Hi James, One approach that has worked well for me in the past is that I have given students who miss, for an acceptable reason, the average of their teammates' individual scores for the iRAT and the team score for the tRAT. I second Ann's method for dealing with planned excused absences. I don't give extra time for students who arrive late. Joel Joel P. Sodano Jr., Doctoral Candidate | Department of English | University at Albany (SUNY) | [log in to unmask] On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:10 PM, James Latham <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > I am implementing TBL into my Economics Courses for the first time next > Spring. I have not decided how to deal with absences regarding the IRAT. I > would appreciate any advice anyone may have. Thanks, > > > Michael >