If you reply to this long (10 kB) post please don't hit the reply button unless you prune the copy of this post that may appear in your reply down to a few relevant lines, otherwise the entire already archived post may be needlessly resent to subscribers. Karen Hoff (2009) in a Chemed-L post titled "team-based learning" wrote [bracketed by lines "HHHHH. . . .": HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I have just read "Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching". . . . .[ Michaelsen et al. (2004)]. . . ., and I am intrigued. Unfortunately, I have been teaching long enough to realize that fads come and go, so I have some questions for you. . . . . 1. Does anyone use this teaching chemistry at any level (high school or college)? I would really like to see some examples of assignments for the Readiness Assurance Process. 2. Does anyone use this in high school? 3. Do you use this exclusively (100% of the time) or do you incorporate aspects of it into your lessons? 4. Do you think this is a fad and that eventually we will decide it doesn't deliver as expected? HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH To which John Goodwin (2009) replied (slightly edited): "Team learning in chemistry has a pretty solid and long history now with the Peer-Led-Team-Learning (PLTL) project going back to the early '90's and more recently the POGIL project (process oriented guided inquiry learning) now having a major influence. See < http://www.pogil.org >. Both projects have high-school materials and practitioners, and the POGIL project a new funded project for development of materials and pedagogy. POGIL offers free workshops for educators to learn about the pedagogy and usually good representation at meetings like the BCCE." Karen and other Chemed-L'ers who are interested in Team-Based Learning might consider: a. tuning in to TeamLearning-L < [log in to unmask] > with OPEN! archives at < http://list.olt.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=TEAMLEARNING-L >, b. scanning the posts "Re: TBL in the NY Times, Five Questions" [Hake (2009a) and "Re: Active Learning in Medicine" [Hake (2009b)].'' In Hake (2009b) I posed the question (see that posts for the references): "Has the effectiveness of TBL and PBL in promoting student learning (relative to traditional instruction or to other reform methods of instruction) been evaluated by pre/post testing using valid and reliable tests of conceptual understanding (developed by disciplinary experts) such as the Force Concept Inventory [Hestenes et al. (1992]; as is the case for some introductory science courses - see e.g., Froyd (2008), Hake (1998a,b; 2005), Libarkin (2008), McConnell (2008), Prather et al. (2009), Reed-Rhoades & Imbrie (2008), & Smith et al. (2008)?" As far as I know, that question has not been answered for the cases of TBL and POGIL. I note at < http://new.pogil.org/effectiveness/ > that the effectiveness of POGIL appears to be gauged primarily by course grades. But judging from the physics education reform effort [Hake (2002, 2005, 2007)] course grades are not valid indicators of course-induced gains in conceptual understanding. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University 24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands. <[log in to unmask]> < http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/ > < http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/ > < http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/ > REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>. All URL's configured as < URL > rather than the conventional <URL> in an attempt to thwart the de-hot-linking bug in Chemed-L's old fashioned LISTSERV 15.0 Goodwin, J. 2009. "Re: team-based learning," Chemed-L post of 8 Jun 2009 10:01:38-0500; online at < http://tinyurl.com/mghwfs >. Hake, R.R. 2002. "Lessons from the Physics Education Reform Effort," Ecology and Society 2: 28; online at <http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss2/art28/>. Ecology and Society (formerly Conservation Ecology) is a free online "peer-reviewed journal of integrative science and fundamental policy research" with about 11,000 subscribers in about 108 countries Hake, R. R. 2005. "The Physics Education Reform Effort: A Possible Model for Higher Education," online at < http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/NTLF42.pdf > (100 kB). This is a slightly edited version of an article that was (a) published in the National Teaching and Learning Forum 15(1), December 2005, online to subscribers at < http://www.ntlf.com/FTPSite/issues/v15n1/physics.htm >, and (b) disseminated by the Tomorrow's Professor list < http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings.html > as Msg. 698 on 14 Feb 2006. If your institution doesn't subscribe to the invaluable National Teaching and Learning Forum then it should! Hake, R.R. 2007. "Six Lessons From the Physics Education Reform Effort," Latin American Journal of Physics Education 1(1), September; online (with AIP style numbered references) at < http://journal.lapen.org.mx/sep07/HAKE%20Final.pdf > (124 kB). Also available with APA style references at < http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/SixLessonsD.pdf > (684 kB). Hake, R.R. 2009a. "Re: TBL in the NY Times, Five Questions," online on the OPEN! TeamLearnig-L archives at < http://tinyurl.com/l7em6s >. Hake, R.R. 2009b. "Re: Active Learning in Medicine," online on the OPEN! AERA-I archives at < http://tinyurl.com/qduelo >. Post of 10 May 2009 16:56:14-0700 to AERA-I and Net-Gold. Abstract only to DrEd and PhysLrnR. Hoff, K. 2009."team-based learning." Chemed-L post of 8 Jun 2009 10:01:38-0500; online at < http://tinyurl.com/m67pkz >. Michaelsen, L.K., A.B. Knight, & L.D. Fink, eds. 2004. "Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching," Stylus Publishing. Publisher's information at < http://www.styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=82220 >. Amazon.com information at < http://tinyurl.com/mnuug9 >. Unfortunately, Amazon's usual searchable "Look Inside" feature is not available. See also the more recent Michaelson et al. (2009). Michaelsen. L.K., M. Sweet, & D.X. Parmeleee, eds. 2009. "Team-Based Learning: Small Group Learning's Next Big Step." Jossey-Bass. Publisher's information at < http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470462124.html >. Amazon.com information at < http://tinyurl.com/kj89nj >. Unfortunately, Amazon's usual searchable "Look Inside" feature is not available.