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IRATs, GRATs, and IFATs: A new vocabulary for the college classroom.
IRATs, GRATs, and IFATs: A new vocabulary for the college classroom.Team-Based Learning in Introductory Sociology ClassesTeam-Based Learning in Introductory Sociology Classes
Mark Killian and Hara BastasUniversity of Cincinnati – Blue [email protected]
What is Team-Based Learning?
• Uses cooperative learning groups “to provide students with both conceptual and procedural knowledge” (Michaelson & Sweet, 2008).
• Teams are comprised of five to seven students and are permanent for the duration of the course.
• TBL ensures that students acquire course concepts, but, unlike many lecture-based classes, students in TBL classrooms learn how to apply course concepts.
Essential Elements of TBL
• Groups must be properly formed and managed
• Students must be made individually and corporately accountable
• Students must receive frequent and timely feedback
• Group Assignments must be designed for multiple participants and promote higher-ordered learning
TBL Process• Individual
Readiness Assessment Test
• Group Readiness Assessment Test
• Diagnosis and Feedback
• Application of Course Concepts
Adapted TBL Process
Research Question• Is TBL as effective as lecture dominant
instructional methods in introductory sociology classes?
• Three measures: – Student performance– Student preparedness– Student’s attitude toward sociology
Research Design
• Static-Group Design
Group 1: X O1
Group 2: O2
• 4 sections of Introductory Sociology I
• Tuesdays, 3:00 – 5:40 and 6:20 – 9:00
• Extension Campus
• Autumn and Winter terms of 2011-2012
Results
LBL (n=31) TBL (n=43)
Exam Scores 74.3% 77.6%
Assignment Preparedness (scale out of 7)
4.3 4.6
Prepared for the Final Exam
(scale out of 7)4.3 4.4
Time Reading per Week
2.3 hours* 3.2 hours*
* p < .05
Attitude Results
Exciting |__1__|__2__|__3__|__4__|__5__|__6__|__7__| Boring
Attitude TBL Mean
Comprehensible 2.5**
Pleasant 2.5*
Interesting 1.7*
Attractive 1.7**
Comfortable 2.6*
Safe 2.5**
Secure 2.0*
Liked Instructional Methods 1.7*
Learned A Lot 1.8*
* p ≤.05; ** p ≤ .01
Conclusions
• Validity Questions
• TBL might help produce positive attitudes toward Sociology
• Further Research– True Experimental Design – Test the role of reading quizzes
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