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, PhD
Associate Professor, Biology
Managing Editor, CELT
Vice-President, AIBA

University of Alberta, Augustana Faculty
Rm C155, Science Wing, Classroom Building, Augustana Campus
4901 - 46 Avenue, Camrose, AB, CANADA   T4V 2R3


"We do not learn from experience . . . we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey

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 Rees
Professor of Geography
Columbus State University

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On Sep 30, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Alison Bates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello,

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 Bates
Lecturer (Renewable Energy & Sustainability)
Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Holdsworth 209
160 Holdsworth Way
Amherst, MA 01003






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