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That's the numbers we usually see....students freak a bit sometimes at
their first 60% irat......so they often need some assuring speak at the
beginning

jim

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Subject: Your advice re: RAT difficulty & enforced curves?

Colleagues,

RAT DIFFICUTLY
I am curious what folks' current recommendations to new folks are re:
how difficult to make RAT questions.  I think at the conference someone
(might have been Larry) recommended targeting performance levels of
60-80% for individuals and 70-90% for teams.  When you are helping
someone new get started, is this compatible the advice you give them?

ENFORCED CURVES
Some folks have curves enforced upon them by their departments or
schools.  Does anyone out there have experience with setting up their
TBL experience so it can "play nice" with an externally-enforced curve?
Sophie Sparrow posted about this a while back and I am not sure if the
conversation went private or if it just never got picked up.

Even if you don't have experience with fitting your own TBL teaching
into an external curve, any help brainstorming the issue or practical
advice will be greatly appreciated! :-)

-M
 



Michael Sweet, Ph.D.
Faculty Development Specialist
Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA)
University of Texas Austin
MAI 2206 * (512) 232-1775
 
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