I've done it both ways but, have had far better results with 1 team. With two small teams, much of the time neither has the intellectual resources to do really well on anything and they get discouraged. With one 7-member team, I simply tell them what the typical scores on this test have been and they work as hard as they would with a room full of competing teams. With the applications, on some I simply report what other teams had decided in the past and "What do you think about that?". On others, I had them create a poster and I provided others for a gallery walk in much the same way as if other teams were there. As for a critiqui of theirs, I've done one or both of two alternatives. One is that I create questions about their poster--with the caveat that, "These are the common questions that other teams ask when they see a solution like yours." The other is that I'll say something like, "I'm wondering how you would respond if ______ ). Larry On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:01 PM, David Raeker-Jordan < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Jim, > > With only one team, what is the team's motivation to do well on the tRAT? > Will the team members really put forth their best efforts when they know > that everyone in the class will have the same score for the tRAT portion of > the grade? > > ----------------- > David Raeker-Jordan > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Sibley, James Edward <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Hi David >> >> We did a graduate research methods course….we expected 10 and got 3 >> >> One team of 3….It worked…teacher basically play devils advocate after >> every Application Activity….the RAP's work really well… >> >> I think the iRAT and tRAT have great value in this setting….maybe even >> more than in settings where more teams means better application activities >> >> iRAT….all about individual accountability…we still want that….so I >> would use them >> >> tRAT….peer teaching, negotiating, use of language (putting my thoughts >> into words), peer accountability….we still want that…so I would use them >> >> jim >> -- >> Jim Sibley >> Director >> Centre for Instructional Support >> Faculty of Applied Science >> University of British Columbia >> 2205-6250 Applied Science Lane >> Vancouver, BC Canada >> V6T 1Z4 >> >> Phone 604.822.9241 >> Fax 604.822.7006 >> >> Email: *[log in to unmask]* >> >> Check out *http:// <http://cis.apsc.ubc.ca/>www.teambasedlearning.org* >> >> >> © Copyright 2013, Jim Sibley, All rights reserved The information >> contained in this e-mail message and any attachments (collectively >> "message") is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the >> recipient (or recipients) named above. If the reader of this message is >> not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received >> this message in error and that any review, use, distribution, or copying of >> this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, >> please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the meesage. >> >> From: David Raeker-Jordan <[log in to unmask]> >> Reply-To: David Raeker-Jordan <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 12:35 PM >> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: TBL in a Small, Small Class >> >> 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 >> >> > -- ******************************* Larry K. Michaelsen, Professor of Management Dockery 400G, University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 660/543-4315 voice, 660/543-8465 fax For info on: Team-Based Learning (TBL) <www.teambasedlearning.org> Integrative Business Experience (IBE) <http://ucmo.edu/IBEl<http://faculty.ucmo.edu/ibe/home.html> > *******************************