Hi everyone.
A question that I frequently receive is, “What is the MOST IMPORTANT question to ask yourself when considering whether or not to modify some aspect of your TBL implementation?” After thinking about for some time, I have come to a conclusion that I think needs to be shared and discussed.
I’d love to hear your thoughts! Here’s how you can join the conversation.
Answer the poll question below.
Sign up for a zoom discussion on 2024-09-03T13:00:00Z→2024-09-03T14:00:00Z where I’ll reveal the results and lead an in-depth discussion on this topic.
How much class time will this take?
How will this affect the amount and intensity of students’ content-related discussion?
What criteria could I use to determine whether or not the change is actually working?
What impact would this change have on the cohesiveness of the teams in the class?
How much time will it take to prepare for and provide feedback on students’ performance?
I’ve just caught up on the recording of this event - what a brilliant discussion. I am particularly struck by the learning opportunity of getting teams to review each others work - and the promotion of deep learning (they identify ‘less obvious’ examples in the hope of eliciting an incorrect challenge). An extension mentioned in the discussion was to get teams to deliberately include something incorrect (and maybe points if they ‘smuggle’ that past the other teams. The case discussed was tagging of weeds but it could easily be adapted to other contexts. For example, in my area of teaching (climate strategy) a team could study a particular company and come up with 5 claims that company could make, 1 of them untrue or misleading (and refuted by the case study material). Awarding points for an incorrect challenge would encourage teams to come up with something that is subtly though demonstrably incorrect - thus promoting deep learning. I need to give this more thought, but I am excited about the possibility of enriching my teaching. By the way, an alternative approach is to do the reverse - have 5 claims, only one of them true - that is similar to the UK radio programme ‘the unbelievable truth’ which is quite an entertaining listen. Thanks Larry and all who participated for a thought provoking session.
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the positive feedback and great insights. That’s the beauty of discussion. You’ve taken my thinking and gone way beyond what I’d even thought of. Thanks for sharing it with the community.
Larry
