For years now, over 1600 students through our curriculum, it works for a student to get a zero if they don't show for the RAT - unless excused ahead of time. I can count on one hand the number of no shows in all these years. Dean On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Erica Hunter wrote: > I'll add in what I do for students missing RATs. > > If they contact me and have a legit reason, I give them a score of > 999, > which is replaced at the end of the semester with the average from > their > other iRATs and gRATs. Since I drop their lowest score for the RATs, > I find > this keeps the math in the gradebook easier (I teach 100+ enrollments > without assistance). > > If they know they will miss and arrange with me early, they can take > it > right before they go (as mentioned in a previous message), leave > notes on > it, and I give it to their team for the gRAT. In this case, they get > both > grades since they "helped." > > Students who no show earn a 0. Students who come late for class and > miss the > iRAT but help with the gRAT get only the gRAT score - if they put > their name > on it and remind me they took it if I miss it in the book/didn't > know they > came late. > > I've been interested in how others handle this. I started using Peer > Helper > Scores this term, which multiplies the team grade by a helper score to > develop a fair grade for each student for team work. For the other > part of > the team grade (unit project) I give everyone the same grade, > regardless of > attendance, but I'm starting to wonder if I should drop that also > (ie give 0 > to no show and give 999 to students who have excused miss). > > I just wonder if, depending on the grading model, students are double > penalized for slacking. But again, my experience with evals tend to > show > that even poor performing/attending students get decent grades here > because > no one wants to "put their neck out." Switching to PHS has helped > some, > because it weights with the score the team earned, but it is a > question I > have in my mind. > > Erica > University at Albany