If a person is out with a legitimate excuse (ill, mostly), and communicate with their team and administration that they are out, we will give them up to 2 days to take the IRAT for their individual score and in all cases they will get their GRAT score even if not present.  For us, we figure the desire not to lose points at all and the potential impact on their peer score (if this happens more than a couple of times) serves an incentive to not be late and to make it up.  Although, I've never had anyone miss the first few (so far anyway).

Sandy

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Duke/NUS Graduate School of Medicine



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From: Team Learning Discussion List on behalf of Hadley, Mary
Sent: Thu 10/16/2008 6:42 PM
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Subject: Re: TBL RAT absenteeism

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,
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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

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