At 08:54 PM 5/15/2007, you wrote:

Hi TBL listserv,

I am helping coordinate a team-based learning trial in an up-coming semester for a large Introductory Macroeconomics class – 1400 students in total, split into 6 streams run by 4 lecturers. The readiness assurance process will take place in short tutorials, each of approximately 20 students.

I have seen previous posts refer to issues of large classes and macroeconomics and TBL, and these posts have been useful. I would be interested to know if anyone is running such a large scale instance of TBL?

We are particularly concerned about issues of students copying I-RAT/T-RAT questions between streams.

If you have any suggestions or experiences to share, I’d love to hear them.

Many thanks,
Lucy

Hi Lucy,

I've used TBL several times in a Research Methods class of 250. I reduced the RATs to 12 questions and projected them at the front of the room on 3 overhead transparency machines (I chose a room with a large white wall on the left and right side of the main screen). No hard copies of the RATs at all!

I realize this doesn't address your problem directly and may not even work for you. Perhaps a large test bank of questions so that there are different versions of the RATs?

Feel free to contact me if you have other question about the large lecture class and TBL.

Andy

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