Judy, I'm 100% agreement with Paul's comments. If the teacher is ready (i.e., understands and applies TBL "standard practice" and has well designed application assignments), students are always ready. I also agree that a well-designed before and after measure might be useful from a research standpoint. Larry On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Paul Koles <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Judy: our experience is that med students may be oriented to the > rationale and process of TBL by actually experiencing a TBL module. The > content of that module may be TBL itself or a topic appropriate for your > learning culture. After experiencing the whole process (short advance > assignment, IRAT, tRAT, appeals, and applications) the "readiness" for > working as a team is intuitively grasped and highly motivated by a desire > to learn well and get good grades. The beauty of the TBL strategy is that > it rewards collaborative and cooperative learning, so the very behaviors > that fuel that process are developed without "teaching" those behaviors. > To me, the motivation for investigating "readiness to work on a team" > would be for research purposes mainly. best, Paul > On Jul 4, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Judith Buchanan wrote: > > Hello, > I will be introducing team-based learning to a group of year one medical > students this fall and would like to get a sense of their readiness to work > on a team. In the back of my mind I guess I’m looking for an easy-to-use > tool something along the lines of the Readiness for Interprofessional > Learning Scale (RIPLS) Questionnaire. So far in my search I haven’t found > anything that suits, but then perhaps my search may have been too narrow. > I’m hoping that someone from this list will be able to help. Thanks, Judy > Buchanan > > > Paul G. Koles, MD > Assoc. Professor of Pathology and Surgery > Chair Pathology > Boonshoft School of Medicine > Wright State University > 140 White Hall > 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway > Dayton, OH 45435-0001 > 937-775-2625 phone > 937-775-2633 fax > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > -- ******************************* 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>> *******************************