Members of the Team-Based Learning (TBL) List:
Marie Panec recently sent me a question (see below) about using TBL in a
majors biology course. This seemed like just the kind of question
that should be put on this list, to see who "out there" knows
of someone who has used this teaching strategy in biology
courses.
Let me start by noting a couple of resources:
- In the "Team-Based Learning" book (due out in paperback in
January from Stylus Publishing), Chap. 6 is by Kipp Herreid and is about
his use of TBL in a course on evolutionary biology. Kipp is at
SUNY-Buffalo and has a powerful website on "Case Study Teaching in
Science", URL:
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
- Chapter 12 is by a Czech professor who describes a light-hearted
problem he gives students as part of his hydrobiology course.
- The TBL website, under "Successful Uses of TBL" has one
course in microbiology by Michael McInerney.
- Recently, John Peters joined this list. He is in the Department
of Biology at the College of Charleston. John: Do you have any
experiences or suggestions to share with Marie and others?
Question for Everyone:
Do other people on this list have your own experiences to share, or know
of people who have used TBL effectively in biology, to share with Marie
and others?
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:58:48
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From: "A. Roll / M. Panec" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: TBL in Biology classes
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Dee,
I am considering trying the team based learning for a majors
biology course. Do you know of anyone who has successfully used
this approach in biology courses that I might contact to get an
assessment of how it worked?
Thanks,
Marie Panec
Moorpark College
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