So, a couple of ideas:
1) - when a team completes the tRAT, they bring their IFAT card to
the front of the class. When you have 1/2 of the cards in, you put on the
timer for 3-5 more minutes for all other teams to finish. You can have the
class vote on the amount of time remaining after 1/2 are 'in.' This works
well to move things along.
2)- have a defined time limit for the tRAT to be completed, use the
timer on the screen, whatever. Usually, you'll know how much time after
you run a module once.
Dean
Dean Parmelee, M.D.
Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
http://www.med.wright.edu/aa/parmelee.html
On Aug 30, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Sarah Leupen wrote:
> 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
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:00 AM, TEAMLEARNING-L automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 1. idle time during RAPs
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> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:45:06 -0700
> From: Noam Perry <[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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