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 <http://celt.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/CELT/index>* Vice-President, AIBA <http://www2.mtroyal.ca/~tnickle/AIBA/AIBA_website/AIBA.html> Faculty Affiliate, CTL <http://uofa.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/about-ctl/people/faculty-affiliates> McCalla Professor <http://uofa.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/awards/mccalla-professorships> University of Alberta, Augustana Faculty Rm C155, Science Wing, Classroom Building, Augustana Campus 4901 - 46 Avenue, Camrose, AB, CANADA T4V 2R3 email <[log in to unmask]> | Augustana dossier <http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/profs/nhaave/> | Google+ <https://www.google.com/+NeilHaave> | blog <http://activelylearning2teach.blogspot.ca/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/nhaave> | LinkedIn <https://ca.linkedin.com/in/neilhaave> "*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 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 30, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Alison Bates <[log in to unmask] > <[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 > [log in to unmask] > 413-545-1768 > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here. > <https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> > > Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on > the UBC IT website. > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here. > <https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> > > Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on > the UBC IT website. > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click the following link: https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1 Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website.