Jim is absolutely correct. The keys are thoughtfully assigning each group a specific block of seats so that it is possible for them to see each other face-to-face (e.g. don't assign 6 people to the seats on a single row) and making sure that you manage the details well. For example:
1) Using team folders and training the groups to pick pick them up and return them WITH EVERYTHING YOU WANT INSIDE THE FOLDERS.
2) USE IF-ATs for the team RATs.
3) Have REALLY well designed (i.e., 4-S) applications.
4) When you are not using "MCQ" applications, you have to have the teams simultaneously turn in their answers but, for the next stage you'll want to have the teams do a second round of 4-S with a sample of team responses (e.g. which of these 5 team choices--selected from a much larger number--most clearly supports [or contradicts] _____.")
If you have access to it, Chapter 11 in the 2004 Stylus paperback contains a lot of additional helps for dealing with large classes.

Larry

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Sibley, James Edward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi

We have actually never done TBL in a nice classroom

Always packed, fixed seat lecture theatres with up to 200 students

Hasn't slowed us down….give students something compelling enough to do and they will ignore the limitations of the space

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A few of things we have figured out

Do a detailed classroom map…showing each group exactly where to sit

We try for teams of 6….best we can do most of the time to ensure all team members can see each other

We break the team of 6 rule when we have to….sometimes 5 in one row and two in the next…definitely not ideal…but it does work

The IF-AT forms are big enough to see group to group in a crowded room….we ask students to cover IF-Ats except when scratching

One of our first TBL course we had 122 students in 118 seats…

IT WILL WORK>>>TRUST IN TBL

 Jim


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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:00:12 +0000
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Subject: classroom contraints

Hello,

Last year was my first  time applying TBL. It was very successful but I have run into a big roadblock for this fall. I’ll have 192 intro to biology students and a lecture hall with 192 desks – no central hallway – just a block of 192 fixed desks.

Has anyone found a creative way to adapt this pedagogy when in-class groupings aren’t possible?

 

Thanks!
Georgianne

georgianne Connell

Western Washington University

Biology Lecturer

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