Jim & Dan, I've been using team exams for longer than I've been using TBL (40+years for team exams/30+ years for TBL). They have always been focused on applications. (In fact, I've never taught a class in which I haven't given at least one team exam that used a full-length feature film or a novel as a "case".) In my judgment, a well-designed team exam and 4-S applications are nearly the same thing. The only significant difference is that I'll ask students to provide one or more bullet points to support their specific choice or I sometimes ask, "What are your number 1 #2 choices and what is the most compelling reason for rejecting your #2 choice. The key is making sure the form of the answer is simple (i.e., a specific choice supported by the key or the top FEW reasons/facts/pieces of evidence, etc.). Don't force the teams to produce an essay. If you do then their effort will go into wordsmithing instead of DECIDING. Larry ----- Larry K. Michaelsen Professor of Management University of Central Missouri Dockery 400G Warrensburg, MO 64093 [log in to unmask] 660/429-9873 voice <---NEW ATT cell phone 660/543-8465 fax >>> Daniel Williams <[log in to unmask]> 09/22/11 10:51 AM >>> Jim: I don't have anything worthwhile to contribute, but I wanted to express my interest in the topic. I tried it in my small introductory biology course (4 teams) using assignments attached to movies and came away unhappy. I am positive it was due to my assignment design however and not any fault of the technique. I would love to see more examples of people working with movies as team exams. Will you be posting a summary or a few pictures from your workshop on the TBL site? Dan On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Jim Sibley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi > > I am putting together a workshop with a couple of faculty at UBC that do > team-based examinations (in very different ways) > > Who else out there has done team-based examinations? > > We would love to gather more ideas. > > Jim > -- ******************************************************** Daniel Williams Department of Biology Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 (912) 478-7794 Fax: (912) 478-0845