Nor do I give grades to those not present. The whole point of being on a team is helping the team out when it needs assistance, so if you're not there, why should you benefit from other students' work? I do, however, allow my students to drop one iRAT and one gRAT. Virginia On Thu, October 16, 2008 6:42 am, Hadley, Mary wrote: > I will be interested in hearing the answers to this. I do not give the > team RAT grade to those who are not present. > > M. Hadley, > ________________________________________ > From: Team Learning Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Christine Kuramoto [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:02 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: TBL RAT absenteeism > > Hello All, > > Today was our first real RAP and a few students were absent. Do you > give the absent students the team RAT point, or just a zero? > > Thanks in advance! > 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] >