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Hi Mike

When I asked a similar question last year there were no responses so  
it would be great for me and Jamie if you wanted to share ideas - we  
are in the interesting situation that I am a maths educator and he is  
a mathematician and we work in the same department so are able to  
pool our pedagogic and mathematical understandings in the development  
of his third year course.

Last year I started using it with mathematics majors who are doing a  
course called "Teaching and Learning Mathematics" at Auckland  
University. The students and I all really enjoyed the new zest it  
added to the course. However, since I work in mathematics department,  
I was interested in seeing how it could be used in a pure (or  
applied) mathematics course. The way in which Jamie has approached it  
has received a very positive response from the students. We have had  
to think a lot about the sort of reading one  can give students in  
mathematics - he has begun with definitions and asking questions in  
the IRATs and TRATs that require them not only to recall them but  
also to be able to apply them. We have heard them having some really  
interesting discussions and sharings of knowledge and insights.

I was introduced to the concept when Larry Michaelsen and Dee Fink  
each visited New Zealand in 2009 and held seminars in Auckland and  
Roturua.

Judy

On 21/04/2010, at 2:17 AM, Mike Rosenthal wrote:

> Can anyone give me the name of a faculty member who is using Team- 
> Based Learning to teach math? I am especially interested in TBL  
> being used to teach Calculus II and below.
> Thanks,
> Mike Rosenthal
> Florida International University