Andrew,
In order to be true to the philosophy of team answers (whether in TBL,
PBL, or other), the answer provided by the teams needs to be one of
consensus. If one member breaks from the team, then there is no longer a
team, but a group of students who are are not working together in earnest.
Part of the student development of TBL is for individuals to negotiate
answers through discussion and to provide a single, best answer from the
team. Students develop interpersonal communication skills through
practicing listening, articulation, negotiation, and compromise. These, by
the way, are the exact skills employers are looking for graduates.
Early in a TBL curriculum (or class), students will try to break from the
team so that ³their² answer can be considered in lieu of the team answer
(because they are ³right² and the team was ³wrong²). A benefit of TBL is
that students develop skills as part of a team. When students go outside
the team for individual gain, it negates that benefit and will foster a
group of individuals rather than a cohesive team.
A simple announcement in class usually mitigates individuals seeking
points for ³their² correct team answer. For the persistent student, a
direct conversation stating you will not entertain an individual request
for an appeal on a team RAT or application should suffice. I have never
had to go beyond such a conversation with a student.
Lane
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Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy
The University of Texas at Tyler
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On 10/2/14, 8:05 AM, "Andrew W Keitt" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I know that appeals are only granted to teams, but Iım have some push
>back on this policy and am having trouble justifying it. Letıs say there
>are two answers and there is a good case to be made that they are equally
>plausiblethe team picks the ³correct² answer, but the individual
>student, although she has made a good argument for her choice, is out of
>luck. In a big class itıs not feasible to entertain each individual
>appeal, but apart from logistics Iım having a hard time justifying it.
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion for how to deal with this?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Andrew Keitt
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