Karla, The problem may be that you are not having the students simultaneously reporting. If you have specific choices and each team is required to make a choice and report at the same time, you will actually have more interaction and enthusiasm as the teams "defend" their answers. Just a thought. -Derek At 12:28 PM 2/9/2004, Kubitz, Karla wrote: >Hello all, >I'm new to team based learning, having implemented it in my classes just >this semester. I've a question that those with more experience might be >able to help with. I've come up with team assignments that fit >Michaelsen's criteria... same problem, make a specific choice, sharing >responses at the same time, etc. and they seem to 'work' when the teams >are working towards making their choices. For example, I gave the teams a >set of handouts about different ways to measure physical activity and told >them I was doing a research study and needed them to decide which was the >best way. The students seemed interested and involved. However, things >seem to fall a bit flat after they report their answers. That is, there >seems to be minimal interest in what the other teams have decided or in >talking about the differences in the answers and the rationales behind >those answers. They seem to be thinking... we're done... time to go. I >guess I'm not sure how to facilitate that last bit of the process. Any >suggestions? Karla > >Karla A. Kubitz, Ph.D., FACSM >Associate Professor >Department of Kinesiology >8000 York Avenue >Towson University >Towson, MD 21252 >410-704-3168 (ph) >410-704-3912 (fax) ********************************************* Derek R. Lane, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Communication 231 Grehan Building Lexington, KY 40506-0042 (859) 257-4102 (office) (859) 257-4103 (fax) [log in to unmask] (email) http://www.uky.edu/~drlane (web page) *********************************************