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Stan, you bring up a good question.  I was wondering if i was skewing 
results by letting students leave the room, talk or review material 
between tests?  We all know that distributed practice works best and 
since the second test is collaborative other factors weigh in.  It seems 
to me that someone who didn't know an answer on the iRAT will not be 
confident in an answer obtained right before the T-RAT. 

Stan Williamson, Ph.D. wrote:
> Hi, folks--
> I have been a TBLer since about 1995 and have a follow-up question on 
> the discussion about downtime within a team between their iRAT and 
> tRAT. As the semester progresses, there is a natural progression 
> within teams for those early finishers sitting near each other to use 
> their downtime to start sharing their opinions on test items either 
> verbally (quietly) and/or by exchanging their personal answer scratch 
> sheets as they wait. I have generally allowed this as long as it is 
> not too disruptive, but wonder if it may be building cliques and 
> reducing overall exchange once the team is fully at it on the tRAT. 
> Any thoughts on this?
> Thanks.
> stan
>
> Stan Williamson, Ph.D.
> Boulware Professor of Management
> ULM Scott Endowed Professor for Teaching Excellence, 1999-2002
>
> Department of Management
> College of Business Administration
> University of Louisiana Monroe
> Monroe, Louisiana 71209
> phone:318.342.1195
> fax: 318.342.1209

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