References and Resources

Resource list originally developed for CTREE 2017 Workshop - Ruder, Simkins, ...

Online Resources

teambasedlearning.org | This is the home page of the Team-Based Learning Collaborative. The site offers free basic materials (including a short video overview) for teachers interested in TBL. This site also offers sample TBL modules and other materials behind a modest paywall.

learntbl.ca | Jim Sibley offers extensive free materials to support teaching with TBL. The link below provides a list of Jim's "suggested readings", both about TBL and teaching more generally.

• Suggested Readings

University of British Columbia (UBC) Portalfor variety of materials related to TBL | Use the drop-down menu to access resources on: What is TBL?, Using Teams Properly, Ensuring Student Readiness, Teams Solving Problems, Making Students Accountable, and IF-AT Scratch Cards

Useful Books - Starting Points for TBL

The following books are key resources and valuable starting points for those interested in team-based learning.

• Michaelsen, L. K., Knight, A. B., & Fink, L. D. (2002). Team-Based Learning: A Transformative use of Small Groups. Sterling, VA.: Stylus Publishing (sample chapter at tbl more resources site)
• Sibley, J., & Ostafichuk, P. (2014). Getting Started with Team-Based Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC. (Chapter 1 included in reading packet.)
• Sweet, M., & Michaelsen, L. K. (2012). Team-Based Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.

TBL in Economics

Useful discussions of how to apply TBL in economics courses.

• Espey, M. (2011). Team-based learning in economics: A pareto improvement, in Sweet and Michaelsen (2012, see above).
• Hettler, P. L. (2015). Student demographics and the impact of team-based learning. International Advances in Economic Research, 21, 413-422.
• Imazeki, J. (2015). Getting students to do economics: An introduction to team-based learning. International Advances in Economic Research, 21, 399-412.

TBL Effectiveness

A "review and synthesis (of) the educational literature with respect to TBL." The authors note "early evidence of positive educational outcomes" and a need for "more rigorous testing" as this teaching practice reaches "an important maturation point."

• Haidet, P., Kubitz, K., & McCormack, W.T. (2014). Analysis of the team-based learning literature: TBL comes of age. Journal of Excellence in College Teaching, 25, 303-333.

TBL Application Exercises

Some resources to get you started with this important TBL component

• Roberson, B., & Franchini, B. (2014). Effective task design for the TBL classroom. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 25, 3&4, 275-302.
• Maier, M. (2017). Team-based learning and cooperative learning: Lessons for group work in economics. Presented at Allied Social Sciences Association Meeting (January)

TBL Tools - Some Starting Points

• IF-AT Scratch-Off Forms
• ZipGrade App
• A-B-C-D Response Cards - Includes a Word document template, or Google "ABCD Response Cards Template"

General Teaching Resources Supporting TBL

Active Learning

The Freeman, et al., meta-study provides strong evidence in favor of active learning. Also included below are commentaries by research-based-teaching advocate and Nobel-prize-winning physicist, Carl Wieman.

• Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M.P. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 23, 8410-8415.

Wieman, C. E. (2014). Large-scale comparison of science teaching methods sends clear message. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, 23, 8319-20.

• National Public Radio, (April 14, 2016). A Nobel laureate's education plea: Revolutionize teaching. NPR Ed: NPR, 2016-4.

Useful guides for introducing active learning pedagogy to students

• Balan, P., Clark, M., & Restal, G. (2015). Preparing students for flipped or team-based learning methods. Education + Training. 57, 6, 639-657.
• Chasteen, S., Boudreaux, A. & Gaffney, J. (2013) Framing the Interactive Engagement Classroom. Science Education Initiative: University of Colorado - Boulder.

Course Design

These are key sources on backward (beginning with the end in mind) course design.

• Fink, L. D. (2013) Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
• A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Effective Learning - a 37-page booklet full of ideas for designing/redesigning your course to promote significant student learning

Design Learning - more resources from Dee Fink on designing significant learning experiences

• Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition. Alexandria: ASCD.
• What is Backward Design? Chapter 1 from Wiggins and McTighe.

Evidence-based Teaching Practices

A host of free resources online at the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) at the University of British Columbia

Recent research on evidence-based teaching strategies, from the National Research Council

• Kober, N. & National Research Council (U.S.). (2015). Reaching students: What research says about effective instruction in undergraduate science and engineering.

A high-quality summary of effective, evidence-based learning strategies - and how to promote them in your courses

• Brown, P. C., Roediger, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make it stick: The science of successful learning. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. (see also the "Related Links" on this page)

Useful all-around introductions to key learning principles and their application in teaching

• Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C., Mayer, R. E., & Norman, M. K.. (2013). How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Lang, J. M. (2016). Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• James Lang's page on Small Teaching