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I suggest that at the first instruction on how to use the
IFAT form you tell them that mishaps occur with scratches
and that if it happens the 'scratcher' is responsible to inform
you in class.  A team is permitted ONE mishap during the
course, encouraging the teams to be highly selective about
who is the team scratcher.  Like life!  Dean
On Feb 4, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Erica Hunter wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been debating about how to handle a problem I've had with my  
> students
> and how they use their IF-AT forms. I would appreciate any insight  
> more
> seasoned users have on handling this situation. I use the A-E IF-AT  
> cards,
> but sometimes I only have A-C or A-D answers for questions on the  
> gRAT. What
> happens is that students will want to scratch D but they do E by  
> mistake
> since they just "go to the end" of the row since they want to  
> scratch "the
> last one." Other times they are not careful with their scratching  
> (i.e.
> scratch the row below instead). They then tell me about it in hopes  
> that
> they won't be penalized for the scratch.
>
> How do others handle this? In the past I would allow appeals for  
> these if
> they could explain their case. This worked but I think some teams took
> advantage of this system AND it adds a good amount of grading time  
> (esp. if
> it isn't easy to know it was a mistake). This term, I put in place a  
> "no
> mercy for accidents" and they are unhappy. I've given tips (i.e.  
> look before
> you scratch, use a paper to line up the row you are working on) but  
> I've had
> 2 RATS and several teams complain.
>
> I use a 1 -.5 -.25-0-0 point system on the gRAT. Any suggestions or  
> words of
> wisdom would be awesome.
>
> Erica
> Sociology
> UAlbany