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| Reply To: | Bonaccorsi, Cristina [CHEM] |
| Date: | Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:30:12 +0000 |
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Hello!
I am a lecturer teaching general chemistry at Iowa State University. I have never used TBL before but I am very excited to try this summer.
Our general chemistry classes all have lectures (2 or 3 times per week depending on course, with instructor) and recitations (one time per week with teaching assistant). Did anyone use TBL for a class designed to have recitation sections? If so, how did you handle it?
I can see two big problems, especially during Spring and Fall semesters when we have high enrollment:
1. Students sign up for class and recitation at the same time (before I can form the teams) and team members will likely end up in different recitation sections.
2. A large course may have up to 40 TA’s.
Do I train the TA’s to practice TBL or do I let the TA’s run a classic recitation section, thus reviewing topics and working on sample problems (students will not need to be in the same recitation section)?
Thanks,
Cristina
Cristina Bonaccorsi, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University
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