At the Medical College of Wisconsin, we are transitioning to TBL as the primary method of student engagement as we are at the same time integrating our basic and clinical sciences in the first two years. We've read what we can from a variety of sources, including searching this listserve, but are still not clear on whether institutions actually grade (or assign points) the application exercises. In most of the discussions around Setting Grade Weights, IRATs and TRATS have individual line items, but the application exercises usually do not. Is this because you do not provide grades based on the quality of the choice made and/or the reasoining given by the team? The concern that has been expressed is that if students know they are not "graded" on the application exercise, they will skip that portion of the classtime. Is the Peer Evaluation process really enough to ensure that students do not "skip out" on this highly valuable activity? Any suggestions/guidance will be greatly appreciated! Jodi Delfosse Education Innovation Office Medical College of WI