To clarify, we approach absences like the workplace – documentation of some medical emergency, illness, accident, death of close relative, etc. No sense in students having a different standard from the workplace.
I got tired of trying to decide whether an absence was legitimate, so I just drop the lowest iRAT score. Although I have to decide whether any additional absences are excused, dropping the lowest iRAT solves most of the problems. Students still get the tRAT
score when they miss. If the team thinks the person is getting an undeserved break, they can deal with that situation on the Peer Evaluation.
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David