Colleagues:  One advantage of TBLs scattered throughout the organ system modules is that students have opportunity and motivation to master specific domains of knowledge BEFORE the end of the course.   They receive evidence from peers and faculty on how well they have learned during the readiness assurance tests, then learn how well they can apply the knowledge to solve problems during the application phase.    This process reduces the amount of knowledge to be mastered at the end of the course, allowing them to more wisely allocate time to those domains that are not yet mastered.   Paul

On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Geiss, Roger wrote:

It sounds like the students want the TBLs to be review sessions, which is not what they should be used for (forgive my ending the sentence with a preposition, but we do that in the Midwest).
 
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Greetings,
 
We recently started our organ system modules. Each module is 4-5 weeks in length. Some of the students suggested the TBLs might be more useful to them if all the TBLs were at the end of the course rather than interspersed in the curriculum.
 
Is anyone doing this? What are the positives/negatives? What are your lessons learned?
 
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