Hi Tim

I would advise option one.  In my experience, if the teams get larger than 7, in practice, they tend become two teams apiece and it doesn’t work as well.

Best,

Holly

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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Connors
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:55 AM
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Subject: Team Size

I know this has been discussed quite a bit in the past but I would appreciate some advice.  I have an upper-division theatre history class with 25 students.  Would I be better off with 4 teams ( 3 with 6, and one with 7) or 3 teams (2 with 8, and one with 9)?  The drop/add deadline isn't until the end of the first week of class so I won't know the final number until then.

Thanks.

Tim

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