I teach intro econ and provide study guides with page numbers. I explain ahead of time that the questions require them to understand not just memorize the concepts - and provide a few examples. I also explain both before and after taking RAP that the team is weighted 60% and individual is 40% -- so even they make a 50 on the iRAT and 100 on tRAT they would receive an 80. We discuss the fact that instructors want to focus on student learning, while the primary goals of students is the grade. I begin this discussion by asking them whats more important (It's very rare that any student chooses learning over a good grade). Then I explain my goal is to provide learning opportunities. I emphasize that their grade is based on the entire process not just the individual portion & enter one grade for the reading assessment process (as opposed to one for the iRAT and one for the TRAT). I also drop the lowest grades.
Since showing them the teams provide an opportunity to both learn and raise there grade, I get much less push back on RATs.
Michael
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