I just finished a minimester class...3 and a half hours a day for 12 days (minus the MLK holiday). I ended up giving 6 RATs (lost one day when my daughter was sick). That meant one every day for all but four of the days of class (the first and last and the two days for integrative assignments). It worked well. I also teach a 3 hour Friday afternoon class during the regular semester. I give 8 RATs in that class with 3-5 days set aside for integrative assignments and other things. On the RAT days, I do those first and then move into topic specific activities. It actually works quite nicely. Karla
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When I taught once a week, 3 hour sessions, I had a RAT every week that
I had no exam. This normally corresponded to one chapter of the text.
It all went fine.
Regards,
David Smith
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The University of Texas School of Public Health
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Hi All
I teach in a system where all courses are held once a week, from 6-10 in
the evening, and the classes are only 6 weeks long. Would you recommend
6 RATS or fewer?
Also, I plan on giving these to Masters level students who don't usually
get much in the way of multiple choice quizzes. They are generally
resist them and regard them as inappropriate for graduate level work.
They associate multiple choice with undergraduate work. Does anyone have
any ideas about how to work with resistance like this?
Sincerely,
Don McCormick
University of Redlands
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