Same as other responses. I’ve done a few TBL courses with only two teams, including one with 4 & 3 students each. There were challenges from time to time, but overall, it worked. I think that’s because the quality of 4S activities is the most important factor in promoting student learning. While I find inter-team engagement can highlight different ways of thinking, intra-team discussion is basically always rich and interesting when students are diving into a juicy problem.
J
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I’ll just second Neil’s comments. Two teams of 5 or 6 works fine. I’ve done this several times during summer sessions in intermediate microeconomic theory.
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Hi John,
I did this with my 3rd year biochemistry class a few years ago with an enrollment of 12. I split the class into two teams and proceeded as usual. It worked very well. There was a friendly and productive rivalry that developed between the two teams.
It may have been one of my best class experiences.
Best of luck!
Neil
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 1:32 PM John Gotwals <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I just found out that my fall term course that usually has ~25 students, may only have ~10. Does anyone know of a resource that presents best practices for using TBL in really small courses? Or has anyone used TBL in really small courses? If so, I'd love to pick your brain for tips...
Cheers,
John
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