ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUE 4Individual Readiness Assurance Tests
| Complexity involved in | |
| Planning | MODERATE |
| Developing Materials | MODERATE |
| Implementing in Class | LOW |
Description and Purpose
Individual Readiness Assurance Tests (iRATs) are closed-book quizzes that students complete after an out-of-class reading, video, or other homework assignment. Quizzes typically have five to twenty multiple-choice quiz questions and usually are administered at the start of a class session. Results from the quizzes demonstrate whether students have mastered basic vocabulary and other foundational concepts they need in order to understand the lecture content. iRATs are a concept developed by team-based learning advocates (Michaelsen, Davidson, ...
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