To interpret natural language at the discourse level, it is very useful to accurately recognize dialogue acts, such as SUGGEST, in identifying speaker intentions. Our research explores the utility of a machine learning method called Transformation-Based Learning (TBL) in computing dialogue acts, because TBL has a number of advantages over alternative approaches for this application. We have ide...

In this paper we introduce some improvements to the tabular representation algorithm (TBL) dedicated to inference of grammars in Chomsky normal form. TBL algorithm uses a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to solve partitioning problem, and improvements described here focus on this element of TBL. Improvements involve: i nitial population block size manipulation, block delete specialized operator and modif...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of team-based learning (TBL) program on nursing students’ major satisfaction, critical thinking, communication skills, problem solving, and self-directed learning. A Quasi experimental design: nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The TBL significantly improved nursing students’ major satisfaction, critical thinking, p...

The implementation of Team-Based Learning (TBL, http://www.teambasedlearning.org) in one-semester undergraduate courses of chemistry offered to first year students is reported. TBL is an active learning instructional strategy heavily relying on small group interaction. Teaching lab classes in a TBL context presented a specific challenge, as decisions were required about their role in the global...

This study explores the experience of both learners and a teacher during a team-based learning (TBL) session. TBL involves active learning that allows medical students to utilise their visual, auditory, writing and kinetic learning styles in order to strengthen their knowledge and retain it for longer, which is important with regard to applying basic sciences in clinical settings. This pilot st...

Team-based learning (TBL) is an interactive and analytic teaching strategy. TBL is a learner-centered strategy that uses a very structured individual and group accountability process and requires small groups to work together to solve problems. This study served to investigate whether the TBL concept could be modified and adopted to the fifth-year cornea module of an ophthalmology course. Quest...

Introduction: We evaluated the effects of implementing Team-Based Learning (TBL) on student engagement, accountability,satisfaction, and preference for lecture or team-based learning.Moreover, we assessed the effect of TBL on knowledge retentionand application over time through short answer questions based onclinical scenarios addressing history taking and diagnosis skills inmedical students.Me...

team-based learning is designed to provide students with both conceptual and procedural knowledge, aiming to enhance active learning and critical thinking. in the present study, team-based learning and lecture methods in teaching the “hospital organization and management” course among hospital management students were compared. this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 25 undergraduate stu...

txt2MEDLINE allows users to search and retrieve MEDLINE/PubMed citations using SMS text messages. "The Bottom Line" (TBL) concept was developed because of the 160-character limitation of text messages. TBL algorithm generates a shortened version of the published abstract thereby decreasing the number of characters while attempting to maintain the key points of the full-length, author-generated ...