Ron, My understanding is that most
instructors set up their courses in units and generally less units than the
number of classes so you are not doing a IRAT each time they come together. I
am in a similar situation in that my course (MSK for med students ) is broken
up into weekly units and I have been giving an Irat each week with another
session for cases.
The fear is that you will get the students
burned out on IRATS/GRATS (TRATS) . Perhaps you will need to give them more
reading for less units and try to group certain content together.
Ken
Sincerely,
Dr. Ken Kontio
B.Sc., M.D., M.Ed., FRCS(C)
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Subject: Understanding iRATs
In my last 2 TBL
classes, I set up the sequence as follows:
1. Assigned reading
for the week (1 - 2 chapters)
2. iRAT on
assigned reading fro the previous week
3. tRAT
4. Application
exercise
Yet, the book
states: "Each unit of a TBL course begins with a readiness assurance
process (RAP), which occurs at least five to seven times each term."
I don't understand how
you can do tRATS/application unless students have read and been tested on their
assigned reading.
What am I missing?
Thanks,
Ron Carson