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I like it!

Nice work around

Jim 

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From: Team Learning Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Erica Hunter
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:26 AM
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Subject: Re: Tream Folders and FERPA

My friend and I both teach TBL and we were concerned about the privacy
issue, since it is really easy for students to "figure out" who is who,
especially if a student misses a RAT (which happens in my large
enrollments often). We changed the folder cover to include for the
iRATs:

Team High
Team Low
Team Average

I think this helps keep things more "private" but also helps keep the
motivation to do the work better since students can place their iRAT
score in the mix (they will know if they are the low score or bringing
the team down). I also give the class high/low and team scores in class
for comparison. I often get low scoring teams ("The RAT was too tricky
and hard! Waa!") and I think the overall comparison helps to show that
it is possible to do well -- kind of like, "Hey, your team averaged 40%
but a lot of individuals got an 80%. I don't think it is too tricky if
you do the reading and then work on the gRAT as a team."

I also have my students use a separate answer sheet for their iRAT
answers and I let them keep their question sheet for the gRAT so they
know how they did at the end of the gRAT on their iRAT. A big part of
this is that I don't have a TA and it is hard to manage a TBL RAT
session on my own. I just require that they turn in all their materials
at the end of the session in their folder.

Erica


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Erica Hunter
PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
University at Albany