Hello Sandy
Our experience is that a student who failed the course and retakes it later does not appear to remember the material ( in our program they are unable to take the unit until the same semester the following year). If they do remember it and select the right answer in the RATS, it is hoped that is because they actually know that is the right answer rather than just remembering the question. We do not allow any note taking in the class so students do not have materials to take out of the class.
Even if they remember an answer they would still need to defend that answer to their team and are unlikely to say "I know it is A because it was last year" as the team could not provide a rationale for their answer when called upon to do so in the discussion. Also, they usually don't admit they are doing the course again (which may be professionally embarrassing for post graduate students) so still need to explain why they think it is the correct answer.
Interestingly, when I use very similar TBL application questions in the end of course exams, I give marks for the correct answer, but more marks for the correct rationale (including the rationale for why the other options are incorrect or of a lower priority etc). Sometimes it would seem that a student has remembered the 'right' answer but is unable to provide an explanation so still scores poorly. I think the same is true for the TBL sessions.
regards
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Oldland
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Subject: Repeating Course?
Here is a general question for you. While the general TBL framework is designed to actually identify students at risk early and prevent failures - there are still going to be times, more for professionalism issues in our setting (like cheating), that one may still need to fail a student. In some programs, it may be easy to just have the student take another course under a different instructor, or in a similar topic, if it is not a core requirement. But if it is core, this is the only course available, and it is run as TBL - Without re-doing every single RAT & Application, how does a student repeat/remediate a failure? The student can't really sit in on the GRATs and Applications because the student probably has all the notes and knows the answers = and will rob the other team members the opportunity to learn from the thinking process. Student can't just take RATs and then sit by themselves during the discussions. Kind of defeats the team process. Thoughts, experiences?
Sandy
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