Team-Based Learning Reduces Attrition in a First-Semester General Chemistry Course | NSTA

Team-Based Learning Reduces Attrition in a First-Semester General Chemistry Course

Journal of College Science Teaching—November/December 2016

Team-based learning (TBL) is an instructional method that has been shown to reduce attrition and increase student learning in a number of disciplines. TBL was implemented in a first-semester general chemistry course, and its effect on attrition was assessed.

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