The applicability of a validated team-based learning student assessment instrument to assess United Kingdom pharmacy students’ attitude toward team-based learning

Abstract

PurposeIt aimed at testing the validity and reliability of a validated team-based learning student assessment instrument (TBL-SAI) to assess United Kingdom pharmacy students’ attitude toward TBL.MethodsTBL-SAI, consisting of 33 items, was administered to undergraduate pharmacy students from two schools of pharmacy each at University of Wolverhampton and University of Bradford were conducted on the data, along with comparison between the two schools.ResultsStudents’ response rate was 80.0% (138/173) in completion of the instrument. Overall, the instrument demonstrated validity and reliability when used with pharmacy students. Sub-analysis between schools of pharmacy did, however, show that four items from Wolverhampton data, had factor loadings of less than 0.40. No item in the Bradford data had factor loadings less than 0.40. Cronbach’s alpha score was reliable at 0.897 for the total instrument: Wolverhampton, 0.793 and Bradford, 0.902. Students showed preference to TBL, with Bradford’s scores being statistically higher (P<0.005).ConclusionThis validated instrument has demonstrated reliability and validity when used with pharmacy students. Furthermore students at both schools preferred TBL compared to traditional teaching.

Team-Based Learning Student Assessment Instrument (TBL-SAI) for measuring the effectiveness of TBL in a Saudi Medical School: Psychometric Analysis and differences by academic years

“…Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test (KMO) was performed for the whole instrument items for measuring sampling adequacy. Values higher than 0.60 for the total items indicate that factor analysis can be conducted [13]. A principal component analysis with varimax rotation was conducted on each subscale of TBL-SAI to identify the underlying factor structure.…”

“…The TBL-SAI scale originally developed for assessing TBL in baccalaureate nursing students [15] and was found to be reliable among medical students [4,16] and other health profession students [13,14]. The psychometric properties of the TBL-SAI scale have been reported as satisfactory, and the construct validity of the scale has been examined previously elsewhere [13,15]. The instrument is a self-administrated contains 33 items (with total scores ranging from 33-165) designed to measure students' attitude toward TBL.…”

“…On the other hand, a study found that blending of TBL and lecture-based learning strategy lead to better learning outcomes than either method alone in neurology clerkships [9]. Increasing the numbers of research on TBL pedagogy with different opinions reinforce the need for developing a sound instrument for measuring the effectiveness of this learning approach [13]. So far, there are limited validated instruments to assess students opinion about major areas of TBL approach [13,14] The team-based learning student assessment instrument (TBL-SAI) has been developed for measuring accountability, learning preference and students' satisfaction with TBL [15].…”

“…Increasing the numbers of research on TBL pedagogy with different opinions reinforce the need for developing a sound instrument for measuring the effectiveness of this learning approach [13]. So far, there are limited validated instruments to assess students opinion about major areas of TBL approach [13,14] The team-based learning student assessment instrument (TBL-SAI) has been developed for measuring accountability, learning preference and students' satisfaction with TBL [15]. The psychometric properties of TBL-SAI have been confirmed in several health profession educations across different countries [4,[13][14][15][16].…”

Relationships Between Student Grit and Team-Based Learning Preferences in a Master’s Level Occupational Therapy Program

“…Using a locally generated measure, in a recent study of pharmacy students experiencing TBL, researchers found that students (n=53) significantly preferred TBL to traditional lecture (Frame et al, 2015). In another unrelated study of pharmacy students (n=201), using the TBL-SAI as the measurement instrument, researchers reported a mean score of 33.0 on the TBL-SAI satisfaction subscale (Nation, Tweddell, & Rutter, 2016). This score is 5 points, or 18%, higher than the satisfaction subscale neutral score of 28.0 (Mennenga, 2012).…”