Hi Everyone

I teach a Youth Health post-grad paper and have used TBL for the last 4 years. Last year I had only 8 students in my class and went with two teams of four - it worked fine.

I have to say that I'd never thought of going with just one team, but feel reassured that it obviously can work, which is great as I can't imagine teaching in any other way (thanks to Larry and a workshop he ran all those years ago!).

Cheers

Sue Grant
Learning Facilitator
PAEDS 719, HEALTH, EDUCATION & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
The University of Auckland

From: Team-Based Learning [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Thomas DeWitt [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 10:11 AM
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Subject: Re: TBL in a Small, Small Class

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
phone: 808.987.6551




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.

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David Raeker-Jordan
Legal Methods Professor
Widener University School of Law
Harrisburg, PA 
717.541.1996