I'm new to TBL as well and am very surprised that some class policies allow students to receive scores for work they didn't do/learning they didn't demonstrate. Can anyone share the theory/purpose behind such a policy?

In my class, students do not receive scores if they are not present, but students can drop their lowest iRAT/tRAT scores from the final (so, if they missed one, they can drop those 0s). This has worked well for me (albeit, only taught using TBL twice)---no complaints.


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Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:37 AM
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Subject: Re: RAP Question

Donna - our course policy which seems to work well - if the absence is
"excused" (e.g., contacting the faculty member for the planned absence
{illness, car trouble} prior to the class), the IRAT score is the class
mean, and the same GRAT score as the groupŠif not excused, then zero for
IRAT and GRAT
Ed

Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Drake University College of Pharmacy
Des Moines, IA
515-271-1841




On 2/19/14 1:15 PM, "Donna Oglesby" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Quick question from a newbie: If a student misses a RAP because of class
>absence, is it customary to give her the team score on the tRAT anyway?
>Obviously, she scores zero on the iRAT.
>
>Donna Oglesby
>Eckerd College