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(4) In class application exercises that are (a) significant (correlated to important course objectives, meaningful to the future work that the course might prepare a student for, (b) the same for all teams in the course, (c) about making a decision – providing a simple answer – based on complex analysis of data or application of course principles, (d) simultaneously reported to the whole class and evaluated then and there by the instructor.

===Motivations and Benefits for using Team Based Learning in Education===

Team-based learning according to Larry Michelson improves student attendance and engagement, helps students learn the course material in a deeper and longer-lasting way, and works to build professional/life skills such as effective collaboration and negotiation. Students often express higher satisfaction with team-based learning course, particularly after they've overcome their initial suspicions.

Team Based Learning has been suggested to help students who seem disinterested in subject material, do not do their homework, and have difficult understanding material. Team based learning can transform traditional content with application and problem solving skills, while lending to developing interpersonal skills <ref name="isbn0-89789-863-X">{{cite book |author=edited by Larry K. Michaelsen, Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink |title=Team-based learning: a transformative use of small groups |publisher=Praeger |___location=New York |year=2002 |pages= |isbn=0-89789-863-X |oclc= |doi=}}</ref>.

Team based learning in education can also be important for developing many skills and abilities useful for many businesses, organizations, careers, and industries where many projects and tasks are performed by teams. Learning how to learn, work, interact, and collaborate in a team is essential for success in this kind of an environment<ref>Howard Hills (2001) Team Based Learning Gower Publishing Company ISBN 0-566-08364-7 </ref>.

Many of the medical school have adopted some version of Team Based Learning for several of the benefits listed above, and also for greater long-term knowledge retention. According to a study done by the Washington University School of Medicine, individuals who learned through an active team based learning curriculum had greater long-term knowledge retention compared to a traditional passive lecture curriculum. <ref>https://www.aamc.org/download/154730/data/rime_poster_109.pdf</ref>

==In the workplace==