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)