PBL

leovirus88 SG

Hi. I am a first year student. Anyone had difficulties facing PBL? As in find it hard to cope wih the system. At first i am ok with presenting but after 1 week, i dont quite enjoy it anymore. Its like doing presentations for 5 days. Why cant we do reports or do at least 1 presentation for each module. And somemore its graded daily. For someone who may be moody or silent for that day, isnt he/she gonna lose out during presentations. Cant the whole system be abit more flexible. I grow very bored after doing this over and over again. I usually lose focus on the problem and thus i dont understand the whole thing. Everytime I present, my mind will lose focus and become blank. I am very lost at the moment and I need advice and tips to survive PBL. Thanks. Your every help and advice will be appreciated. :D

caleb_chiang SG

Tell me about it... been doing it for the past 2 years...

But the best thing about the system... you would not fail even if you do not study... Just be around and be a joker...

FirePig SG

There is too much PBL in republic poly. Unless you are 'siao on', 'desperate to score good grades' or naturally talkative, you are going to get tired of PBL in that poly.

Personally, i believe even other polys (ngee ann, singapore poly etc) are also moving towards more PBL, presenting. However, they put a check on the maximum % presenting and project can give.

So for them, their total Ca calculation is like

Tutorial and participation 30%

Project or test 30%

Exam 40%

The good thing for Republic poly students is they dont need exams.

Too much of a certain thing is never a good thing at all. Last time, NTU's certain modules' grading is 100% exam. What if you have stomachache that day lol.

Darkness_hacker99 SG

I'm Year 2 Sem 1 student..

skipped sch for the past one semester cos couldn't adapt PBL and some other reasons.

Now trying hard to re-adapt it. It's gonna be tough for me.

Now I only gave attended 1 lesson out of 10 schooling days.

catinthehat SG

for those bored with your classes, I know one thing a lot of people do is that they write abt in their RJs!

Detached SG

I'm from the RP 2nd year batch :D

It's all about discipline, isn't it? Being moody or whatsoever is not an excuse to underperform. The good thing 'bout RP is that you can attend class, sit in a corner, relax for the day and do well for the UTs, and pass with quite a decent grades.

Now think of all those people who made it into honors roll, some may seem less intelligent than you? Some may even be party animals.

It's all about discipline :P

dahliamorie SG

I'm from the RP 2nd year batch :D

Now think of all those people who made it into honors roll, some may seem less intelligent than you? Some may even be party animals.

It's all about discipline :P

seconding detached.

it's all about discipline. having no motivation and being moody is just an excuse.

catinthehat SG

how to survive? three tips from a lao jiaooooo

(1) speak up

(2) capture the attention of ur faci - ask questions, make comments etc etc

(3) try your best (ie. dun slack, write meaningful responses to RJ etc etc)

catinthehat SG

AugoeideS SG

To survive PBL: Read just enough to get the gist of what the problem is asking you to learn on, then participate on bare minimum during the 1st, 2nd and before the 3rd meeting, do 1 or 2 slides and understand them very clearly and present them as per normal.

To excel PBL: Active participation is a bare minimum, you've got to participate well throughout and be attentive. And for the problem itself you've got to read everything thoroughly and understand everything, do a couple of slides and present them. Ability to answer questions that is not directed at your slides/or what you've presented will be a plus point.

Anyway, you'll learn with time. In year 1 i present chunk loads full of words and nothing but words but gradually i replace them with words and illustrations. It helps alot because facilitators wants to know that you know your stuffs (very evident if you can present illustrations without referring to anything) or just reading out from your slides.