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Karen Hoff (2009) in a Chemed-L post titled "team-based learning" 
wrote [bracketed by lines "HHHHH. . . .":

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I have just read "Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small 
Groups in College Teaching". . . . .[ Michaelsen et al. (2004)]. . . 
., and I am  intrigued.  Unfortunately, I have been teaching long 
enough to realize that fads come and go, so I have some questions for 
you. . . . .

1.  Does anyone use this teaching chemistry at any level (high school 
or  college)?  I would really like to see some examples of 
assignments for  the Readiness Assurance Process.

2.  Does anyone use this in high school?

3.  Do you use this exclusively (100% of the time) or do you incorporate
aspects of it into your lessons?

  4.  Do you think this is a fad and that eventually we will decide it 
doesn't deliver as expected?
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To which John Goodwin (2009) replied (slightly edited):

"Team learning in chemistry has a pretty solid and long history now 
with the Peer-Led-Team-Learning (PLTL) project going back to the 
early '90's and more recently the POGIL project (process oriented 
guided inquiry learning) now having a major influence.  See < 
http://www.pogil.org >.  Both projects have high-school materials and 
practitioners, and the POGIL project a new funded project for 
development of materials and pedagogy.  POGIL offers free workshops 
for educators to learn about the pedagogy and usually good 
representation at meetings like the BCCE."

Karen and other Chemed-L'ers who are interested in Team-Based 
Learning might consider:

a. tuning in to TeamLearning-L < [log in to unmask] > 
with OPEN! archives at
< http://list.olt.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=TEAMLEARNING-L >,

b. scanning the posts  "Re: TBL in the NY Times, Five Questions" 
[Hake (2009a) and  "Re: Active Learning in Medicine"  [Hake 
(2009b)].''

In Hake (2009b) I posed the question (see that posts for the references):

"Has the effectiveness of TBL and PBL in promoting student learning 
(relative to traditional  instruction or to other reform methods of 
instruction) been evaluated  by pre/post testing using valid and 
reliable tests of conceptual  understanding (developed by 
disciplinary experts) such as the Force  Concept Inventory [Hestenes 
et al. (1992]; as is the case for some  introductory science courses 
- see e.g., Froyd (2008), Hake (1998a,b; 2005), Libarkin (2008), 
McConnell (2008), Prather et al. (2009),  Reed-Rhoades & Imbrie 
(2008), & Smith et al. (2008)?"

As far as I know, that question has not been answered for the cases 
of TBL and POGIL.

I note at < http://new.pogil.org/effectiveness/ > that the 
effectiveness of POGIL appears to be gauged primarily by course 
grades. But judging from the physics education reform effort [Hake 
(2002, 2005, 2007)] course grades are not valid indicators of 
course-induced gains in conceptual understanding.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of  Deventer, The Netherlands.
<[log in to unmask]>
< http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/ >
< http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/ >
< http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/ >

REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>. All 
URL's configured as < URL > rather than the conventional <URL> in an 
attempt to thwart the de-hot-linking bug in Chemed-L's old fashioned 
LISTSERV 15.0

Goodwin, J. 2009. "Re: team-based learning," Chemed-L post of 8 Jun 
2009 10:01:38-0500; online at
< http://tinyurl.com/mghwfs >.

Hake, R.R. 2002. "Lessons from the Physics Education Reform Effort," 
Ecology and Society 2: 28; online at 
<http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss2/art28/>. Ecology and 
Society
(formerly Conservation Ecology) is a free online "peer-reviewed 
journal of integrative science
and fundamental policy research" with about 11,000 subscribers in 
about 108 countries

Hake, R. R. 2005. "The Physics Education Reform Effort: A Possible 
Model for Higher Education," online at
< http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/NTLF42.pdf > (100 kB). This is 
a slightly edited version of an article that was (a) published in the 
National Teaching and Learning Forum 15(1), December 2005, online to 
subscribers at
< http://www.ntlf.com/FTPSite/issues/v15n1/physics.htm >, and (b) 
disseminated by the Tomorrow's Professor list
< http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings.html > as Msg. 698 on 14 
Feb 2006. If your institution doesn't subscribe to the invaluable 
National Teaching and Learning Forum  then it should!

Hake, R.R. 2007. "Six Lessons From the Physics Education Reform 
Effort," Latin American Journal of Physics Education 1(1), September; 
online (with AIP style numbered references) at
< http://journal.lapen.org.mx/sep07/HAKE%20Final.pdf > (124 kB). Also 
available with APA style references at
< http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/SixLessonsD.pdf  > (684 kB).

Hake, R.R. 2009a. "Re: TBL in the NY Times, Five Questions," online 
on the OPEN! TeamLearnig-L archives at
< http://tinyurl.com/l7em6s >.

Hake, R.R. 2009b. "Re: Active Learning in Medicine," online on the 
OPEN! AERA-I archives at
< http://tinyurl.com/qduelo >. Post of 10 May 2009 16:56:14-0700 to 
AERA-I and Net-Gold. Abstract only to DrEd and PhysLrnR.

Hoff, K. 2009."team-based learning." Chemed-L post of 8 Jun 2009 
10:01:38-0500; online at
< http://tinyurl.com/m67pkz >.

Michaelsen, L.K., A.B. Knight, & L.D. Fink, eds. 2004. "Team-Based 
Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching," 
Stylus Publishing. Publisher's information at
< http://www.styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=82220 >. 
Amazon.com information at
< http://tinyurl.com/mnuug9 >. Unfortunately, Amazon's usual 
searchable "Look Inside" feature is not available. See also the more 
recent Michaelson et al. (2009).

Michaelsen. L.K., M. Sweet, & D.X. Parmeleee, eds. 2009.  "Team-Based 
Learning: Small Group Learning's Next Big Step."  Jossey-Bass. 
Publisher's information at
< 
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470462124.html >. 
Amazon.com information at
< http://tinyurl.com/kj89nj >. Unfortunately, Amazon's usual 
searchable "Look Inside" feature is not available.

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