My initial thought is that if you're giving out grades, there should be a BEST answer.
Perhaps cases of varying quality can be made for others, but there should be a BEST answer. If two answers truly are equally good, then--yeah--you'd have to give everyone points who put either of those two, just as would be the case for any multiple-choice test inside or outside of the TBL framework.
If you are discerning in your approving (or not) of appeals, then students will quickly learn that frivolously appealing is just a waste of time.
And, of course, I don't recommend your making the granted-or-not-granted decision right there in the room at the moment. Carry the appeals out of class with you, let everyone's blood cool off a bit, and decide which to grant back in your office when you aren't faced with a room full of demanding eyes. . . .
-M
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jackson, John Mark
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:44 AM
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Subject: Question about appeals process.
I am trying TBL for the first time this year. I teach an optics course for entering optometry students. There are 120 students in the class.
Today we took a practice RAT. When we go to the appeals process, they stumped me. I made it clear (I thought) that only teams can appeal and that a successful appeal means the team gets credit for the missed item and any individual who chose that answer would also get credit on the individual RAT.
But then they asked: can the team appeal on behalf of a team member? In other words, if the team overall is happy with the answer, but one student can make an argument that a second answer is really correct as well, can the team make a case for that person and have him get credit for his answer?
My initial thought is NO, because the point is to learn how to critically think about the question and reach a concensus, not get as many points back as possible. But if the team really can argue that there are two "good" answers, what's my defense here?
Thanks for any thoughts, and I'll be happy to clarify if this doesn't make sense.
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John Mark Jackson, OD, MS, FAAO
Southern College of Optometry
(901) 722-3314
Skype: jacksonsco
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