Hi Bill, Thanks for this paper, the work looks well done from a brief read and does not support any advantage of team vs individual learning on subsequent scores in tests. However I feel that it ignores all of the other components that TBL teaches students- how to work in a team, communication, confidence, accountability etc. It was also a modified form of TBL used that didn't have application exercises, and the quality of the multiple choice questions can't be evaluated. Students who have done TBL may answer questions based on rote learning the same as those that haven't, but may in fact be much better at solving authentic problems. Just some thoughts from Down Under, Susan Susan Hazel BVSc BSc(Vet) PhD GradCert (Public Health) MACVSc Lecturer in Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Ethics School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE Roseworthy SA 5371 Australia Ph : +61 8 8303 7828 Fax : +61 8 8303 7972 e-mail: [log in to unmask] CRICOS Provider Number 00123M ----------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: This message may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you think it was sent to you by mistake, please delete all copies and advise the sender. For the purposes of the SPAM Act 2003, this email is authorised by The University of Adelaide. Think green: read on the screen. -----Original Message----- From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Goffe Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 10:26 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: "Comparing Direct Versus Indirect Measures of the Pedagogical Effectiveness of Team Testing" In the current edition of "The Teaching Professor," there is reference to "Comparing Direct Versus Indirect Measures of the Pedagogical Effectiveness of Team Testing," Journal of Marketing Education, December 2011, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 348-358, http://jmd.sagepub.com/content/33/3/348.refs . They test something like TBL and the results aren't very positive. Maybe of interest? I don't see many empirical papers like this, but maybe I'm not looking in the right places. - Bill -- Bill Goffe Department of Economics SUNY Oswego, 416 Mahar Hall Oswego, NY 13126 315-312-3444(v), 315-312-5444(f) [log in to unmask] http://cook.rfe.org