Christine: That goes without saying. You could call them "Germanies." Fritz -----Original Message----- From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christine Kuramoto Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:42 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: iRAT/gRAT Interesting thought, calling them "Japans." However, here in Japan, I don't think they'd get it. RAT is easy for my second language students to understand, remember, and pronounce. So RATs it is--for us anyway. Christine Fritz Laux wrote: > Juli: > > My students seem to think that "RAT" is pretty funny. The idea of 6 quizzes > is an immediate groan opportunity and then calling them RATs is like the > icing on the cake. It's like a "guilty pleasure" for them, that they can > take advantage of the name to "gripe" while, at the same time, they find the > team activity scratching off answers for the G-RATs and writing appeals to > be pretty much fun. > > Alternatively, instead of calling them I-RAQs, you could call them "Japans" > or "Germanys." If you have a darker view of politics, you could call them > "Cambodias." I would not call it a Czechoslovakia, though; that'd be way > too hard to explain.... I do agree with you, however, with some students > having loved ones overseas or possibly having been casualties, calling it an > I-RAQ might cause some real injury and would not be appropriate. > > Best, > > Fritz > > -----Original Message----- > From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Juli Dunn > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: iRAT/gRAT > > Can anyone suggest better names for the readiness assessment tests? For > whatever reason I would like something that doesn't spell RAT. I have > played with iRAQ (other issues) and gRAQ. Any suggestions woudl be > greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Juli > > ** > Julia L Dunn, AT/L, MA > Director of Academic Resources > Associate Professor > Whitman College > Memorial Hall 205B > 345 Boyer Avenue > Walla Walla, WA 99362 > [log in to unmask] > 509.527.5013 (office) > 509.301.6824 (cell) > > > -- ******* 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]