Team-Based Learning (TBL) Classrooms: Catalyzing Student-Centered Teaching and Learning (SCTL)
- 1. Bradford Wheeler Doctoral Candidate College of Education 2/17/2016
- 2. Discuss Student-Centered Teaching and Learning (SCTL) Show how Team-Based Learning classrooms foster SCTL Overview of Learning Theory Engage in some Active Learning Techniques used in TBL classrooms to foster SCTL
- 3. UMass has fancy classrooms too! This presentation focuses on what to do in these spaces But…you don’t need one of these to be student-centered in your approaches!
- 5. USING and APPLYING ideas, skills and concepts to new problems
- 6. What we focus on Social and emotional How can I help students focus on what I want them to learn? How can I facilitate student interaction in class? Adapted from Doyle, 2008 “Helping Students Learn”
- 7. Requires repetition and elaboration Requires us to organize our knowledge Do my classroom activities reward practice? How do I structure my class so students learn about their learning? Adapted from Doyle, 2008 “Helping Students Learn”
- 8. How can I help students do more? Adapted from Doyle, 2008 “Helping Students Learn”
- 10. Teacher Driven Drill-and-Skill tasks Minimal student Interaction Practice outside class Slow feedback Rewards individual work Student Centered Team assignments Lots of student Interaction Practice in class Rapid feedback Rewards teamwork
- 12. 1. Forms (formative assessment) 2. Clickers (formative assessment) 3. Think-Pair Share (classroom activity) 4. Gallery Walk (classroom activity)
- 13. Readiness Assurance Tests (RATs) are helpful as they encourage students to come prepared to engage with course material. This is a form of “formative assessment” giving the instructor insight into where students are in the learning process ◦ iRAT = individual ◦ tRAT = team
- 14. 1) What town is UMass In? A. Greenfield B. Pittsfield C. Amherst D. Framingham E. Holyoke 2) Mixing cyan and yellow colors produces what color ? A. Brown B. Blue C. Red D. Green E. Orange 3) Select the US President A. A B. s C. oke D. All the images are Obama E. There is no image of Obama 4) What is the absolute value of 2+2-2+2-2+2+2-2-2 = ? A. 4 B. 2 C. -2 D. -4 E. -0 Instructor Note: Using IF-AT Card pattern #E20
- 15. Scoring and Partial Credit 5 Points – first choice 3 Points – second try 2 Points – third try 1 Point – fourth try .5 Point – fifth try Quick feedback for students and partial credit!
- 16. PollEverywhere Take out your phone Create a new SMS ◦ In the message we will text our answers ◦ Example To: 37607 Message: 123456
- 18. What is the role of the teacher? How do we form and support teams of students? How can we support students’ learning in SCTL class? How do we design assignments that engage teams? With your partner visit: tinyurl.com/TBLactivity
- 20. Collaborative Learning Techniques 1. Roundtable (Kagan) 2. Numbered Heads Together 3. Send a Problem 4. Jigsaw 5. Fishbowl
- 21. Cooperative Learning Technique: ◦ Roundtable (Kagan) ◦ Numbered Heads Together ◦ Send a Problem ◦ Jigsaw ◦ Fishbowl Description: Example:
- 22. Could you see this helping students learn about a topic in your discipline? How can you facilitate these? Do these address the different types of students you have? (For example: Majors & non-majors; first-year students & seniors, etc). What hesitations do I have about these? Collaborative Learning Techniques Handbook, 2005
- 24. TBL Classroom Tools: ◦ Setting up the learning environment – audio/video ◦ Mini-Lecture ◦ Formative Assessment IF-AT Scratch Forms Clicker Questions (PollEverywhere) ◦ Student-Centered Approaches Think/Pair/Share Activity Google Docs for Reporting Gallery Walk Activity & Reflection To investigate Collaborative Learning Techniques Minute Paper