As a counterpoint, I found the survey an excellent exploration of group
dynamics and individual team member decision making. The various responses
struck me as plausible and directly within my own (relatively rich) group
leader/facilitator/member experiences. I particularly enjoyed thinking
through the rankings as several questions had more than one
pretty-good-choice response and nearly all of them had approximately equal
bad-choice responses (in my view).
I am eager to see the results of the survey. I also see the survey
questions as an excellent means to explore and learn about group dynamics.
If permissible, I look forward to devising an "issues in group learning
dynamics" lesson/discussion based around the questions.
I do agree, however, that many of the questions presented group-work
problems that would not arise in well designed TBL activities or projects.
Many of the problems posited occur as a result of individual projects (such
as writing) inappropriately assigned as a group project. Groups are for
decision-making among specific defined choices or brainstorming. All other
work should be assigned individually as a take-away after a group meeting
or an action item before the next group meeting.
My two cents,
Alex Jurkat
INF 202 Team Lead
Informatics Department
University at Albany
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Sandy Cook <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Actually Jamie, I agree with Jim, it is hard for TBLers to respond to
> these questions because many of the situations just don’t typically happen,
> so some of the options – in a forced ranking are just not ones that I can
> or would want to choose - I might want to say none of them or give another
> option. Further, since it looks as though it is meant to be answered by
> the student/learner, I’m not sure how you want us to respond – as if we
> were a student in a (any) team – to tell you what we “think” they might do;
> or as our selves – as to what we would “hope” our students might do – or
> what we might do if we were in that situation (of a team – but not
> specifically TBL)? And how would you know the difference in the responses?
>
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> *From:* Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Jamie Hughes
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 4, 2014 2:07 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Teamwork Skill Assessment: Looking for Research Volunteers
>
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
>
>
> I apologize. Perhaps I should have made it clear that this assessment is
> designed to measure teamwork skills in general regardless of instructional
> strategy. The hope is that TBL students might outperform those who have not
> been exposed to TBL or who have been exposed to group work. Although the
> questions are general, those with TBL experience should be able weigh in on
> best strategies regardless of instructional situation. The items are
> derived from several team theories regarding the components involved in
> effective teams.
>
>
>
> I appreciate your help!
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Sibley, James Edward <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> Hi
>
>
>
> I started the survey but it is about cooperative learning and group
> projects….not team-based learning
>
>
>
> So I won’t have experience to contribute
>
>
>
> jim
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> *From: *Jamie Hughes <[log in to unmask]>
> *Reply-To: *Jamie Hughes <[log in to unmask]>
> *Date: *Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 7:22 AM
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: *Teamwork Skill Assessment: Looking for Research Volunteers
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>
> Dear TBLers,
>
>
>
> This summer I sent a query regarding a teamwork skill assessment that
> could be used to measure teamwork skills at the undergraduate level. I did
> not find the type of assessment I was hoping to use and so I decided to
> develop one. The scale is a situational judgment test in that scenarios are
> presented along with several possible responses. To obtain a measure of
> which responses are the best responses, I am asking for help from the
> academic community. Specifically, I am looking for teamwork experts to help
> in validating the scale. An expert is anyone who conducts research on teams
> or who has experience working in collaborative teams.
>
>
> If you are willing and able to help I would greatly appreciate it. The
> survey will require approximately 20 - 30 minutes of your time, and if you
> participate you can be entered into a drawing to win $75 at Amazon.com.
>
> To participate please click here https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J7BJVK5
>
> If you have questions or concerns, please contact me at [log in to unmask]
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> Thank you for your time and for considering this research.
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> Jamie Hughes
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> Jamie Hughes
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