I had a larger than
expected enrollment and a number of students who entered the
classroom late, so -- after some confusion in setting up
groups -- I ended up developing groups that have 9 or 10
members (instead of the consistently suggested group size of
5 to 7 members). I realize this isn't optimal...but I'm
leaning toward leaving the groups like this.
They worked well
together in determining the grading distribution today, and
already seemed to begin the bonding process in several
obvious ways.
Does anyone have
experience with TBL with larger than optimal groups? Should
I leave things as they are for this year, or make a change
before things get to far?
Thanks--(clearly I'm
a TBL-newbie!)