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Hugh -

You probably should take a look at what some physics departments have done
with their "Scale-Up" classrooms. I believe it started at North Carolina
State, but has been repeated at a number of institutions. While the
details of physics pedagogy are a bit different than TBL, working in
groups and working together in a class are the same. See
http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/ .

Also, I was thinking that there was a journal of classroom design, but I
couldn't find it in a quick Google search.

     - Bill

  

>    Hi All,
> 
> 
> 
>    We are in the process of designing a large facility for TBL. The facility
>    would encompass the entire class (approx 220 students). Thus far the
>    architects have come up with a room of rectangular proportions. We are
>    worried about the possible lack of `inter-connectedness' (for want of a
>    better phrase) of the teams in a rectangular room - can teams at one end
>    (or one corner) of the room have difficulty feeling and being a part of
>    the inter-team discussion? Is there any hard evidence that a room with a
>    square design would help with `inter-connectedness' (we'll need to back up
>    requests to the architects!)?
> 
>    I understand that many of us make TBL work in facilities that are
>    non-ideal, but theoretically what room proportions would you have if
>    money, practicalities etc were not issues?
> 
>    Many thanks in advance
> 
>    Hugh
> 
> 
> 
>    Hugh Clements-Jewery, PhD
> 
> 
>    Assistant Professor of Physiology
>    West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
>    400 N Lee Street
>    Lewisburg, WV 24901
>    Office: +1-304-793-6822
>    Fax: +1-304-645-4859
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Bill Goffe
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