An argument can be made on either side of the inter-team competition
question: there are studies supporting either side.
I looked into this a while back and have a handful of article PDFs I can
send you, if you like.
(I didn't want to drown everyone's in-box with them, so let me know and I'd
be happy to send them to you!)
-M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tammy Tobin-Janzen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: posting team grades
> Hi folks,
>
> I started using TBL in my genetics class this fall, and had wonderful
> team rapport for the first time EVER. Yey! However, I have avoided
> public posting of team scores for many of the reasons already stated
> in this topic thread. I've also read (or I think I've read) that
> such competition can be particularly disconcerting/disadvantaging to
> women and some members of groups that are traditionally
> underrepresented in biology. Can anyone provide more insight into
> studies that assess the impact of competition in the classroom on
> specific groups of students?
>
> As a compromise, I've posted the class's individual RAT average
> compared to the class's team RAT average (often quite a bit higher).
> The students already know that they are doing better individually as
> a result of the group work, but I think it causes even more buy-in
> when they can see that the phenomenon is class-wide. As I said, the
> team cohesion in this class was quite remarkable, so I don't think we
> missed much by not fostering inter-team competition - but perhaps it
> was an unusual class.
>
> Tammy Tobin-Janzen
> Susquehanna University
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2006, at 10:44 PM, Francine Glazer wrote:
>
>> I just had a student voice a similar concern tonight. She was
>> uncomfortable with her team's score being up on the board (her team
>> had
>> not done as well as the others, and she did acknowledge that was
>> part of
>> her discomfort), and especially didn't like the feelings of
>> competition
>> it created in the room.
>>
>> I explained to her that I am trying to foster inter-team
>> competition to
>> help the teams pull together, and said I'd think over her concerns.
>>
>> I'm thinking that I can perhaps post the team scores on the board
>> without team names - that way each team has more privacy re: no one
>> else
>> knowing which score is theirs, but each team gets to see how they did
>> relative to their peers. Have any of you tried something like
>> this? Do
>> you think it will have the same effect on team cohesion as would
>> posting
>> the scores with the grades?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Fran
>>
>>
>> Rosemary Thackeray wrote:
>>> Has anyone responded to a student comment regarding the posting of
>>> team
>>> RA scores on the chalkboard is a violation of FERPA laws?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Rosemary Thackeray
>>>
>>> Brigham Young University
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Francine S. Glazer, Ph.D.
>> Professor, Biological Sciences
>> Kean University
>> Union NJ 07083
>>
>> Ph: 908-737-3661
>> Fx: 908-737-3666
>> http://www.kean.edu/~fglazer
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