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Dear All:

I have had similar experiences in my TBL course in the undergraduate college and in the School of Medicine where I have made accommodation for the individual component of the RAT (we call them "RA-RA's" here) or the individual component of the exams, and then no accommodation for the team phase.  I have discussed this issue with our Deans here at Duke and in our sister School in Singapore and there are no policies in place for TBL-specific activities.  This is a deficit in our planning and implementation that we need to think through carefully, so I appreciate the input of all of you in this matter.  We are making it up as we go here (in Singapore, there are no federal mandates in this area so there are no accommodations there for anyone with a learning disability).

Kind regards,

Len

Leonard E. White, PhD
Associate Professor

Department of Community and Family Medicine
Doctor of Physical Therapy Division
Department of Neurobiology

Director of Education
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences


From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Molly Espey
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 5:19 PM
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Subject: Re: students with learning disabilities

I've also allowed time before class.  I've also had many more students who have approval for accomodations but decide they can take the iRAT during the time allotted in classes.  It seems to have worked out fine in general.

Molly Espey, Professor
John E. Walker Department of Economics
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634

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From: Team-Based Learning [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heath Marrs [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 5:00 PM
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Subject: Re: students with learning disabilities
Hi Renate,

I've had students who have testing accommodations come by my office 10-15 minutes before classtime (depending on their allotted time) and complete about half the iRAT, then they complete the rest of it during the regularly scheduled iRAT time (generally 20 minutes of a 50 minute class period). This has worked fairly well so far.

Heath Marrs, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Central Washington University
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Ellensburg, WA 98926

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>>> "Gebauer, Renate" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 5/29/2012 1:28 PM >>>
Hello,

I was wondering whether there is anybody who has experience with students with learning disabilities for Irat and Trat.  In the past I had students with documented learning disabilities who were allowed 1.5 times the allotted time for exams and quizzes.  Any suggestions how to handle that situation.  It is the first time that I am using TBL this fall and just want to be ready if the situation comes up.

Thanks in advance for ideas

Renate Gebauer
Environmental Studies
Keene State College
Keene, NH 03435