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A Systematic Review of Reviews on Problem-Based Learning and Its Effectiveness
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Portia Amoa-Danquah; Kira J. Carbonneau – Current Issues in Education, 2025
This systematic review of reviews is an exploratory study that aims to synthesize the myriad of reviews about Problem-Based Learning (PBL) to provide a consensus regarding the definition, components, effectiveness, and most common areas of application of PBL. This will provide educators and policymakers with a robust framework to enhance…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Instructional Effectiveness, Problem Based Learning, Student Centered Learning
Teaching and Learning with Research Cognitive Theory: Unlocking Curiosity and Creativity for Problem-Solving Skills. SpringerBriefs in Education
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Noora J. Al-Thani; Zubair Ahmad – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2025
This open access volume explores the transformative role of Research Cognitive Theory (RCT) in education, emphasizing its application in fostering curiosity, creativity, innovation, problem-solving skills, and cognitive development across all educational levels in students and professional development in teachers. Through detailed discussions on…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Innovation, Creativity, Problem Solving
Reshaping Vocational Education and Training in Aotearoa New Zealand. Professional and Practice-Based Learning. Volume 34
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Chan, Selena, Ed.; Huntington, Nicholas, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This book contributes extensively to a better understanding of how vocational education and training (VET) and practice-based learning and teaching is developed and designed. It presents examples of vocational education as an ongoing dialogue, continually refreshed through engagement between educators and learners, Maori, employers, industry, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
Student Engagement in Assessments: What Students and Teachers Find Engaging
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Bae, Soung; Kokka, Kari – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
Although research has shown that student engagement is strongly related to performance on assessment tasks, especially for traditionally underserved subgroups of students, increasing student engagement has not been the goal of standardized tests of content knowledge. Recent state and federal policies, however, are changing the assessment…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Interviews, Thinking Skills, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
A Comparison of the Classroom Dynamics of a Problem-Solving and Traditional Laboratory Model of Instruction Using Path Analysis.
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Pizzini, Edward L.; Shepardson, Daniel P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Compares models of the classroom dynamics for a traditional laboratory setting and a problem-solving-centered environment, both at the eighth grade science level. Descriptive data indicate no differences in the models, whereas path analyses suggest that, in the problem-solving model, student behaviors significantly correlate to lesson structure,…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Beyond Vocational Education: Career Majors, Tech Prep, Schools within Schools, Magnet Schools & Academies.
Pucel, David J. – 2001
This book provides a rationale, model, and procedures for implementing change in high schools. Focus is on adoption of applied, context-based, community-based education that eliminates competition between academic and vocational education and promotes cooperation in creating career-based education. Chapter 1 provides a review of how this type of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Academies, Career Education