I am using TBL for the first time this year and have only done one RAP, but
the appeals process was definitely a win for me and the students. They liked
being able to argue that the book and/or questions were vague, and it meant
no one came to me or wrote emails whining about their grades. It was well
worth the class time. I also like how it led the students to get out their
textbooks and review the questions they missed, looking for a loophole.
-Melissa Michelson


On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Marjorie Baier <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Appeals are a selling point for me. The nursing students are competitive
> and
> all want A's. They are used to arguing about quiz and exam items, taking up
> a
> lot of class time and putting the professor on the spot.. The appeals
> process
> defuses the arguing process. I do spend a lot of time on a day after class
> reading everything and updating the spreadsheets with the grades, but it's
> time well spent. The appeals process improves my communication with the
> students. I send messages to each group about why I granted  or didn't
> grant
> their appeals.
>
> Marjorie Baier
> SIUE School of Nursing
>
> Scott Zimmerman wrote:
>
> > I always use appeals because it reinforces the idea that the RATs are to
> > provide feedback on preparedness as opposed to punitive penalties for
> lack
> > of effort (which they do anyway).  My goal is to get my students back
> into
> > the material with a better idea of what they do and do not know.  The
> > appeals provide some "coercion"/reward for them to do that.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > On 10/6/08 8:59 AM, "Sibley, Jim" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > According to a survey we did in 2007.....about 75% of all reporting TBL
> > > practitioners use appeals
> > >
> > > With my instructors (22 TBL course offering) only about 25% use
> > > them...... jim
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Team Learning Discussion List [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]]
> > > On Behalf Of Christine Kuramoto
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 11:51 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: skipping appeals
> > >
> > > Has anyone out there done TBL without the appeals process?
> > >
> > > Christine
> > >
> > > --
> > > *******
> > > Christine Kuramoto, Assistant Professor: Medical English Kyushu
> > > University, Department of Medical Education Faculty of Medical Sciences
> > > 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
> > > Phone: (+81)92-642-6186 Fax: (+81)92-642-6188
> > > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > --
> > Scott D. Zimmerman, PhD
> > Biomedical Sciences Department
> > Missouri State University
> > Springfield, MO 65897
> > (417) 836-6123
> > Fax (417) 836-5588
>