Hello TBL Colleagues,
I teach in the College of Arts & Letters and do university-wide faculty development at the Cal-State campus in Sacramento, having been implementing TBL in my courses for the past 10 years. I am connected to several colleagues who have been active in the TBL program at California Northstate College of Pharmacy, just down the road from us, but am also interested in expanding my local professional development network in Northern California beyond Sacramento.
If you know of TBL-related faculty development activities going in the Bay Area and/or surrounding areas, I would very much appreciate hearing from you off list. I would also appreciate your forwarding this message to colleagues not on this list who may find this query relevant.
Thank you,
Joël Dubois
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On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Neil Haave wrote:
Hi Nick,
I have heard of this SQ3R system before but not in a well organized fashion as your link<http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/ARC/SQ3R_Textbook_Study_System.pdf>. Thanks for sending this. The closest I come to this is telling students to read with a pencil and write responses in the margins, and then test themselves. And the SQ3R system will basically recreate for students the reading guides I produce for them. I think I'll teach my students the SQ3R system instead of a reading guide next time I use TBL - it is a much more active and engaged learning system.
Cheers
Neil
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Nicholas DiFonzo <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Ron,
A consistent feedback I receive about my TBL courses: “I’ve never actually read the textbook before”. Yesterday a 3rd year student from another program approached me, concerned about her low IRAT scores. She said that this was the first time she has been expected to read the text. I responded to her by teaching her some simple ways to read and understand text, for example, the SQ3R system<http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/ARC/SQ3R_Textbook_Study_System.pdf>. Each term I find that I need to teach students how to study, and that’s ok—it’s part of their life-long learning skill set:).
Nick
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Carson, Ron
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:35 AM
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Subject: Ways to Modify TBL
I’m concerned that my students are bombarded with too much reading from all their courses and are unable to adequately prep for TBL. Unlike other courses, my entire course depends on students reading their text. In TBL, reading is the foundation for all that follows.
So, how can I modify TBL? Student have very little to read for my class, but in the spectrum of all other classes, it’s a ton of information. Currently, the class meets for 1 hr on Monday and 2 hours on Wed. The do iRATS/tRATS and discussion on Monday and then we have application exercises on Wednesday.
I’m looking for any suggestions about how to modify my class.
Thanks,
Ron Carson MHS, OT
Assistant Professor
Adventist University of Health Sciences
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Orlando, FL 32803
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