We've been happy with this procedure, like Bill's:
When 1/2 the teams are complete (indicated by flag raising), then there are X minutes
remaining for the rest of the class. The X we have either set arbitrarily depending on the
complexity of the topic area OR team vote at the beginning on a set of options: 2 min, 5 min,
10 min. - this only takes a couple of minutes to do.
While I have listserve attention, let me share a facilitation tip that we have grown to ask "why
haven't we done this all along?" It is the 'random' selection of students to stand up and speak.
We use either pink pong balls in a box OR one of the cool new APPs for iPAD or iPHONE
like 'Pick Me.' You can population the APP with team groupings and spin to land on someone
new. Using this process of selection guarantees that everyone stays on their toes, otherwise when
you ask for "someone answer this," most students relax since they know an smart extravert will
jump for the chance.
Try it. You'll love it.
Dean
On Jan 19, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Brescia, Bill wrote:
> We do not tell the students how much time they have. We use a "Done" sign on a stand. When about 1/2 the teams have finished I announce that they have 5 minutes to finish.
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jan 19, 2012, at 7:40 AM, "Chris Burns" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> We typically do not tell students how long they have to complete application exercises (or other group work) because they will use the entire time, whether they need it or not. Getting the class together before the allotted time is up can be nearly impossible. Instead we ask students to work on the problem and use audience response clickers to monitor progress in real-time with a slide that says "1. I am done with the exercise". When most of the groups are finished, we announce a one or two minute warning and move on. Students seem to appreciate getting to the discussion efficiently.
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>> Chris Burns
>> University of Virginia
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>> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:08:16 -0500
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Downtime between application and discussion
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> I’ve been using TBL in my developmental psychology classes for the last few years. I am struggling with what to do when some teams are done with the application activities before others. I typically let the students know how much time they’ll have to complete the activity, and some teams take the whole time to complete it, while others don’t. So then I have students who are waiting for others to complete the assignment so we can have our class discussion. I'd love to hear suggestions for what I could have the teams who finish early do until we’re ready for the class discussion?
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>> Krisztina
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>> Krisztina Varga Jakobsen, Ph.D.
>> Assistant Professor
>> Department of Psychology, MSC 7704
>> 91 E. Grace St.
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>> Harrisonburg, VA 22807
>> 540-568-4301
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Dean Parmelee, M.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
http://www.med.wright.edu/aa/parmelee.html
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