I agree with Jim. Decide what kind of repercussion you are comfortable
with, then make sure you follow through on whatever threat you make. Once
they know you are serious, the problem will most likely disappear.
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David Raeker-Jordan
Legal Methods Professor
Widener University School of Law
Harrisburg, PA
717.541.1996
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Spaulding, Kristina N <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
> I am having some issues with talking and cell phone/electronic device
> use during RATs. I teach large classes (70 and 200 students), so
> management has become an issue. These are the specific issues I'm having:
>
> 1) Talking and electronic device use by students who have finished the
> iRAT while other students are still completing their iRATs.
>
> 2) Electronic device use during tRATs.
>
> Number One bothers me because students could be looking up answers on
> their devices, but also because the talking interferes with the ability of
> the remaining students to finish their iRATs. If most of the class is done
> it can get quite loud. No matter how many times I ask them to be quiet,
> this continues to be an issue. I don't have this problem at any other time
> during class (for example, during class discussions or when I lecture).
>
> Students are also using their electronic devices during tRATs. In most
> cases, I think they are texting or goofing off, but obviously, in large
> classes like this, it's impossible to tell. I have told them not to talk
> and to put their devices away, but they do it anyway. In my 70 person
> class, between my TA and I, we can keep a fairly good handle on it, by
> asking students to put away their device if we see them using it, but in a
> class of 200 this is impossible. I'm considering implementing some kind of
> punishment - for example, students caught using devices before the end of
> the tRAT will receive a zero, or even the whole team will receive a zero,
> but I also feel this may be too harsh. How have others handled this
> problem?
>
> Best,
>
> Kristina
>
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> Kristina N. Spaulding
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