On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Neil Haave <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I no longer concern myself with absences other than zero for not writing an iRAT. I let the student peer evaluation multipliers take care of that. I tell students that if they are going to be absent from a class it is their responsibility to inform their team and then it is up to their team-mates to decide whether or not it is a valid excuse and whether it should be a consideration in their peer evaluation. I also remind the class as a whole that university-sanctioned activities (e.g. sports teams and field trips) that force students to miss class should not be held against the student who is absent. Generally speaking the students do a better job of policing themselves then I do of policing the class.
Cheers
Neil
Neil Haave, PhDAssociate Professor, Biology
Managing Editor, CELT
Vice-President, AIBA
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On 30 September 2015 at 18:30, Amanda Rees <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Alison
No show, no grade :). If Rey aren't there to work with the team them they aren't there to sign the team application sheet, at least in my class. I also have a team folder that I keep team grades on so everyone can see their team grade activities. And folks that don't show get a big zero. It's a good "stick."
Does that need to be in the syllabus?
Manda
Dr. Amanda ReesProfessor of GeographyColumbus State University
Sent from my iPhoneHello,
I am teaching my first TBL course and decided to grade the in-class application exercises (upon several threads here since the semester started, I probably wouldn’t do this again). Regardless, I am having a problem: absent students during graded in-class work. It’s not widespread but nonetheless each class maybe 1-2 absent students. I did not specify in my syllabus how this would be handled. My first reaction was to give the missing students a 0 for that exercise, but I do have the peer multiplier built into group grades. How have others dealt with this issue?
Thanks for any advice,
Alison
Alison BatesLecturer (Renewable Energy & Sustainability)Department of Environmental ConservationUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstHoldsworth 209160 Holdsworth WayAmherst, MA 01003
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