Hi everyone, I've been debating about how to handle a problem I've had with my students and how they use their IF-AT forms. I would appreciate any insight more seasoned users have on handling this situation. I use the A-E IF-AT cards, but sometimes I only have A-C or A-D answers for questions on the gRAT. What happens is that students will want to scratch D but they do E by mistake since they just "go to the end" of the row since they want to scratch "the last one." Other times they are not careful with their scratching (i.e. scratch the row below instead). They then tell me about it in hopes that they won't be penalized for the scratch. How do others handle this? In the past I would allow appeals for these if they could explain their case. This worked but I think some teams took advantage of this system AND it adds a good amount of grading time (esp. if it isn't easy to know it was a mistake). This term, I put in place a "no mercy for accidents" and they are unhappy. I've given tips (i.e. look before you scratch, use a paper to line up the row you are working on) but I've had 2 RATS and several teams complain. I use a 1 -.5 -.25-0-0 point system on the gRAT. Any suggestions or words of wisdom would be awesome. Erica Sociology UAlbany