On an new topic, one of our faculty suggested that it is the culture here to award Prizes to the top student. Since we feel that TBL values teamwork and that prizes bring back the competition element - we really thought it was not a good idea. As we discussed further, we flirted with the idea that we could incentives the prize concept by making it be a reflection of both team and individual work. The student's disagreed. They thought that any prize would change the dynamics of the group work. In fact, they came to our program because of the team and collaborative experience and did not want the cut-throat team issues.
Any one have ideas how you reward top students without undermining the teamwork values?