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1. Maybe get a dispensation from your chair and dean on these evals? I do
   something like that here. I don't want to get into the huge literature
   on teaching evaluations (and even firmer feelings), but it isn't clear
   to me that in this case that they should play a larger role than the
   method used to teach.

2. Too bad you can't run some sort of experiment on learning to the
   students to show them that THEY learn more with TBL. I was reading 
   "Improving Classroom Performance by Challenging Student Misconceptions 
   About Learning"
   http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2666 .
   It describes two experiments on study methods in which you challenge
   student misconceptions with data collected from their class. I don't
   know how you could do that with TBL without splitting your class. 

   Well, if you used the same final or questions, maybe point out that the
   TBL class did better than your classes in the past?

    - Bill



Duane asked:

>    I just received end of semester student evaluations for fall 2010
>    semester.  Some students did not "buy into" the TBL theory of teaching.
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>    I did my best to explain the justification for using TBL during the first
>    week of class.
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>    More specifically, I used
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>    1.)    the process described in the attached document
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>    First-Day Questions for the Learner-Centered Classroom
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>    by Gary A. Smith  (National Teaching and Learning Forum, Sept. 2008)
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>    2.)    the  video from U. of Texas
>    ([1]http://magenta.cit.utexas.edu/largeclasses/#tbl)   .
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>    Still, some students think they should be lectured to every class and,
>    also, think they are being short- changed by a professor that uses TBL.
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>    I have interacted with Larry Michaelsen over the years and have watched
>    the videos at
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>                 [2]http://tblc.camp9.org/TBLVideos
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>    Please advise me of things besides the above that will make students
>    better "buy into" the TBL process.
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>    Thanks in advance.
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>    Duane Stock
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