What is RRR Week?
Reading, Review, and Recitation (RRR) Week is the week following the end of formal class instruction and preceding the start of final exams and is intended for students to have free time to prepare for exams, to work on final papers and projects, and to participate in optional review sessions and meetings with instructors. RRR week is based on the pedagogical principle that students benefit from time devoted to synthesizing the course material learned over the course of the semester. In Spring 2009, the Joint Task Force on Exams, after extensive consultation with several Academic Senate committees as well as student and other groups, recommended that a formal review period be created by converting a combination of formal days of class instruction and “dead” days to RRR days. This change formalizes a longstanding Academic Senate guideline that no new material be introduced during the last week of instruction.
Related Questions
- The Joint Task Force on Exams advised implementing all of its recommendations, including the RRR week, as a coordinated package in Fall 2010. Why was the RRR week implemented in Fall 2009?
- Can papers, projects or other homework assignments that are not substitute forms of final assessment be due during the RRR week?
- Are there any exceptions granted for mandatory scheduled activities during RRR week?
