Preliminary Experiences with Team-based Assessment

Team dynamics, regardless of task complexity, challenge organizations. Learning institutions are the ideal environment for team learning experiences, and serve as a practice forum for a student’s professional career. The objective of this paper is to describe the settings and outcomes of the adoption of a structured methodology and software application to support team learning. The research reports preliminary results from using Team Learning Assistant (TLA), a web-based team assessment system developed by Boston University’s Center for Team Learning to carry out team interactions in face-to-face and distance learning classrooms. The TLA system was used to help the students structure their team experiences, and assist with problem-solving skills while also providing instructors with access to a web-driven database for peer assessment data captur