# TBL as Student

## Quick TBL Interactive Tutorial for Students

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## Why do I want to learn using Team-Based Learning?

Because lecturing is boring! 😃

Team-Based Learning (**TBL**) is a learning approach where you take an active role in your own learning. Despite advances in communication, learning science, and technology, traditional lecturing is still widely used in many institutions, even though it has changed very little over the past century.

In a typical TBL lesson, you take part in a structured sequence of individual and team activities. Your teacher designs these activities to help you apply your knowledge to real-world problems.

Take a look at this short video to see how students engage in a typical TBL lesson in the classroom:

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TBL at LKC Medicine - NTU Singapore
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> *Credits:* [*Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine*](http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/Home.aspx) *NTU - Singapore.*

## How does TBL works?

![TBL steps](https://3733603002-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MRSnDFogVRJRC2t1eIu%2F-MUKefjGAho2GOQly6G8%2F-MUMUdch2lyXgW7L_ZX8%2Ftbl-process.png?alt=media\&token=278498b4-666c-453c-b23b-1a0b77def068)

A TBL lesson is a sequence of individually and group activities, when you break them down they are as follows:

Let's break these activities down to see how TBL aims to achieve that:

1. **Preparation Material** \
   &#x20; Usually a set of content materials curated by the teacher that you will review own your own ***before*** the TBL lesson<br>
2. **Individual Test (iRAT)**  \
   &#x20; An individual test at the beginning of the TBL lesson.<br>
3. **Team Test (tRAT)**\
   &#x20; A team test where you will now answer the same questions as in the individual test, but in your team.<br>
4. **Clarification session**\
   &#x20; Where as a whole class, you and your team mates will have the opportunity to align your understanding of the subject before... <br>
5. **Application of knowledge** \
   &#x20; Where as a team, you get a chance to solve a real world problem with the knowledge you just acquired in the previous activities.<br>
6. **Self & Peer evaluation**\
   From time-to-time, you get a chance to evaluate your team mates performance as well as your own.

We'll go on each of them in detail, but the good news about TBL lesson in LAMS is that they can be done completely online.... or in class. Or a combination of both! So regardless of if you are doing the lesson virtually or face-to-face, your learning and interaction shall not be affected.

## What are the benefits of TBL?&#x20;

### Learn teamwork

As a student, learning with TBL, you not only **learn** about the subject but also **teamwork skills** as you will need to interact and build knowledge collectively a team.&#x20;

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One very interesting aspect of TBL in regards to teamwork is that ensures that **individuals** in the teams **are accountable for their contribution and productivity**.&#x20;
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### Strategies for problem solving

As you are asked to **solve authentic real-world problems** in teams, you have to developed **critical thinkin**g and **problem solving skills** along with subject knowledge mastery.&#x20;

The fact that you are solving these problems in a team, t

### Active learning

Rather than passively taking notes in a lecture, you (and your team mates) are now actively learning and engaging in activities which **makes the lesson fun**.&#x20;

Now let's take a look at the [Student's TBL Guide](https://docs.lamsfoundation.org/tbl/tbl-for-students/students-tbl-guide) to know how TBL "plays".&#x20;