Diane, Based on lots of experience, either your students are very different or I'll bet you are missing something in the way you are running the classes. My first guess is that you aren't using the IF-AT's. Is that accurate? Larry ----- Larry K. Michaelsen Professor of Management University of Central Missouri Dockery 400G Warrensburg, MO 64093 [log in to unmask] 660/429-9873 voice <---NEW ATT cell phone 660/543-8465 fax >>> Dianne York <[log in to unmask]> 10/22/10 5:46 AM >>> Jim, The first semester I used teams, I had 3 or 4 students, from different sections of the same course, approach me after receiving their first peer eval score, and request to work alone. I explained to them how it would work: that their iRAT (although I wasn't calling it that then) would count double, and that they would need to complete all the activities and team assignments on their own. Each one agreed. If I recall correctly, 2 of them withdrew from the course eventually. I believe another one or 2 finished and did pass the course. It seemed to me that on the activities and assignments they had something of an advantage because they could watch and listen to other students, and perhaps even copy their answers as they were being discussed. Fortunately, I've not had similar requests since, and I'd be much more resistant if I did have one. The student that doesn't get along with her team presently has told me she doesn't want to work alone. But I'm not sure that thought is enough to motivate her to change her behavior. Dianne York, M.S., MT(ASCP) Lecturer, Biology Lincoln University, PA [log in to unmask]