finn wrote:
> At 09:22 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote:
>>I'm a new user of TBL and I'm wondering what policies you all have
>>concerning absences on the days that RATs are scheduled. Thanks.
>
> Virginia (and all),
>
> I set my point structure up to include (typically) 5 RAT scores, then
> schedule 6 RATs. I explain at the beginning I will drop the lowest
> individual and the lowest team score at the end.
>
> Many students miss one RAT - and they get a pair of 0s, which are
> then dropped. This also allows me to schedule the first RAT
> relatively early, before the university's "last day to add" a course
> date. Only a very few students have ever missed 2 RATS in my 10 years
> of TBL (and well over 1000 students).
>
> Also, if a student comes in late, they must take the Individual RAT
> first (sometimes in the hall if the Group RAT is about to start). If
> that causes them to miss the Team RAT, then they get a 0 on it (but
> again, their lowest score gets dropped).
>
> Hope that's helpful.
>
> Andy
>
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