Hello Sonia, et al,
There should be no difference between how students prepare for TBL tests (i.e. iRATs/tRATs) than for "normal" tests or quizzes. Students just need the appropriate starting point. From my experience, the "difference" is how the instructors prepare the readiness material and write the RATs.
Instructors need to provide carefully crafted, clear and concise learning objectives for the students reflecting what the students should be able to do before they engage in the application exercises. In addition, the readiness material needs to be customized to the topic (as opposed to just "read the chapter in the book").
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RAT questions are difficult to write as the RATs are about readiness not content mastery. It's easy for instructors to forget and fall back into the habit of accessing content mastery which defeats the purpose of readiness. In other words, if an instructor wants the students to master the content before class ... why hold class?
With respect to preparing students for TBL (not just TBL tests), it is of significant value to work with them at the start as the students are generally not as accustomed to "learning" in advance of class. Most of the students are acclimated to Death by PowerPoint in a lecture hall which requires no thinking in advance.
Lane
Lane J. Brunner, Ph.D., R.Ph.
Dean and Sam A. Lindsey Professor
Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy
The University of Texas at Tyler
3900 University Blvd, LIB 401
Tyler, TX 75799
Tel: 903.566.7168
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Malo e lelei,
I was wondering if anyone has ever done a session or workshop teaching students how to prepare for TBL tests.
I work on a foundation programme for indigenous and minority students and some of them are struggling with how to prepare, for example, how much time to spend studying, how to study for MCQs in general.
Does anyone have any practical tips or activities that they have done to get students to practice the skillset required to do TBL well? We will be holding a workshop to help with this preparation and any help would be very appreciated,
Sonia
Sonia Fonua
Te Kupenga Hauora Maori: CertHSc Poutatai, Senior Tutor
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
Ph. +6493737599 extension 89710
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