Hi Kent, I've used TBL in a law school course with 9 students. Two teams - 1 of 4, 1 of 5. As Tammy said, it meant that I was able to spend a lot of time working with the individual teams. I'm now using TBL in a legal writing class of 24 students (3 teams of 8 each). We meet 2x week. One day we meet as a whole. The other my TA and I meet with each team for 30 minutes. It is working really well. Sophie Sparrow Sophie M. Sparrow Professor of Law Franklin Pierce Law Center 2 White Street Concord, NH 03301 603-513-5205 603.225-9647 FAX [log in to unmask] >>> "Tobin-Janzen, Tammy" <[log in to unmask]> 9/18/2008 10:23 AM >>> Hi Kent, My TBL genetics class is capped at 20 students due to lab space constraints. I don*t use any special adaptations. Actually, I think TBL may be easier to implement with fewer students, and I can*t envision a ¼lower limit*. In small classes, you have the opportunity to work very closely, and regularly, with each team. The only potential pitfall I can think of is that if you have one team that is a problem (out of a total of only 5 or so teams), it can have a significant impact on the entire class. Having said that, after I made the colossal mistake of letting students choose their own teams during the first year of my foray into TBL (bad, bad me), I really have not had a problem team. Good luck! Tammy On 9/18/08 9:52 AM, "Kent Fisher" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The astronomy class I'm planning to use TBL in has a maximum enrollment of 24 > students (I can stretch it by a few). I'm wondering if anyone on the list uses > TBL in classes this size (or smaller), and, if so, what adaptations have been > tried. Are there special pitfalls to be avoided in a class like this? Later > on, I may use TBL in my physics classes, which have enrollments from about > 10-20 students. Is there a limit below which TBL should not even be attempted? > > Regards, > > Kent Fisher > Assistant Professor > Columbus State Community College > Biological & Physical Sciences Department > 482 Nestor Hall > (614) 287-2515 >