Tony & Others,
     
Why not go over the student's IRat with him/her?  There have been numerous times in my own teaching when such 1-on-1 discussions have been major "teaching/learning moments".
      You need to discern quickly, whether they just want to argue for more points, or really want to understand why they are doing poorly.  If the former, you can end it quickly; but if the latter, take advantage of the situation and help the student "learn how to learn."

During the last year or so, I have encountered two people who are doing national workshops on this very topic:  Helping students learn how to learn.
     For one of them, the major tasks are, first, to convince them that their IQ is not "fixed" ["People are either dumb or smart; I am afraid I may be the former."] but "fluid" ["If people know how to learn, they can improve their performance."].
     Then you need to help them understand (a) what you really want them to learn [probably problem-solving, rather than memorizing lots of material, like many did in pre-collegiate classes] and (b) how the subject matter is organized.
      If they understand that, then they are ready for some basic "this is how to study" lessons: read before class, take notes on major ideas, review afterwards - preferably with others, etc.

When they have done this, students went from seriously failing their exams, [which it sounds like your student has done, Tony] to consistently earning A's and B's on their exams for the rest of the semester.  In a word, it changed their lives.

For me, that is worth taking a little time to do!

Dee



On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Anthony Mento <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello,


i have a student who has done very poorly on his first two IRATs; his team however has done a very good job.

He wants me to go over his individual IRAT responses.  I hesitated to do this, telling him he went over each question with his team on the TRAT on which they received immediate feedback.

I wonder how you have treated this issue?

Thanks,

Tony Mento



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