Don, I use TBL in introductory and intermediate level economics courses. I use a good bit of group multiple choice in developing concepts and basic application, with public reporting (1 to 5 numbered cards for each team). I also use it for application, with groups providing short written answers to problems that may involve interpretation of a real world situation for example, interpretation of events in a news article or extrapolation to understand how the response might be different if demand were more or less elastic. I will sometimes also have teams choose the "best example of ...", usually given some time to read the examples in advance but not told just what I would ask them. Whenever I do that sort of assignment, they are also responsible for explaining why they chose the one they chose AND why each of the others was not chosen. In my intermediate level course, I do some more involved activities, including teams grading other teams on certain things, where they are told that I will grade their grading effort. This helps them to learn to evaluate others more critically. And I hesitate to have a group "project" of any sort that requires outside of class time, but I have assigned various research projects with results to be presented to the class (in whatever manner the groups find interesting and informative). I always provide plenty of time in class for the groups to coordinate these projects and they are invariably mentioned as one of the students' favorite parts of the class. I'd be glad to share specific examples if you'd like. Molly *************************** Molly Espey Department of Applied Economics and Statistics 263 Barre Hall Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634 ----- Original Message ----- From: Don McCormick To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 2:03 PM Subject: TBL assignments other than exams Hi Team Based Learners I'd like to hear from you about assignments other than exams and RATs (multiple choice, short answer, essay, etc.) that you have found work well using TBL. Also, have any of you found ways to use TBL to structure group projects? - Don --- Don McCormick, Ph.D. Department of Management College of Business and Economics California State University Northridge 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330 https://www.csun.edu/~dmccormick/Don%20McCormick/Home.html