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On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 9:32 AM Kubitz, Karla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi all,
Like Wayne suggested, I used to buy the 50-item IFATs.  I would then use one per team.  Each RAT had 10 questions, so the teams used the same form for five RATs.  To decrease the likelihood of them knowing what was coming, I would cut 10 questions off of each form for each RAT.  I would also cut the numbers so that only the 1, 2,... 0 showed.  That way, they couldn't tell whether they were using 1-10 or 21-30 and they couldn't tell which form they were using either.  Karla

Karla Kubitz
Department of Kinesiology
Towson University
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Another good trick is to buy the 50-item cards, not the 10-item cards.  You can use one 50-item card for five 10-item RATs.  That is like getting 5 cards (5 sets of questions, 5 different answer keys) for the price of one.  I initially bought the 10-item cards that I prefer, but I was not happy having only four different answer keys, so I placed a second order for 50-item cards.  I too cannot ever use all of the cards I had to buy, so I freely share IFAT cards with anyone on my campus who needs them. 

 

Wayne

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Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 1:16 PM
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Hi, Mark. I have exactly the same problem, and am just now contemplating what to do.

The problem is in fact twofold, as I see it.

First, even the smallest bundles they sell -- packs of a thousand cards -- is way too many for most of us. It would take me several years to use up an entire pack. Even if you do six or seven TRATs in a single course, you will have that many students on each team, so you won't use up all the cards in a pack until you've taught a thousand students. For most people in my department, that would take several years.

A second problem is that each pack seems to have only four different answer keys (that is, sequences of correct answers) -- 250 of each type. Presumably, there are many more answer keys than that: back when Epstein was selling them, I think there were sixteen or so types. But there are serious security risks when you have to repeat the pattern ever fourth time you use the cards for several years. All it takes is for one or two students to post the answer keys they get on some secret GroupMe, and they will quickly figure out that it's just the same four over and over again. They memorize those four sequences, or write them down somewhere handy, and they can just use one or two easy questions on your test to figure out the entire answer key. That should be a huge red flag.

My suggestion: we use this list to trade forms. First, some of us could buy these expensive and way-too-big packs, and then offer to break them up and send smaller packets to others here who want them. I could happily make do with just a hundred cards rather than a thousand for a year or two, and I'd rather pay $30 for a hundred than $290 for a thousand. 

Second, we could strengthen security by indicating which answer keys we've received and which ones we want. If you buy 100 cards each from three different people who each have four distinct answer keys, you can get 300 cards with 12 different answer keys for under a hundred dollars, rather than three times that many for three times the cost and just one third the security.

Anyone interested? I'm mostly interested in the 10-answer cards with five options per question.

Justin Kalef
Rutgers 

 

On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 10:56:02 AM EDT, Serva, Mark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

 

I appreciate Cognalearn selling the IFATs. Unfortunately, they sell them only in blocks of 1000. Since few people at my university use them, it isn’t a practical option for me. I only use 20 or so each semester. 

 

I know there are technology-based solutions, including Intedashboard (which is a good tool). I personally prefer the cards, however, and hope Cognalearn considers smaller lots or another solution becomes available. 

 

Mark Serva

University of Delaware 

 

 

Mark Serva

Associate Professor of MIS

The University of Delaware 

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IFAT cards are now available from CognaLearn. 

https://www.cognalearn.com/ifat

 

 

 

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Good morning,

I'm sending this out to everyone hoping for some information.

I have been using the Epstein IF-AT scratch off cards for a number of years and love using them in my teaching. But now that Epstein is out of business, I'm wondering how others who have been using these are doing equivalent forms of assessment.

Is there another similar form that is available? I would love to have information for a new source for these as I had intended to continue using these in my teaching.

Thank you in advance,

 

​Virginia Turner

 

Virginia Turner, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

William Rainey Harper Junior College

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Palatine, IL 60067

 

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