Hello again, A week or so I asked for some advice about my Friday afternoon class. Here are some of the suggestions I recieved. 1. Give fewer RATs and give some points for the application exercises. 2. Don't give credit for the RATs if they leave early. 3. Use the ungraded application exercises as potential 'booster' points for people on the borderline of a grade at the end ov the class. 4. Have the students sign a sheet at the beginning of the semester accepting responsibility for the potential grade costs of missed classes... I have chosen to leave class early. I realize that I may be missing activities that will help me perform well in the class and earn team points. I accept the consequences of this choice for my grade. 5. Make important announcements at the end of class. Thanks to all who made suggestions. Karla Karla Kubitz, Ph.D., FACSM Department of Kinesiology Towson University 8000 York Rd Towson, MD 21252 410-704-3168 (ph) 410-704-3912 (fax) From: Team Learning Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kubitz, Karla Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Advice? Hi all, You've probably seen an e-mail or two from me about my Friday afternoon (1-3:40pm) class. I'd had trouble with them leaving after the RATs. Anyway, I'd like to ask for some advice. I'm considering two options related to that class. The first would be to continue as it's presently set up... RATs, followed by minilecture, followed by application exercises all in one afternoon. I have 9 RATs. I also have 3 classes w/o RATs that are for integrative application exercises. It takes the whole class period for those. The change would be that I'd put some points on the application exercises (where I didn't before). The other option is to restructure... fewer RATs (maybe 6), bit longer reading assignments, bit longer RATs (they were 12 questions) and then give more integrative assignments on the other days and give points for those. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Karla