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ABSTRACT: Michael Sweet requested information from TeamLearning-L
subscribers on what instruments they were using to assess their
students' experience. In a TeamLearning-L post of May 2009 I had
asked "HAS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEAM-BASED LEARNING IN PROMOTING
STUDENT LEARNING BEEN EVALUATED BY PRE/POST TESTING, as is the case
in many introductory science courses?" As far as I know (please
correct me if I'm wrong) the answer in NO!
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With apologies to Michael Sweet for the academic-journal-type nature
of this post - see e.g. (Hake 2009d).
Michael Sweet (2009) in a TeamLearning-L post of 4 Jan 2010 titled
"Instruments to assess team experience?" wrote:
"From time to time, folks have asked 'what instruments are you
using?' to assess your students' experience in their teams (beyond
team performance and peer evaluations). I thought I would stir that
pot again, as the new semester approaches and some folks are looking
with one eye at possible doing some SoTL studies on their TBL teams.
Any input appreciated!"
It might be hoped that SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning -
see e.g., <http://www.issotl.org/tutorial/sotltutorial/home.html>)
studies would include a gauge of *STUDENT LEARNING* (in addition to
*student experience*) in Team-Based Learning courses.
In a TeamLearning-L post of 11 May titled "Re: TBL in the NY Times,
Five Questions" [Hake (2009a)], I wrote (bracketed by lines "HHHHHH.
. . . ."]:
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Regarding Kolesnikov-Jessop's (2009) report, I recently posted "Re:
Active Learning in Medicine" [Hake (2009b)] to four discussion
lists: AERA-I, DrEd, Net-Gold, and PhysLrnR. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: John Clement, in a PhysLrnR post, called attention to a New
York Times report regarding the use of "Team-Based Learning" in the
Duke/National-University-of-Singapore graduate medical school. After
listing a few Problem-Based Learning (PBL), I pose two questions:
(1) What's the difference between TBL and PBL? (2) HAS THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF TBL and PBL IN PROMOTING STUDENT LEARNING (relative
to traditional instruction or to other reform methods of
instruction) BEEN EVALUATED BY PRE/POST TESTING using valid and
reliable tests of conceptual understanding (developed by
disciplinary experts) such as the Force Concept Inventory [Hestenes
et al. (1992]; as is the case for some introductory science courses -
see e.g., Froyd (2008), Hake (1998a,b; 2005), Libarkin (2008),
McConnell (2008), Prather et al. (2009), Reed-Rhoades & Imbrie
(2008), & Smith et al. (2008)?
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For the references Hestenes et al. (1992), Froyd (2008), Hake
(1998a,b; 2005), Libarkin (2008), McConnell (2008), Prather et al.
(2009), Reed-Rhoades & Imbrie (2008), & Smith et al. (2008) see Hake
(2009b).
AS FAR AS I KNOW (please correct me if I'm wrong), THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF TBL IN PROMOTING *STUDENT LEARNING* HAS NEVER BEEN MEASURED BY
PRE/POST TESTING :-( .
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands.
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REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>.]
Hake, R.R. 2009a. "Re: TBL in the NY Times, Five Questions," Post of
11 May 2009 14:32:45-0700 to TeamLearning-L, online at
<http://tinyurl.com/y9zlg32>. To access the archives of TeamLearning
one needs to subscribe, but that takes only a few minutes by clicking
on <http://list.olt.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=TEAMLEARNING-L> and then
clicking on "Join or leave the list (or change settings)." If you're
busy, then subscribe using the "NOMAIL" option under "Miscellaneous."
Then, as a subscriber, you may access the archives and/or post
messages at any time, while receiving NO MAIL from the list!
Hake, R.R. 2009b. "Re: Active Learning in Medicine," online on the
OPEN! AERA-I archives at <http://tinyurl.com/qduelo>. Post of 10 May
2009 16:56:14-0700 to AERA-I and Net-Gold. Abstract only to DrEd and
PhysLrnR. See also the follow-up post "Team-Based Learning" [Hake
(2009c)].
Hake, R.R. 2009c. "Team-Based Learning," online on the OPEN! AERA-I
archives at <http://tinyurl.com/qp8nwm>. Post of 15 May 2009 to
AERA-I, Net-Gold, PhysLrnR, and TeamLearning-L.
Hake, R.R. 2009d. "Academic Discussion Lists: Faculty Lounges,
Collective Short-Term Working Memories, or Academic Journals?" online
at
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/academic-discussion-lists-faculty.html>
with a provision for comments.
Kolesnikov-Jessop, S. 2009. "Team Program Is an Experiment in Active
Learning," New York Times, 29 April; online at
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/education/29iht-riedmeduke.html>.
Sweet, M. 2009. "Instruments to assess team experience?" TeamLearning
post of 4 Jan 2010 10:22:20-0600; online at
<http://tinyurl.com/yhmwg95>.
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