Dear Liza,
In response to your questions:
1) I'd try to identify background factors that seem to make a difference (positive or negative) in student performance and spread them across groups. Beyond that, one thing you might want to consider is creating groups whose members are enrolled in the same OTHER class. For example, you might have a group whose members are taking the same history course.
2) I would NOT give an open-book RAT over the syllabus. Part of what you want to do is let them experience the RAT process in the way they will be doing it for real.
Larry
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Cope, Liza M
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Hi, All,
This Fall will be my first semester using TBL. I am seeking insight regarding two issues.
The first is how to distribute assets in a freshman-level remedial mathematics course.
The second is whether to have the syllabus RAT be "open book."
Thank you,
Liza Cope, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Delta State University
Broom Hall 282
1003 W Sunflower Rd
Cleveland, MS 38733
lcope@albany.edu
(662)846-4512
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