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Paula,

I'm not sure from your description whether the time you are concerned about
is while the teams are working to decide on and answer or whether its
answering questions after the simultaneous reports. I don't get many
complaints about either. I think the thing that helps me most with the
pre-report time is that I give students a time they need to finish that I
think will push them pretty hard and project it with a PowerPoint
count-down timer. Then I circulate among the teams to keep tabs on how
close they are to close to finishing in the time they were given. If it
looks like MOST teams are not going to make it, I'll add a few minutes for
everyone. Otherwise when the timer hits zero, I call time and move ahead.
As for managing the time after the teams do their simultaneous report, I
simply make sure that I keep the discussion on track and moving along.

Larry

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Nichols, A Paula <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Getting ready to start year 4 with TBL for first year medical students in
> a class of 150. I have been reviewing comments from previous years in order
> to improve the delivery. The biggest negative comment is that it takes too
> long and a lot of time is spent listening to answers from questions that
> students already know during the application. Most students state that they
> like to TBL format in general but think that a lot of time is spent in the
> application waiting around.  I use the flag system and have also used
> clickers to speed up the process but still find myself spending time
> answering questions from students that may not have grasped some basic
> concepts. So the bottom third of the class benefit greatly but the top
> third get bored. The biggest comment is that students want the application
> in small groups so they can move through the material quickly rather than
> large group.  Does anyone have suggestion about how to navigate these type
> of questions?
>
> Paula Monaghan-Nichols
> University of Pittsburgh
>



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