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Appeals are a selling point for me. The nursing students are competitive and
all want A's. They are used to arguing about quiz and exam items, taking up a
lot of class time and putting the professor on the spot.. The appeals process
defuses the arguing process. I do spend a lot of time on a day after class
reading everything and updating the spreadsheets with the grades, but it's
time well spent. The appeals process improves my communication with the
students. I send messages to each group about why I granted  or didn't grant
their appeals.

Marjorie Baier
SIUE School of Nursing

Scott Zimmerman wrote:

> I always use appeals because it reinforces the idea that the RATs are to
> provide feedback on preparedness as opposed to punitive penalties for lack
> of effort (which they do anyway).  My goal is to get my students back into
> the material with a better idea of what they do and do not know.  The
> appeals provide some "coercion"/reward for them to do that.
>
> Scott
>
> On 10/6/08 8:59 AM, "Sibley, Jim" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > According to a survey we did in 2007.....about 75% of all reporting TBL
> > practitioners use appeals
> >
> > With my instructors (22 TBL course offering) only about 25% use
> > them...... jim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Team Learning Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Christine Kuramoto
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 11:51 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: skipping appeals
> >
> > Has anyone out there done TBL without the appeals process?
> >
> > Christine
> >
> > --
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> > Christine Kuramoto, Assistant Professor: Medical English Kyushu
> > University, Department of Medical Education Faculty of Medical Sciences
> > 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
> > Phone: (+81)92-642-6186 Fax: (+81)92-642-6188
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> Scott D. Zimmerman, PhD
> Biomedical Sciences Department
> Missouri State University
> Springfield, MO 65897
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