Dear Noam,
I usually have some lag time between the individual and team RAT. For this reason, I hand out articles for students to read with the RAT that relates to the 4 S learning activity they will do later in the class (same problem, significant problem, simultaneous reporting...).
As for teams finishing first, I often have the scheduled class break right after the RAT (which includes appeals). If a team finishes early, they can start their break. A team finishing early is the exception rather than the rule. The tests are hard enough that teams rarely finish early though I have seen it with high performing teams.
All the best,
Yvonne
Yvonne D. Harrison, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and Policy
Rockefeller College, University at Albany, SUNY
Milne 111, 135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY, 12222
Office Phone: 518-442-4001
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Hi Noam,
This is a common issue. Many of us use "sponge activities" to sponge up the extra time while the other teams finish the tRAT. I teach anatomy, so I have the teams start anatomy labeling games online or on worksheets during this time, and then we move on to the applications when everyone is done. It's also a good time to check in with teams (the ones that are done) and get to know the individuals in them a bit better.
It's also possible to move the appeals process outside of class time, if that ends up being the part that takes up a lot of time.
Sarah Leupen
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:45:06 -0700
From: Noam Perry <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: idle time during RAPs
This semester is my first attempt at TBL, and I just had my first RAP
with my class, Human Rights and Justice. It went great, and I am
looking forward to see how this semester progresses.
One thing that I noticed was that some teams were a lot faster than
the other. The fastest team completed the tRAT first, and had nothing
to appeal because they got everything right (it was very easy). The
slowest team took the longest time taking the tRAT, and then had a lot
it could potentially appeal. So the fastest teams had some 15 minutes
of waiting time while other teams were doing appeals. Since it was the
first RAP I encouraged them to use this time to get to know each other
better, but I was wondering if anyone has something productive the
fastest teams can do in this time.
Thanks,
Noam
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Noam Perry
Lecturer
Department of Justice Studies
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192
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