Juli:
My students seem to think that "RAT" is pretty funny. The idea of 6 quizzes
is an immediate groan opportunity and then calling them RATs is like the
icing on the cake. It's like a "guilty pleasure" for them, that they can
take advantage of the name to "gripe" while, at the same time, they find the
team activity scratching off answers for the G-RATs and writing appeals to
be pretty much fun.
Alternatively, instead of calling them I-RAQs, you could call them "Japans"
or "Germanys." If you have a darker view of politics, you could call them
"Cambodias." I would not call it a Czechoslovakia, though; that'd be way
too hard to explain.... I do agree with you, however, with some students
having loved ones overseas or possibly having been casualties, calling it an
I-RAQ might cause some real injury and would not be appropriate.
Best,
Fritz
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Juli Dunn
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:51 AM
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Subject: iRAT/gRAT
Can anyone suggest better names for the readiness assessment tests? For
whatever reason I would like something that doesn't spell RAT. I have
played with iRAQ (other issues) and gRAQ. Any suggestions woudl be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Juli
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