Team-based learning (TBL) is not simply putting students in a fixed number and letting them do group work and then calling this TBL; it is more than this. Firstly, members of the team are specially selected to form the team. While they may not be working at their optimal level initially, they go through the cycle of “Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing (and Adjourning) – based on Bruce Tuckman’s Four Stages of Team Development.
Psychologist Bruce Tuckman originated the “Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing” model to enhance team effectiveness.
The model identifies the stages of team development:
Forming when team members get acquainted and define roles.
Storming when conflicts arise as boundaries are tested.
Norming where differences are resolved and collaboration grows.
Performing when the team operates at peak efficiency.
Later, Tuckman added a fifth stage, “Adjourning” (also known as “mourning”) to mark the end of the team.
The model helps managers navigate teams through all stages effectively.
TBL is the hard work of Professor LK Michaelson – you can read this for more information about TBL.
TBL is my thesis for my Ed.D that looks at the operations of TBL via Synchronous and Asynchronous mode.
Today, I am embedding Artificial Intelligence into TBL – TABIL where AI is embedded within TBL.
Here is the link to TABIL.