David, In general I've always had teams of 4 in my classes and as few as 3, if necessary. I've found that if the groups are any larger that it's easier for some to melt into the background. With 3 or 4, all team members are more likely to particpate. I wouldn't hesitate to have two groups for a class of 7 people. Cheers, Tom Tom DeWitt, Ph.D. Director Office of Applied Learning Experiences (ALEX) University of Hawaii at Hilo www.hilo.hawaii.edu/ALEX phone: 808.987.6551 email: [log in to unmask] On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 4:35 AM, David Raeker-Jordan < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have used TBL in small classes for a couple of years, but this > semester I have a class that will probably have only 7 students. I know > that I should have 5-7 students in a team, but will TBL work with one team > of 7 students? For those of you who have taught a class this small, what > adjustments did you make to TBL? For example, with only one team, is there > any value in having both the iRAT and the tRAT? > > Thanks. > > ----------------- > David Raeker-Jordan > Legal Methods Professor > Widener University School of Law > Harrisburg, PA > 717.541.1996 > >