I teach a capstone course in farm management and operations- Junior/ senior
level students only. Students are making decisions that affect a working
farm operation. Because of this, I grade TRATS with four options (a,b,c,d)
4-2-0. My experience thus far has been great. Students are extremely engaged
in the discussion process and only seem to have issues at the beginning of
the semester when they’re are unfamiliar with the process. I have found that
if they exhaust their options for earning points, it is generally because
they haven’t adequately prepared (also evident when compared to each members
IRAT score).
OP McCubbins
Instructor- AGEDS 450
Collegiate FFA Graduate Advisor
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Department of Agricultural Education & Studies
217B Curtiss Hall
Ames, IA 50011
859-444-3966
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Hi
We use 4-2-1-0 on 4 distractor cards and 8-4-2-1-0 on five distractors cards
The 4-3-2-1-0…makes me uncomfortable ….a student could not know a single
right answer…but get them on the second try and still get 75% on test….that
just feels wrong to me
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Date: Friday, January 16, 2015 at 7:08 AM
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Subject: Re: tRAT Grading
We use 4 - 2 - 1 - 0
We have A-D (4 option) MCQs for our tRATs, so I couldnąt justify giving 1
mark to the students who have exhausted all the options.
If you have A-E then I can see 4, 3, 2, 1 (0) making more sense.
I wonder whether one gets more discussion with the 4/2/1/0 option. The
fact that getting it right first time is worth double the points may
encourage students to spend more time thinking/discussing their preferred
response and coming to a proper consensus. But that is just a gut feeling
- I wonder if anyone has tried to see whether it actually makes any
difference? Does anyone know of data on this?
Josie ?
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On 16/01/2015 14:05, "DrL" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi,
What is the most popular grading system for tRATs? One point off for
each wrong answer (4,3,2,1) or reduce by half for each wrong answer
(4,2,1,0)? Other methods? What are the pro and cons?
R Roy Lindquist, M.D.
University of Connecticut
School of Medicine
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