Fran Attached is a copy of a RAT that I use in a course in engineering electromagnetics. This is not your field, but it may be of interest. Some of the questions require memorization, and some, such as Number 6, can be reasoned out even if the student does not know the correct answer. In my first attempt at TBL last term I gave the students a syllabus with a grading plan, but I changed the course a little as time went on, and the result was a minor change in the grading plan. This term I added a disclaimer to the syllabus to the extent that I may have to make minor changes. Tim Healy Santa Clara University >>> [log in to unmask] 01/16/06 3:01 PM >>> Hello, I will be using TBL to teach genetics this semester and am setting up my course now. If any of you give a practice RAT on your syllabus and wouldn't mind sharing, I'd be grateful to see a copy of your syllabus and the RAT you give on it. I'm also interested in the extent to which your syllabus is in 'final form' when you give it out the first night. I'm planning to do the grade-weight-setting activity the first night and then update/hand out the final syllabus the following class meeting. (I am teaching at night, in 2 hour 40 minute time blocks.) thanks! Fran Glazer -- Francine S. Glazer, Ph.D. Professor, Biological Sciences Kean University Union NJ 07083 Ph: 908-737-3661 Fx: 908-737-3666 http://www.kean.edu/~fglazer This message scanned for viruses and SPAM by GWGuardian at SCU (MGW1)