Jim, I think that the idea of having teams nominate questions for discussion is just great, and I will use this in my next class.
Has anyone used this in a manner where teams are asked to nominate a limited number of questions each (eg a maximum of two questions)? I think that this would be an additional way to get team interaction and require team negotiation.
Peter Balan
University of South Australia, Australia

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Subject: Readiness Assurance Logisitics

We use a scanner....every once in a while it breaks....and clearly demonstrate that it's nice but not essential to the readiness assurance process

The irat is about individual accountability....you get that with or without scanner.....what you don't get as an instructor is an item analysis/tally report that can help guide mini-lecture

But no problem....we just write a list of the question numbers on the board and ask teams after they finish the trat to figure out which question they want discussed further...then they put a check mark beside their teams question of interest.....you end up with what looks like a stem and leaf plot....to guide your mini-lecture

Jim Sibley