MAILING LISTS

  I've never worked with such large groups, and with my students I 
suspect that larger groups would promote more laziness in certain 
students who love to get a free ride.  I think some of my students would 
also remain silent during team discussions if the team was too 
big--smaller groups make it easier to ensure that everyone speaks (an 
important goal since I teach language). But it sounds like you are 
seeing some positive aspects in your class, so perhaps it would work 
with them.

Christine

On 2010/08/27 10:07, Nancy Sohler wrote:
> I had a larger than expected enrollment and a number of students who 
> entered the classroom late, so -- after some confusion in setting up 
> groups -- I ended up developing groups that have 9 or 10 members 
> (instead of the consistently suggested group size of 5 to 7 members).  
> I realize this isn't optimal...but I'm leaning toward leaving the 
> groups like this.
> They worked well together in determining the grading distribution 
> today, and already seemed to begin the bonding process in several 
> obvious ways.
> Does anyone have experience with TBL with larger than optimal groups?  
> Should I leave things as they are for this year, or make a change 
> before things get to far?
> Thanks--(clearly I'm a TBL-newbie!)

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